In fact, the Nox understood that they were going to lose.
Perhaps those lower-level Nox without extremely developed intelligence still held thoughts of bravado, but all those at the head of the army who took over after the Demigods left were well aware of their current situation.
When Hephaestus was blocked off and escape became an impossible ask, they decided to let go of any will for survival they had and do the utmost damage to the enemy before they died.
If they were going to be killed regardless, wasn't it better to bring more people down with them instead of dying alone?
With this in mind, the Nox made two main moves while they were being slaughtered by the universe's forces.
Firstly, they used arrays they set up beforehand to destroy each and every world left in Hephaestus. Secondly, they turned their own bodies into explosives, so that every time one of them died, they would take at least 10 enemy troops with them.
