A suggestion: Since nobeast wants to be killed, have zombies be the victims who will die.
Then, you can slaughter with wild abandon, and when all is done, there's a field of "dead" objects and "some of the villains" (or heros!) can "slink away" and survive to fight again.
Then, you can slaughter with wild abandon, and when all is done, there's a field of "dead" objects and "some of the villains" (or heros!) can "slink away" and survive to fight again.
Otter