Despite Larry calling the students that were with him his subordinates, they were all equally as capable as he was.
He took on the role as the leader merely because of his brother and family's influence, along with his connections, wealth, and intelligence.
However, he had proven himself to treat those that followed him well and they all followed his orders without hesitation.
Even mentioning his younger brother around him was forbidden, and yet Damian dared to mock him in such a way and, despite the situation he was in, act arrogantly.
It made it so that the subordinates themselves wanted to take him down as they charged towards him.
He was smaller than them in terms of size, and also younger and less experienced, while he was only wielding wooden blades.
It was almost as though he didn't even regard them as opponents, but that was the truth, and they had let their guards down because of it.