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"Because the city has fallen," Corimly He walked over to the spotter, who uard reporting to hi about the city

"We didn’t see it before It was at the bottouard turned one of the shells over The side was stove in, spilling all its powder out, and ed bird

"Coot two shots left One shell, and one ball Which do you want us to load?"

They’d been shooting the shells, and Hezik had honed his accuracy through practice He was now hitting within forty paces of where he aimed, and he had done much better than that twice But Gavin and the others were al shell, that close? It would kill all of thehed more and flew differently They’d shot a few of those earlier to get range before they started shooting the shells into the wights, but they hadn’t had as much practice

Commander Ironfist said, "Use the ball"

Hezik hesitated "Sir, I’m only accurate within maybe twenty paces with the ball It’s not a et very lucky"

Teia had seen hi wildly optimistic

Commander Ironfist’s face didn’t shift "I trust you Use the ball Kill that god"

By the ti and so exhausted he thought he was going to voreen spire was soed it, like iant was e Gavin, Karris, and the last Blackguard, Baya Niel

The others aking Kip felt a shiver in the iants within the reen that they’d rebuilt theht froreen skin covered with tiny scales shiiant’s naked

In a paroxyser into the creature The dagger punched through the cocoon like it et paper The giant’s green, green eyes shot open, its lass, and then it sluiants were now out, fighting Gavin and Karris One died as Kip watched, its head wrapped in flames by Gavin and then taken off by Baya Niel But the others were still eht from Ru had already awakened, but those ere shaded from it by theirthe fight in the et to the ht was focused and reflecting so brightly it hurt Kip’s eyes The other giants were blocking Gavin and Karris fro there Gavin and Karris had their hands full Kip would barely be a help to the even worse odds

So he ran around the edge of the tower instead, circling to the great cocoons He raiant’s chest As before, its eyes opened, bulged, dimmed Kip ran on He stabbed a third This one punched its fist through the cocoon and groped for Kip, but Kip pulled the dagger out and ducked The giant cruround in a splash of goo

The next three cocoons were already empty, and as Kip ran toward the next, his eyes lifted to the fort on Ruic Head, where he saw a flash of light and a gout of smoke One thousand one One thousand two…

Kip didn’t have tiiants, another caht feet tall, this one had drafted a sword for his right are, but either different rules applied to the giants or it wouldn’t iant’s e or no edge

Fu with his lenses at his hip, Kip put the red spectacles on his face, intending to wreathe the big bastard in flae splattered hare sword are at the ground and leapt hard to the side He felt soht next to hie luxin as he tried to change direction His nonsword are of the tower