Listening to the Cloud Giant elder's utterly insincere praise, Sokya felt a little awkward as well. Fortunately, he was long past the age of caring about others' opinions, so he quickly adjusted his mindset and prepared himself for the Cloud Giants' questioning.
The situation was plain enough: the Cloud Giants had clearly come to stand up for Solam. At the same time, Sokya found this somewhat awkward. As Solam's uncle, he was letting others stand up for his own nephew, while he himself was standing on the side opposing his nephew. His position was truly a delicate one.
Yet the very first thing his opponent said shattered Sokya's preparations.
"Followers of Lathander! Tell me, why did you dare show such disrespect to our king? Who gave you the nerve to point weapons at the King in the Clouds?!!!"
King? Where? Who? What was he talking about? King in the Clouds? What was that?
It was not just Sokya. Everyone else was equally bewildered. Only those Vikings who had always followed Solam, along with Isabella and the others, were somewhat better off. Even Korgan Bloodaxe, Scarlett, and the rest stared dumbfoundedly just like the paladins.
They knew that Loris was a Cloud Giant, but how could they have known that Solam's status was even more impressive—that he was actually a Giant King!
Still, they could hardly be blamed. No person in their right mind would ever imagine that an ordinary human could become a Giant King! This was even stranger and more explosive than Solam revealing that his father was an orc.
Sokya barely managed to steady himself with his powerful will, then stammered, "Wait, wait. Let me get this straight. If I heard correctly just now, you said that Solam is the king of you Cloud Giants?!!!"
Elder Tatario froze