The cannons and pigmen using them were near the shrine wall, compared to the black pigmen who were near the edge of the steps—he had used it from a bit of distance exactly for this reason—covering many black monsters. Still, many near the laser cannons were left alive. But the pigmen soldiers were fighting constantly and had not stopped for a second to see what was happening.
They were just happy to have a few seconds to breathe after killing the monsters near them.
"You go get Sam, I will take care of it," Damian said.
Lucian and Maelor finally stopped pouring their mana inside the giant steel pillar and let it go. Damian instantly connected his hundreds of mana threads to continue producing the mana cloud.