The Wizard's move had been a desperate gamble.
He knew that taking the initiative carried hidden risks at a time like this, but he had no other choice.
If he simply kept dragging things out, even after gathering several hundred elite fighters, they might not last until dawn. And even if they did, fighting with everything they had to kill wave after wave of evil monsters would have no real effect on the battle.
Taking the initiative and waiting for a chance to kill the enemy, solving the problem of the evil monsters at its source—that might be the best choice.
Of course, there were bound to be risks.
The Wizard knew that the powerful human who had fought alone earlier was most likely no longer by himself. His companions had arrived.
He refused to believe that all those companions were as terrifying as that man.
But anyone who had arrived among the first to provide support was bound to be elite.
Before this, the Wizard had never taken the Human Faction seriously. He hadn't thought it could have any truly outstanding elites.
But after the clashes of the past few days, he had completely abandoned that arrogant prejudice.
Before long, the Wizard reached an area near the outer edge of the core zone.
The attacks weren't powerful enough to kill him in one blow, but they could distract him and prevent him from focusing on deploying the Absolute Life Domain.
The only explanation was that, in the blink of an eye, his opponent had escaped the range of his Absolute Life Domain.
Without any fluctuation in their life force, the life-domain halos naturally had nothing to lock onto.
This time, he hadn't tried to conceal his presence, so he was certain the other side had noticed that Wizard had