Unlike Maxine's party, the soldiers remained next to the wall, their job was only to protect the city walls. The first clash happened between her team and the closest Cthulhu, which were the typical ones but seemed more cooperative as they quickly surrounded the team of six and threw long javelins.
The young-looking mage, Tula, retaliated almost immediately, his lips spelling one incantation after another at an insane speed. The ground became slippery, making half of the nearby Cthulhu fall then, it transformed into mud before instantaneously hardening, immobilizing the targets.
The Red Tower did indeed disable the skills of Tula, however, this world is still considered a Magic world that has an abundance of Mana. As long as he repeats the necessary incantation, it is still possible to use a weaker version of his usual skills, however, this method doesn't work on everything. Ultimate skills that can obliterate half of this Cthulhu army should be inaccessible.