The destruction caused by the several magic attacks destroyed the ground and created several craters. Cygnus raised a shield around each of them to save them from the attack before he himself attacked. He started with low tier magic and struck the rhino directly but the black lightning he released did not do any damage to the monster.
The soldiers did not hide behind the young master and took that chance, when the rhino was distracted, to attack. The simultaneous attack was supposed to create an opening for the young master to use his magic but as soon as their blades were about to strike the monster's skin, an invisible force stopped them and pushed them back.