"There's a lot of them. And they're not distracted, this time."

Translation: Devero alone is not going to be able to hold them off long enough for Sanzo to use the sutra again. And, frankly-- "Using the sutra probably attracted most of them. It does that. If I fire it again, we'll have half the city on us."

Hadn't been a ton of options earlier, though. They hadn't even had all the civilians gathered in a defensible space like they do now. Sanzo checks his revolver. "You better with the sword or with a gun?"

This might be a last stand, better make it count.