A strange world

Chapter 1241 Section 163. Joan's Misfortune

The Broken Mountains are located next to the Kingdom of Dimon, and are geographically closer to the center of Middle-earth. Because of the abundance of minerals here, gold and mithril mines are often seen, so there is no country, only a loose alliance formed by a great lord leading a group of small lords.

Sir Makarov is one of the small lords, and the minerals in his territory are mainly coal and iron ore.

So when the dragon landed in his territory, his first reaction was that the sky had fallen, and his second reaction was that gold mines had been discovered in his territory...?

Greed could not help but strangle his soul. Sir Makarov sent several waves of troops in the name of clearing out the dragon, but returning alive was the greatest victory.

Because of the heavy casualties, Sir Makarov was ridiculed and coveted by other small lords... He was not the only one who believed that there were treasures around the dragon's lair.

But no one wanted to confront the dragon head-on, and they were all waiting for some idiot to defeat the dragon and then reap the benefits.

Sir Makarov, who suffered heavy losses, almost thought he was going to say goodbye to his treasure. At this time, a girl named Joan, surnamed Montreal, from Liberty City was like a gift from heaven, giving him a chance again.

Joan needed coal mines, and Sir Makarov needed to get rid of the dragon. The two quickly reached a consensus on cooperation: Joan helped him get rid of the dragon, and Sir Makarov sold the mined coal to Liberty City.

"What kind of dragon is that, a red dragon?"

"The men who escaped back said it was at least a young blue dragon..."

"Young blue dragon..."

That's a bit troublesome... Usually if you find a blue dragon, it means there are more blue dragons around.

In the mercenary guild's crusade guide, the blue dragon is a dragon with a higher crusade level than the black dragon.

Joan looked at the two elite warriors behind her who were responsible for protecting her. They probably, perhaps, could... not beat the blue dragon.

Let Liberty City come to help?

But she came here on her own and didn't bring an anchor. It would take at least a week to go back and forth. Sir Makarov said that several lords around him have set their sights on him.

Let's fight! When I was doing business, what dangers did I not see? There is also a blue dragon in Liberty City, maybe they know it!

Joan asked an elite to rush back to the capital of the Kingdom of Dimon to tell Liberty City the news here, and he led another elite to explore the surrounding area first.

Sir Makarov praised Joan's courage and sent his guards to escort her in person.

The name of the Broken Mountains not only has many undulating mountains here, but also basins between the mountains. The lords live in these basins of different sizes, like archipelagos in the deep sea. The gaps between the mountains form sea routes between the islands.

The place where the blue dragon was found is about thirty miles away from Sir Makarov's "island", which does not threaten the territory, and at most makes a surrounding mining area unable to be mined. So Sir Makarov is anxious, but not particularly anxious.

Before setting off, Sir Makarov reminded Joan: "You should pay attention to the locals, especially those who are not my subjects..."

"Why?"

"Because the people here are more...'simple'."

Joan didn't realize what 'simple' meant at first. Isn't it a compliment? But as she walked out of the basin, she soon realized what fucking "simple" meant.

She had just walked out of the basin for less than ten miles when she encountered at least four waves of "robbers" who jumped out to block the road - they were called robbers, but they were just a group of homeless people who couldn't even afford cotton clothes, shivered with cold, and held stones tied to wooden sticks.

Where can people hide in this wilderness full of rocks and broken beaches! ?

Sir Makarov's personal guards told Joan that the Broken Mountains are rich in minerals, and mining requires a lot of labor. Without miners, they can only capture people from outside, slaves, and homeless people. Some of them escaped and became bandits...

"Your lord is also?"

"Lord Makarov is better, he bought all the slaves!"

At this moment, Joan looked at the Broken Mountains, the sharp peaks that were like a spectacle, as if she saw a man-eating devil's cave.

Next time she met bandits, Joan only asked the guards to drive them away. And as if they found out that Joan was not a local, or that the bandits had their own information circulation, the new bandits who appeared in front of Joan threw away their weapons and begged Miss Joan to save them.

Joan is not a soft-hearted lady. What kind of ugliness has she not seen in the years when she started to run a business at the age of fifteen or sixteen?

But now she represents the Free City, and the bandits are all young and strong, so she gave them a silver coin each and asked them to go to Sir Makarov's territory to wait for her.

After walking for a day, in the evening, when they were about to approach the mining area where the evil dragon was entrenched, a group of people came in the dimness in the distance.

When Joan thought that the bandits were ready to spend money to ask for people, the guards suddenly felt like they were facing a great enemy.

Because the group was well-equipped, and the leader was holding a staff and wearing a wizard robe.

They blocked the road that Joan and others had to pass through, and vaguely formed an encirclement.

"Who are you?" The opponent's wizard said arrogantly.

"We should ask." Joan was equally proud.

The guards shouted at them: "We are Sir Makarov's men, who are you?"

"Who is she?"

The wizard only had Joan in the center of the team in his eyes.

"I am Joan Icosela Jeanne Behdad Clement Montreal!"

"It seems we have found the right one."

The mage showed a hint of greed, raised his staff and chanted, and a fist-sized fireball immediately hit them.

"Kill everyone except this woman!"

The unlucky bodyguard who was hit by the fireball spell had a burnt and bloody hole in his chest instantly, and fell down without saying a word.

"Protect Lord Joan!" The guard captain drew his sword to face the enemy.

However, the opponent's number and strength were stronger than theirs, and there was also a mage sneak attack from the side. After a few minutes, only the elites following Joan were left.

The enemies stopped and surrounded the two of them.

"What are you going to do? Do you know who I am!" Joanne suppressed the panic in her heart and asked pretending to be calm.

"Of course I know, don't worry, we just want to invite you to our territory as a guest." The mage saluted Qiong An.

"You killed all my guards and still said you wanted to invite me?"

"It's just a bunch of mudbloods." The mage turned sideways and said, "Miss Joan, please come with us."

Throwing the corpses on the ground, they took Joan and the guards and walked to another road.

Not far away, Joan looked back consciously and saw a bunch of shadows quietly approaching the dead bodies of the guards in the dusk...

On the first sunset in the Broken Mountains, Joan witnessed the chaos and disorder here.