Sometimes, the strong will attack the weak to get to the strong. Nothing you can do as a weakling can make you immune to violence. Anything can happen to you and you will become a scapegoat if you don't have the strength to defend yourself.
The soldiers both demons and angels alike behaved like prey ought to behave. They know that they are weak and they wish to be spared from the malice of the Celestial god but the Celestial has other plans. Helios attacked them. He didn't attack them with the aim to hurt them. He wanted to hurt the Celestial Supreme.
He proclaimed to the world, "Wrath of the sun god."