Various students retaliated, even as they took for cover against the bullets, and unleashed blasts of ice at the creatures, and the men who were firing their  assault rifles, the bullets didn't seem to affect the wards, though some students were injured outside the mansion. Emelia conjured lightning which thundered and struck many of the strange Slender Man like monsters who were attempting to claw their way inside the large dwelling. Black Well would flick his wand, and one monster splattered into chunks of flesh, shattered bones and blood. Anatole was seen grappling with one of the monsters, after having already ripping one of their heads off.