While the two were fighting monsters that they did not know if they were human or beasts, a guild war had started between the Dawn Guild and Dark Guild after the Dark guild killed one of Duraltos men.
Shanzo, Malique and Siyana had joined them to destroy a branch of the Dawn guild in retiliation.
Shanzo knew that facing five Wizard Apprentices heard on would be difficult and that he might get killed if he did not give it everything he had at the get-go in order to survive. He wanted to kill as many as he could but at the same time avoid getting killed or fatally injured before Malique and Siyana came and helped him.
But, through all of what was going on in his head, he knew why he had put himself in that situation, and that was because from that morning's meditation and having faced Wizard Apprentices before, he knew he could handle whatever they had in store for him.