Branded
As soon as they heard the shout from their commander, they came out of their stupor. They were so into their thoughts that Sam wouldn't make a decision of fighting a battalion and if he did, they thought that they would be able to deal with him with just sheer number.
Now, only they understood that they are judging Sam based on their personal standards, that guy is way above their league. He is on a league of his own.
The battle only started two minutes ago and their casualties are already in double digits.
They moved swiftly to execute their battle formations.
Generally, each company of fifty soldiers will have a battle formation of their own based on their elementary attributes.
In fact, the companies will be made with numbers of same attributes mostly or multiple compatible attributes which work better when they are together.
Only, in the rare cases, they would make a company of soldiers with random and many attributes.