Demise

Meanwhile, the battle at the Red Palace continued, and all the workers struggled to assist Principal Van Dyke in killing the Blirdoth. 

Basically, all those there were too young to be useful or too old to fight on the front line with him.

Regardless, no one aside from him could keep up with the creature, and so they had to play it safe, which limited how useful they were.

Besides, people were alive just because people with barrier-generating powers arrived on the scene, either from the blue, yellow, or even the Red Palace itself. They were limited in assisting, though. 

Principal Van Dyke was leading the attack, and he was acting as the primary damage dealer. He was the only one with enough power to damage the beast, but he was one person and not powerful enough to kill the beast once and for all. 

"Have all the students left the place?" Van Dyke asked.