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

“I understand. The carriage is becoming a hindrance in this situation, right? Then let’s ride horses too.” Amelia quickly made her decision.

"Does Your Majesty know how to ride a horse?" Eileen asked upon seeing this.

"This……"

Amelia pondered for a moment.

She usually travels by carriage and has never actually ridden a horse before. The original owner did have some experience riding horses, but not much. Could she still demonstrate her horsemanship skillfully?

Seeing Amelia's thoughtful expression, Eileen knew she couldn't expect Amelia to ride a horse.

“Your Majesty, let us ride together on the same horse,” Eileen decided.

“Actually, it’s not that I can’t ride a horse,” Amelia said hesitantly.

"No, Your Majesty, please ride with me on horseback."

Eileen dared not let Amelia ride alone, because Amelia reminded her of the Amelia she had seen drinking at the tavern before.

Back then, Amelia confidently declared that she could drink, but she saw the outcome all too well.

As for riding a horse, Amelia didn't even show much confidence, so how could she dare to let Amelia ride alone?

“Alright, Eileen, since you want me to ride the same horse as you, then so be it.” Amelia did not refuse again.

The selection of horses was also simple.

Although the garrison did not know Amelia and Irene's exact identities, they knew that they were not ordinary people and that they had been able to stay by Ruth's side for so long.

So when Eileen called out to a soldier on horseback who was nearby, asking him to come over and drive the carriage and hand over the horse, the soldier immediately stopped the horse.

After getting off the carriage, Amelia and Eileen went to the horse's side, while the soldier drove their carriage away.

"Your Majesty, you may go up first," Eileen gestured.

"I see."

Amelia looked at the horse in front of her, raised her right foot and put it in the stirrup, about to mount, when the horse snorted and took a few steps to the side.

"Hey, hey, don't move!"

Amelia hopped on one foot while one foot was still in the stirrup.

Upon hearing her voice, the horses began to move erratically again.

This made Amelia's eyes widen. She withdrew her foot and said to Eileen, "Eileen, this horse is not behaving properly."

"It probably doesn't know us well, but that's okay, we can just force our way up."

At this point, Eileen had no choice but to mount the horse herself.

Her movements were swift and decisive; she flipped herself onto the horse in the stirrups, causing the horse to tremble uncomfortably.

Eileen patted the horse's back: "Don't be afraid, nothing will happen."

It was just a simple pat, but Eileen's palm seemed to have a magical power that quickly calmed the horse down.

Next, Eileen reached out her hand to Amelia.

Amelia immediately grabbed Eileen's hand, and then Eileen pulled her slightly to sit down on the horse, right in front of Eileen.

"Your Majesty, please be seated."

After helping Amelia sit down, Eileen quickly spurred the horse forward, the cold wind blowing in their faces causing their long hair to flutter wildly.

Amelia instinctively raised her hand to shield herself from the cold wind, and leaned back against Eileen's chest.

To prevent Amelia from falling, Eileen held the reins with one hand and wrapped the other around Amelia's waist to keep her in place.

'Your Majesty's waist is so slender and supple.'

As she hugged Amelia, the thought flashed through Eileen's mind, but she immediately shook her head, feeling that she shouldn't let her mind wander.

In fact, Amelia wouldn't fall. After all, she was a mid-level apostle, so stabilizing herself wouldn't be a problem. However, Amelia didn't dislike Eileen's overprotective nature.

It feels nice to have an arm around you, a warm palm on your stomach.

Riding horses, Amelia and Eileen quickly caught up with the rest of the group ahead.

Amelia noticed that Ruth was also riding alone, leading a group of garrison soldiers in pursuit.

“Miss Lily.” Ruth also saw Amelia and Irene.

"Keep chasing."

"Yes."

Without saying much, the two spurred their horses along the road, quickly chasing after the tracks left by the Hogan bandits.

About half an hour later, they finally made some discoveries.

Amelia could see a group of people riding horses at breakneck speed in the distance ahead, with bound goblins lying on the seats of many of the riders.

'Looks like we caught up.'

Amelia's gaze swept over the area, and she understood somewhat.

The Hogan Thieves hadn't been on the run for very long, and many of them were also carrying members of the Harvest Adventurers, so their pace wasn't very fast. It's not surprising that they were caught up with.

Upon seeing their target, everyone perked up, cracking their whips to urge their horses to chase after it at an even faster pace.

Their arrival was naturally not ignored by Hogan and his men who were fleeing ahead.

'They caught up so quickly? Damn, my plan is completely ruined. It's all that good-for-nothing Allen's fault, why did he expose himself so early?'

One-Eyed Hogan glanced back, his brows furrowing deeply.

However, he relaxed again when his gaze swept over the hostages he was with.

As long as there are hostages, what can those guys do even if they catch up?

As for the idea of ​​using the hostages to turn the tables and kill these people, Hogan had no such idea. Although he had the rank of a mid-level apostle, he was not confident that he could defeat the pursuers.

Those people definitely knew he was a mid-level apostle, yet they still came after him in such a large force. This can only mean one thing: these guys were confident enough to capture him.

After a few thoughts flashed through his mind, Hogan shouted to those behind him, "You guys stop right there! Anyone who dares to come any closer, I'll chop off the head of an entire Harvest Adventurer's Guild member. You don't want to see anyone lose their head because of you, do you?"

This statement was quite effective.

As soon as Hogan finished speaking, the pace of the pursuit by the others indeed slowed down.

Chapter 147 The Complete Plan

Amelia, nestled in Eileen's arms, looked up at the distance.

The cold wind separated them from the Hogan Thieves ahead. They were already quite close to each other, but as the other side spoke, it became difficult for them to get any closer.

"Hostages..."

Amelia whispered.

The fact that the other side has taken hostages has indeed made the situation somewhat difficult.

Even if Eileen were to take action, it would be impossible for her to eliminate all the members of the thief gang in one fell swoop; that would give them enough time to harm the hostages.

What should I do?

"Miss Lily, what should we do?"

Miss Ruth then rode up to the side.

Although her abilities are all in drug production and she is basically the same as an ordinary person, she has excellent horsemanship skills because she has been riding horses since she was a child, and the horses she rides are very obedient.

"The situation is difficult right now. Even if you ask me what to do, I can't think of anything right now. I can only keep them hanging for the time being," Amelia sighed.

"Miss Eileen, don't you have a way to deal with these people?"

"Of course, Eileen is a high-ranking apostle, not a super-ranking apostle. But you, don't you have any poison that can silently deal with those guys?"

"I'm afraid that won't work, because the wind is blowing this way."

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing Ruth's words, Amelia subconsciously looked around.

Because of the wind direction, they couldn't poison the thieves, but what if someone secretly went around to the front of the thieves and poisoned them? Wouldn't that work?

However, Amelia looked around and found that the surrounding environment was very open, making it virtually impossible for someone to get around to the front undetected.

"What should we do?"

Amelia muttered to herself, glancing at the comments section.

But even the audience couldn't offer any answers at this point.

It seems they really can only keep Hogan and the others at arm's length and wait for an opportunity.

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Hogan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the people behind him didn't dare to chase after him.

'Luckily, these guys still care about the hostages, otherwise it would have been a real problem. How frustrated would I be if the plan had fallen apart before it even began? Now, although things have been brought forward because of that stupid Allen's exposure, the plan should still be able to proceed.'

Hogan looked behind him, his eyes darting around.

At this point, he could have used the hostages to threaten the people behind him to stop following, but he couldn't do that. Scaring people away wasn't the result he wanted. He needed these people to follow, as long as they didn't follow too closely.

"Everyone, hurry up and get moving."

Hogan gave the order, and the numerous thieves cracked their whips and sped along the road ahead.

Soon after, a valley appeared ahead.

Hogan's eyes lit up slightly upon seeing the valley, and then he looked back and saw that Ruth and her group were still chasing after him, a smile involuntarily appearing on his lips.

"Keep moving at this speed, and remember to keep an eye on the hostages. Don't let those guys behind you sneak up on you."

After giving instructions to the rest of the band of thieves, Hogan took the lead and entered the valley ahead of the others.

After driving for a short while in the valley, Hogan spotted a campsite ahead.

The camp was neither too big nor too small, and it housed a group of soldiers in armor. At a rough glance, there were about two hundred of them, making it a small troop.

"Hagan?"

As Hogan approached the camp, the people in the camp also saw him.