As a queen who has lost her kingdom, I can see the comments section.

This answer seemed to greatly shock Allen.

Ruth continued, "Next, have your men continue searching for the Hogan Thieves. They must search with all their might and find the target as quickly as possible. Once they've found him, don't act rashly. Notify me immediately, understand?"

Allen nodded solemnly: "I understand, my lord. I will inform everyone immediately."

Ruth didn't say anything more.

That's something Allen can handle. As for how long it will take to find the Hogan Thieves, that's up to fate.

While Ruth was dealing with things, Amelia stood aside and watched silently.

She looked around, then at the comments section, lost in thought.

There's something wrong with this Allen!

While Ruth and Allen were talking, the camera focused on Allen, allowing the audience to read his inner thoughts.

[This town mayor is utterly worthless. If we ask him to help find the Hogan Thieves, the Harvest Adventurers are probably doomed.]

[He's actually a thief-colluding guy, even though he seemed pretty honest.]

This guy is just giving Ruth the runaround, damn it.

[I hereby announce that the Harvest Adventure Team has already sent it.]

After scanning the comments section, Amelia knew she couldn't ignore them anymore.

After Allen finished speaking with Ruth, he was already preparing to leave.

Upon seeing this, Amelia walked over directly and said, "Wait."

Allen paused as he was about to leave, glanced at Amelia, and then looked at Ruth: "My lord, who is this?"

“This is my friend, Miss Lily,” Ruth replied, then asked Amelia, “Is there anything else Miss Lily needs?”

Upon hearing Ruth's words, Allen glanced at Ruth in surprise.

He noticed that Ruth seemed to adopt a very humble posture when facing Amelia. Why was that?

In Star River Territory, is there anyone who can make Rose lower her stance?

“I think this guy is suspicious. I suspect he’s colluding with the Hogan Thieves. Let’s just arrest him and torture him,” Amelia said decisively.

Allen's expression immediately changed: "Miss Lily, some things cannot be said lightly. How can you say that I am colluding with the Hogan Thieves without any evidence?"

"The Hogan Bandits have been in Clearspring for a while now, but you don't seem to be planning to look for them. You told Ruth you sent the garrison to investigate, but we haven't seen them on the streets since we entered Clearspring. Where did they go to investigate? In this kind of weather, the bandits are most likely to stay in the town. If they were going to investigate, shouldn't they have sent the garrison to search every house in town?"

Amelia's gaze was sharp as she stared intently at Allen.

Allen's expression changed.

Ruth immediately understood, and a dangerous glint appeared in her eyes: "Allen, you betrayed me?"

"I didn't, my lord, you must believe me. How could I possibly betray you? My lord, please don't listen to this woman's nonsense," Allen said, taking two steps back instinctively.

"How do you explain what Miss Lily said?" Ruth asked.

"Qingquan Town is quite large. My garrison is investigating other areas, but you just happened not to see it."

"So, in other words, we'll be able to see the garrison troops conducting the investigation in other areas next?"

"This……"

Allen was unable to provide an answer.

"Alan, you've disappointed me so much." Ruth looked at Allen with disappointment.

Whether the garrison actually followed Allen's orders to investigate the Hogan bandits is a very easy thing to confirm, and Allen simply cannot fabricate any stories about it.

“No need to say anything more, Ruth, you’re good at interrogation. Just use your poison and interrogate him properly,” Amelia said from the side.

“I understand, Miss Lily.” Ruth said, then waved her hand: “Take Allen down!”

Ruth was immediately surrounded by guards.

Chapter 146 Riding Together

Allen never imagined things would turn out this way.

At first, my negotiations with Ruth went smoothly, and Ruth didn't notice anything wrong at all. Why was that girl called Miss Yuri so perceptive, able to see the problem from such details?

At this moment, with Ruth's guards arriving, Allen had no power to resist and was immediately captured, after all, he was not an apostle.

Ruth had Allen dragged into a nearby house where she would personally conduct the interrogation. Being skilled in making poisons, she was naturally adept at interrogation.

[This... I thought Amelia and Ruth were going to be fooled by Allen, but it turns out Amelia still saw through it.]

As expected of Amelia.

[It seems there might still be hope for the Harvest Adventure Team.]

The audience was a little surprised by the change in circumstances, but only a little surprised. To them, it was just a plot twist, and they could just relax and watch from now on.

While Ruth interrogated Allen, Amelia and Eileen waited in the yard.

Amelia could faintly hear screams coming from inside the house, and she had no idea what methods Ruth used to interrogate Allen.

She glanced at the comments. The viewers were watching Ruth and Allen, but she couldn't find out what methods Ruth had used from the comments because the viewers were just saying things like, "Please punish me like that too."

'Can't these guys be a little more serious like me?'

Amelia secretly complained.

The interrogation results came out in no time.

Ruth handed Allen over to the guards and returned to the courtyard. She approached Amelia and said, "Miss Lily, based on the interrogation results, it can be confirmed that the Hogan Thieves are still in Springvale, specifically in a tavern on the outskirts of the town."

“A tavern on the edge of Clearspring? Is it Apple Tavern?” The goblin Nat, who was standing nearby, immediately recognized the place: “I remember that place is owned by Mayor Allen.”

To be honest, Nat hadn't expected that Mayor Allen of Clearspring Town would be involved with the Hogan Thieves. No wonder the garrison hadn't shown up for a long time when the Hogan Thieves attacked their Harvest Adventurers. He had initially thought it was just bad luck and that the garrison hadn't had time to arrive, but after learning that Allen was involved, he naturally understood why the garrison couldn't come.

"Let's go over there."

Amelia gave the order very decisively.

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Apple Tavern.

Inside the room on the second floor of the tavern, a sliver of light from the gray sky shone through the window, preventing the room from becoming too dark.

Beside the window, a green-skinned goblin dressed in light clothing stood there, wiping a knife.

Goblins are generally short and thin, but the goblin in front of me was unusually robust, and his face had a fierce look. The gleaming blade of his knife reflected his face like a mirror, and he wore a black eyepatch over his right eye.

Without a doubt, he is none other than Hogan Maud, the leader of the Hogan Thieves, also known as One-Eyed Hogan!

“My good brother, I will lead you to drink more blood in the future. We have a long time to fight side by side.” Hogan said with satisfaction as he looked at his sword.

This is no ordinary knife; it is an alchemical weapon from the Waterland Empire, and it has considerable value.

Just as Hogan was admiring his knife with satisfaction, his room door was suddenly slammed open.

"Boss, something bad has happened."

The person who burst through the door was a flustered human, a member of Hogan's gang of thieves.

Hogan turned around, a dangerous glint in his single eye: "What's wrong? Something so bad that you have to break down my door? I think you need to give me a reasonable explanation."

Stared at by Hogan with his one eye, the member of Hogan's band of thieves swallowed hard and quickly said, "The man who was ordered by the boss to keep an eye on Mayor Allen has returned. Mayor Allen was suspected by that lord Ruth and was taken away for interrogation."

"What? Allen is being suspected? Why is this happening?" Hogan was greatly surprised.

“Our people don’t know why, but when they saw Allen being arrested, they knew they had to notify the boss first.”

"That's right, it was the right thing to notify me first."

Hogan nodded, then pondered for a moment.

Why Allen exposed himself so easily is no longer important; what matters is what to do next.

After colluding with Allen for a while, Hogan also understood what kind of person Allen really was. That kind of guy was undoubtedly a spineless coward, and it wouldn't be surprising at all if he revealed the details of his gang of thieves when interrogated.

In other words, Qingquan Town is no longer a place to stay!

Hogan acted swiftly, immediately giving the order: "Have everyone assemble, take those guys from the Harvest Adventurers as hostages, and leave Springvale now."

"Yes, boss."

The Hogan Thieves sprang into action.

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Amelia and the others arrived at the Apple Tavern in no time.

This place is already on the edge of Clear Spring Town. Business is pretty good in the spring and summer, but it's usually not so good in the winter. Plus, there were thieves around not long ago, so there wasn't a single customer in the tavern.

Upon arriving here, Ruth gave an order, and the Clear Spring Town garrison, which she had regained control of, stormed into the Apple Tavern.

But they were too late.

The Apple Tavern wasn't very large, and they quickly walked around it, only to find it deserted. There were also signs of people leaving on the road leading out of town.

Upon learning of this situation, Ruth immediately went to Amelia's side to report: "Your Majesty, the situation is a bit troublesome. The Hogan Thieves have already left, and it seems they just left recently. Our operation must have been discovered by them in advance."

"Where are the goblins from the Harvest Adventurers?" Amelia asked.

"If I didn't see them, they were most likely taken away as well."

"Not seeing it isn't necessarily a bad thing."

The Hogan Thieves captured the goblins from the Harvest Adventurers. If they didn't want to take them with them, they probably wouldn't let them go either. So the fact that no members of the Harvest Adventurers were seen means that the goblins are still alive.

Thinking of this, Amelia said, "Chase after them immediately; they shouldn't have gone far."

Ruth shared the same idea and quickly organized the garrison.

Before long, people on horseback and carriages left Qingquan Town.

Inside the carriage, Eileen looked outside and said to Amelia, "Your Majesty, if the enemy takes our pursuit into account and tries to escape at all costs, we may not be able to catch up in this carriage."

"Oh?"

Amelia lifted the carriage curtain and looked outside.

It can be seen that among their group, the garrison soldiers on horseback moved the fastest, while the carriages moved much slower, and the distance between them gradually increased.