Shining Plains

Solam was only excited for a moment before tossing the idea to the back of his mind.

Were giants strong? They were incredibly strong! Put it this way: if Solam led these two hundred giants to attack any nation right now, everyone in that nation would be scared shitless. Unfortunately, that was impossible.

There was no other reason—it was simply because he could not afford to feed them.

There was a reason giants had been overthrown in ancient times. Logically speaking, with the giants' military might and the legacy left behind by the Titans, they should never have lost to the dwarves. Don't say the dwarves were stronger; even now, a single giant tribe could give a dwarven city endless headaches, let alone the giants of ancient times!

The giants of that era were not like the giants of today. Back then, they possessed a glorious civilization and a complete social system. If the giants had maintained their strength from that time, they could never have been defeated by the dwarves. They might even have had a chance to contend with the ancient elves.

But giants had one major problem.

They did not know how to farm! That was right—the fundamental reason for the decline of this great race was that giants had already begun facing a food crisis back then. In ancient times, giants had not developed a mature agricultural system. They had always lived by fishing and hunting.

Things were fine at first. After all, large creatures were everywhere in ancient times, so giants did not worry much about food. But for some reason—perhaps it was an inevitable part of the world's development—many ancient behemoths began to grow scarce due to changes in climate.

Thus, the giants' crisis began to emerge. Their food supply was dwindling!

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