The "kill everything that moves" tactic was working well for the spider golems, and the line was actually able to push back the monsters in a few spots, but there was much worse incoming.
The smarter monsters hadn't been completely consumed by rage due to the spell that the Hill Giants had put on the area using the bait, and they had remained behind the area attack spells for as long as they could resist.
But now they were coming forward, charging through the weakened mage spells, intent on tearing the humans apart and sating the magical hunger that was consuming their thoughts. They had resisted as long as they could, but now, their reasoning had been overcome, and they were rampaging the same as the others.
There was a large group of massive feline predators, and for a moment Karl struggled to recall their names from the study books.
