The giants have invaded! The defensive fort, with walls ten feet high, was smashed to bits! The soldiers were trampled underfoot! This is the largest defeat the Coalition has suffered!
Out of close to a thousand soldiers garrisoned at the fort, not even a hundred escaped. They ran to a nearby village made for the purpose of receiving survivors in case of an attack. Their stories of ‘behemoths, twice as tall as the walls’ seemed like the ravings of lunatics, but the number of witnesses made them send an alert.
Over the next several days, messengers travelled to every settlement in the surrounding lands, giving warning of an invasion. The Coalition gathered its armies and sent them to villages in a circle around the destroyed the fort, forming a cordon. Of course, villages inside the perimeter were evacuated. Now, they’re waiting.
The giants are attacking! The entire force of two dozen colossi is there, charging at one of the legions! The archers and mages are sending their projectiles, but the giant’s thick skin protects them.
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The centaur battalion, three hundred trained soldiers, has met the giants in battle. However, even with their equine speed and reflexes, many of them are already dead. They’re using their spears to stab the giant’s feet, and- yes! The first giant has fallen! The centaurs are swarming the downed creature, stabbing its eyes. It’s dead.
It wasn’t without a price, however. That single giant killed almost twenty centaurs on its own. Two others have been slain, but with similar scores. The rest of the giants are finishing them off. Excepting a few who ran away, the centaur battalion is no more.
The giants, with very few losses, have made their way to the support team and their guards. The hundred defenders have heavy armor, as their are the last line of defence, but it’s useless against their enemy’s strength. It just reduces their mobility, allowing for their destruction in a few minutes. One giant died.
The mages have (finally) realised that to damage the giants, they should focus their attacks. Ten fireballs impacting one at the same time is just barely enough to kill it. The archers are doing the same, although ninety arrows isn’t enough. It took them two volleys to kill a giant, and by that time, they- yeah, they’re all dead.
So, final tally:
Of the twenty four giants, seven died.
Of the three hundred centaurs, one hundred defenders, ninety archers and ten mages, six survived. They were all deserters.
Giants- one, Coalition- zero!