Journey Through Faerûn
Chapter 914

Giant Plain (Part 2) - Please Vote, Subscribe, and Recommend

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Solam could be blunt with merchants, but it was hard for him to refuse these straightforward giants. There was no particular reason for it—he simply found them pleasing to be around! Especially after the humans of Crimmor had disgusted him not long ago, these simple-minded, guileless fellows seemed especially endearing to him.

Although it was a little like biting the hand that fed them, Solam truly despised their conduct. A little mudslinging would have been one thing, but they had actually brazenly claimed someone else's reputation as their own. That was utterly shameless.

Perhaps because he had been so disgusted, he found the giants' simplicity especially lovable.

In the end, Solam found it too troublesome. He liked talking with giants, but he did not enjoy dealing with all those trivial matters. So he compromised. Had Isabella not once been a merchant? Solam simply took out several Tongues scrolls and had her serve as an interpreter.

To ensure Isabella would not be harmed, Solam specifically had a giant carry her on his shoulder, turning her into a mobile interpreter.

The giants were honest folk. Solam had originally only intended for them to finish the trade and then continue on their way, but because Isabella and Solam had helped them, the giants insisted on repaying them.

They stubbornly insisted on serving as Solam's bodyguards!

Later on, these giants followed Solam for the entire journey. Not only that, as they crossed the Giant Plain, other giants followed their example and all rushed to become Solam's bodyguards.

By the end, more than two hundred giants were traveling with them...

Forget bandits—along the way, Solam's group did not even see a single goblin. They were safe as hell! The merchants practically wanted to worship Solam as a god. Not only had he protected them, but

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