If a Sky Demon's shockwave hits an ordinary person without defensive power, it's a guaranteed one-hit kill. However, as soon as the enemy was discovered, the craftsmen in the fortress had already entered the underground air-raid shelters that had been constructed long ago.
These air-raid shelters were built with the aid of Earth Attribute Mages and were sufficiently robust in defense such that unless the fortress was breached, the craftsmen would be safe.
Although the Human Army inside the fortress was invigorated by this round of the Sky Demon's attack, the warriors in armor suffered minimal damage. Only a few warriors paid with their lives when a large number of Sky Demons fired simultaneously.
This round of attacks by the Sky Demons claimed the lives of over seven hundred human warriors, yet their own losses were close to a hundred thousand.
The brutality of the war surprised everyone, and fear inevitably showed in the Sky Demons returning to the sky.