Alien world

Chapter 1256 178. Betrayal
Joan is now a real warrior, and it should not be a problem for her to beat a few farmers with dung forks.

As for the stronger guys...he didn't even ask who was protecting Joan.

If anyone dares to bully her, the "evil dragon" Elimoas will go to his house in the middle of the night, kill his mother, and rob his entire family!
The only thing I have to worry about is being hunted by Killian. However, I have already run so far away and out of Killian’s sphere of influence. He shouldn’t chase me anymore, right?

The village at the foot of the mountain is very "simple", surrounded by a low earth wall on the outside, and militiamen on guard duty at the sentry posts - this is necessary in the Broken Mountains where plundering of the population is a common practice.

Joan checked herself to make sure she didn't look too disheveled, then walked towards the village and entered through the gate.

The village was not closed, and the news of the arrival of the "evil dragon" had not yet spread. There were many merchants and mercenaries passing by on the street, but there were always some people staring at Joan - which was normal.

Joan wasn't pretty, but her fair skin and expensive dress made her look like a lady in distress.

Because she had nothing, not even a purse.

Joan mainly visited bakeries and grain stores. The prices were a bit higher than outside, which was normal since the Broken Mountains did not produce grain.

But after coming out of the store, Joan noticed that someone was following her.

Plus, the clerk kept staring at me when I asked the price... This was obviously more than
Could it be a gang of thieves disguised as a village? But those people do look like farmers. Or is there something else going on that I don't know about?
Qiong An pretended not to know that someone was following her and continued to wander around, then walked into a store she had chosen in advance.

As soon as she entered through the front door, Joan ran out through the back door to the surprise of the clerk, went into an alley, and shook off the tail behind her.

Joan walked quickly to the other end, preparing to leave the village to find out what was going on... Suddenly, she saw a brand new wanted poster posted on the wall.

【Wanted Order】

[Features: Female, about twenty years old, with fair and delicate skin, prefers long skirts, has long brown-black hair, and speaks with a northern accent.

This individual attacked Lord Killian Raymond and fled, please be on high alert in the Broken Mountains.

Be careful, this person can control the dragon, extremely dangerous. Anyone who sees her is forbidden to act without authorization, please immediately report her whereabouts to the local guards, and those who help catch her will be rewarded with 100 gold nars...】

how so……

Joan was stunned. Didn't Killian know his "identity"? How dare he put the Montreal family on the wanted list...

She suddenly realized that Killian wanted to capture her and kill her just because he knew her identity!

Da da da--

The hurried footsteps coming from outside the alley woke up Joan, who was standing in a daze in front of the wanted poster. She turned around and ran in the opposite direction, not caring about causing a commotion.

The men following her also realized that they had been discovered, and they ran after her, shouting and no longer hiding.

Relying on her small size and warrior physique, Joan hid in the village, but as more and more people came after her, she had nowhere to hide.

Just as I was about to rush out of the village regardless of everything, I heard anxious shouts from the side.

"Hurry, kid, hide over here!"

The woman stood at the door waving old clothes.

The noise behind her was getting closer, so Joan hid in the woman's house.

The peasant woman closed the door gently, and Joan held her breath, listening to the noise coming from outside.

"Where did she go?"

"She can't get far, split up and look for her!"

"what--"

The footsteps faded away, and Joan, who was dizzy and suffocated, began to breathe heavily, and the whole room was filled with the thumping sound of her heartbeat.

"Why are they looking for you, kid?"

"I... huh... Auntie, I'm wanted."

The woman exclaimed, "Is that you on the wanted poster?"

Joan took a few more breaths and explained, "Auntie, I was wrongly accused."

"Where is the evil dragon mentioned in the notice..."

"That's not a dragon. I'm a good person too. Killian lied to you. He wanted to kill me!" Joan accidentally spoke too loudly. She looked out the window nervously again. "I was wondering, how could such a pretty lady be a bad person?"

The woman said with relief, and her child also ran out of the house and looked up at Joan: "Sister, you are so beautiful."

Joan felt that her disheveled appearance had nothing to do with her good looks, but she was still a little shy because it was the first time someone praised her like that.

Gululu...

Joan, who hadn't eaten for a day, was extremely hungry.

"Are you hungry? I'll get you something to eat. You hide here and don't go out."

The woman gave some instructions, took some money, and went out as if nothing had happened.

Joan could have endured it, but when the woman mentioned getting something to eat, all she could think about was food.

"What's your name?" Joan looked at the little boy in front of her.

"Timmy."

Timmy was tall, almost as tall as Joan's chest, but thin as a broom.

"Your mother saved me, how do you want me to repay you?"

"Sister, can you be my bride?" the boy said naively.

Joan laughed and said with evil humor: "You have to go to school first and become a big shot before your sister will consider it."

"Sure!"

Just as Joan and the boy were about to make a pinky promise, an aunt's voice came from outside the door.

"Timmy, come over here and help."

"Oh!"

The boy ran out the door in response.

Joan was looking forward to when the aunt would bring back the dragon. Then, outside the door, the aunt's excited and greedy scream came out: "The woman is in the room! The dragon is not with her!"

When Joan was caught by the men who rushed over, she looked at the aunt holding Timmy in disbelief.

……

Dozens of minutes later, Joan was tied to the gallows in the middle of the village, and more and more villagers gathered around.

"Killian asked you to catch me, not to kill me!" said Joan.

"If we catch you, the lord will give you 100 gold coins, and if we kill you, we will get more!" said the village chief excitedly as he was supported by the villagers.

"Idiot, if Killian knew I was dead, none of you would survive!"

Joan had already figured out what Killian would do: he would pay the bounty as promised, and then in order to block the news, he would kill the entire village that night...

If only I had thought of this sooner.

Children were running around in front of the gallows, and Joan saw little Timmy, who looked like a broom.

"Don't you want to marry your sister?" Joan asked him.

"Mom said that if you die, I will have meat to eat." Timmy bit his finger, still looking innocent.

Joan scanned the faces seized upon by greed.

They were strangers, but just for a little... well, not a little, but just for a hundred gold coins, they would kill someone who had nothing to do with them...

So ignorant, so shameless, so... boring.

At this moment, Joan's self-destructive mentality reached its peak and she couldn't wait to end it all.

(End of this chapter)