Crabs and giants don't like me

I went exploring in a new direction today, and passed by another camp of giants with mammoths, but this camp didn't ignore me like last time. As soon as I entered into their territory one of the giants ran up to me and killed me in 2 hits, those things are stronger than dragons!

So when I reloaded I kept clear of that camp and investigated a mine that was taken over by bandits. The bandits were nothing strong, some were even killed by their own trap, but they had some good loot and one interesting spell book. The spell turns iron ore into silver ore and silver ore into gold, and I was in an iron mine. So I went around mining all I could then turning it all into gold. I figured this would be great way to get rich, but when I went into town to sell the gold ore it only went for 35$. It's a huge jump from the 1$ the iron was worth, but isn't going to get me rich until my merchant skills increase a lot more.

On the way back to get the rest of the loot from the mine there was a random dragon attack! I ran around after it, but the thing was more interested in taking out the mammoths, the giants didn't like that much though and killed the dragon before I could even get to it. The giants then turned their attention to and whacked me with it's club, triggering the hilarious bug where I get shot up hundreds of feet into the air, like when you stand on a dozen landmines in fallout!

I then reloaded (fortunately I saved right before fighting the dragon) and this time the dragon stayed clear of the giants, giving me more chance to attack it. This time though, while attacking annoying little crabs started trying to fight me, so I had to waste time and magic to kill them before continuing on the dragon.

After killing the dragon and selling my loot, I went to an old fort that was also filled with bandits, and along the way had another dragon encounter! This time it was around the tower that I fought the first one at so it was a pretty easy battle. The bandits in the fort were much stronger than the average ones, but I cleared them out and almost killed the maid (which they kept from the last residents) by mistake.