The three beings were attacking Pablo while he was busy dealing with the princess. The sudden excruciating pain that suddenly cramped his rib was the hint that he needed to know the gravity of the situation.
The trio was a bad match with Pablo. That was because Elementalists were similar to stan and they could inflict injury on them to a certain extent. The vampire could help them by isolating Pablo from the other while the two Elementalist harassed him until the end.
And their pattern of attack was terrifying as well. They fight to kill. Although they had eliminated the strongest possible enemy; which was Anggerik, they still needed to watch out.
Samutera and Herman were still active on the battleground. Low-tiers and mid-tiers couldn't satisfy them. If they weren't careful, Pablo's life was on the edge.