Meanwhile, elsewhere.
The northwestern side of South Wantina Territory.
At the same time Loren was attacked on the southernmost side of the city-state, the Wilford Family had also become another Tier 8 battlefield in South Wantina's main city, just as Loren had sensed.
The battle had continued for several minutes since it erupted.
Beneath the pitch-black Night Sky, the residential district had been devoured by the flames of war. Though the surrounding residents had already evacuated, thick smoke shrouded the sky. Occasionally, the smoke parted to reveal what looked like a blazing hell.
The air above the ground twisted, leaving behind desolation and ruin. The houses had been destroyed, reduced to nothing but broken walls and rubble.
The battle here was nowhere near as earth-shaking as the one in the south, but it was still a domain no ordinary person could endure.
Talia was covered in wounds. Her fair cheeks had long since been stained with blood and dust. Beneath the high-hanging Blood Moon, she constantly fended off the silver radiance in the distance—
A humanoid creature that seemed to be made of liquid metal, twisted and warped, radiating an aura that made even her scalp prickle with fear.
She could barely hold back this Alchemy Beast.
If another powerful enemy joined in, she would be hard-pressed to keep up.
Farther away, the figure of the fire mage in black robes danced through the night like a blazing inferno.
She knew this man's name was Saint Child of Destruction—or rather, his fearsome reputation was known throughout Ikelite.
A Tier 7 Saint Child of Destruction was no match for her in a one-on-one fight.
But at a time like this, every attack he made could leave her gravely wounded beneath the Rotten Decay Alchemy Beast's assault.
There was no time to