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The one who spoke was a tall human woman with long flaxen hair tied in a high ponytail. She wore armor and had a somewhat heroic and dashing appearance.

“Commander Kunna.” Hogan quickly approached and dismounted.

"Why are you here at this time? It's not time for our appointment yet, is it?" Kunna asked Hogan, puzzled.

“The situation has changed,” Hogan said seriously. “You should get the soldiers ready. Lord Ruth of Star River Territory has already led a large group of people to catch up with us and will be back here soon.”

"What did you say? You lured them here? Why did you bring them here so early? General Buck hasn't even arrived yet!"

“I said the situation had changed. Alan, who was working with me, was exposed ahead of schedule, instead of me taking the initiative to have someone expose him at the right time as I had planned. So some things happened ahead of schedule.”

"What a hassle!"

"Whether it's troublesome or not, please get ready quickly. Besides, even if General Buck isn't here, we're not incapable of dealing with the people Ruth brings; we have hostages."

"This is the only way."

Kunna frowned, but she couldn't say anything more. She could only turn around and quickly give orders to the soldiers.

Seeing this, Hogan also took a deep breath, somewhat nervously.

In fact, he had already pledged allegiance to the Kingdom of Bagus, but initially the Kingdom of Bagus did not give him any orders, so he was just hiding his identity and colluding with Alan to amass wealth.

However, immediately after the Stranger Festival, orders came from the Kingdom of Bagus, instructing him to devise a scheme to get rid of Ruth.

Although the Kingdom of Bagos has decided to march on the Star River Territory after spring arrives, there is still a long time before spring is over. During this time, they will naturally not do nothing. If they can complete certain things in advance, there is no reason not to do them.

This bureau is related to food.

When Ruth sent someone to investigate the Harvest Adventurers and attempted to cooperate, Wilbur had not yet been exposed. At that time, Wilbur had already revealed to the Kingdom of Bagus that Star River Territory was short of food and wanted to cooperate with the Harvest Adventurers.

After the failed Ghost Festival plan, the people of the Kingdom of Bagus turned their attention to this area. Mainly, they remembered that one of the thieves they had subdued, named Hogan, was connected to the Harvest Adventurers.

So, after receiving instructions from the Kingdom of Bagus, Hogan deliberately revealed his location to attract the Harvest Adventurers, and captured them all. He knew that this would surely lead Ruth to come with her people.

However, due to the failure of the Stranger Festival incident, the Kingdom of Bagus was unsure of the extent of Ruth's power, so they planned to send a general with the rank of High Apostle to handle the matter.

Before that, Hogan's task should be to have Allen keep Ruth and the others calm, and then, after the arrival of the general from the Kingdom of Bagus, to betray Allen and have him interrogated. This would allow Allen to reasonably reveal his thief gang, and then his gang could pretend to be exposed and escape, leading the target to this valley.

This place is a huge trap!

The soldiers of the Kingdom of Bagus, who were lying in ambush here, were expected to be able to take down Ruth and leave the Star River Territory without a master!

The plan was perfect, but Allen's premature exposure was something Hogan hadn't anticipated.

Fortunately, because of the hostages, Ruth's people didn't dare to act recklessly, and the second half of the plan could still continue. However, without a high-ranking apostle, it's uncertain whether problems will arise.

After going over the plan in his mind, Hogan went to Kunna's side and asked, "How much longer until General Buck arrives?"

“Tomorrow,” Kunna replied.

“Tomorrow? That’s too late. We’ll have to deal with these people ourselves.” Hogan thought for a moment and said, “To be on the safe side, we must keep a close eye on the hostages. They care a lot about their hostages. As long as we have hostages, they can’t do anything to us. Even if they have high-ranking apostles, they will be helpless.”

"Do you think they have higher-ranking apostles?" Kunna asked, frowning.

“No, I don’t think they have any higher-ranking apostles. I was just giving an example. Hostages, you know, are really useful.” Hogan smiled.

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The wind felt particularly cold and kept blowing in my face.

Amelia leaned against Eileen's chest, gently embraced by her, her delicate body trembling slightly with the galloping of the horses.

Before long, a valley appeared in front of them.

As the Hogan Thieves entered the valley, Amelia and her group followed at a safe distance.

However, unlike the others who were focused on the thief in front of them, Amelia's gaze was fixed on the bullet comments that were floating in front of her. She looked at these bullet comments carefully, and the more she looked, the more surprised she became.

The scene that the audience was seeing had now shifted to Hogan's side.

Hogan's conversation with Kunna, as well as Hogan's inner thoughts, were revealed by the viewers through the barrage comments, allowing Amelia to roughly understand the true situation after combining the information from numerous barrage comments.

'So it was a trap ahead?'

Amelia began to ponder.

No wonder the Hogan Thieves didn't stop the pursuit after threatening them with hostages to stay away; they had planned to lure them here from the beginning.

The other side even planned to send a high-ranking apostle to take action... However, due to some unexpected events, the high-ranking apostle has not yet arrived. Now, all we have to face are two mid-ranking apostles, more than two hundred soldiers, and dozens of thieves.

Amelia wouldn't care about these forces in a head-on collision, but the problem is that she can't confront them directly because they are holding hostages.

As long as they have hostages, they can't do anything to Hogan and his gang. So how do they solve this problem?

Amelia's eyes flickered, and she already had an idea in mind.

"Ruth!"

Amelia called out.

Ruth, who was leading everyone forward, immediately rode her horse to the side: "Miss Lily, is there anything I can do for you?"

"Don't you think there's something wrong with the Hogan Thieves, Ruth? It seems like they deliberately lured us here."

"Intentional seduction?"

"That's right, so we also need to be prepared for traps ahead."

Amelia pretended that she had deduced this situation based on various details, and then told Ruth and the others how to deal with what was to come.

After listening, Ruth nodded and quickly turned to give instructions to the garrison soldiers who had followed her.

Under these circumstances, they quickly ventured deep into the valley.

Just as they ventured deeper into the valley, thick logs suddenly began to rumble down from the mountain walls on both sides, rolling wildly toward them.

"Back off!"

Ruth shouted, and everyone who was prepared retreated.

Even so, the rolling logs still caused chaos at the scene. Many people were hit by the logs and fell off their horses, suffering serious injuries.

Just as they were being attacked, armored figures emerged from both sides of the valley, drawing their bows and firing volleys of arrows.

Meanwhile, the band of thieves in front, except for the one with the hostage, also turned around and charged forward, brandishing their knives.

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On the mountainside, Hogan and Kunna looked down at the situation below, their brows furrowing slightly.

Although the ambush was successful, the effect was different from what they had imagined. They had expected that this ambush would cause considerable losses to the garrison, but in reality, from their vantage point, they could only see that many people were injured, but no one had died.

"Their reaction was too fast. Were they on guard against an ambush the whole time?" Hogan couldn't understand.

"That's not surprising. After all, your act of luring people here was too obvious, so it's normal for them to be wary."

Kunna didn't find it strange at all. As long as the result was as expected, it didn't matter if there were some twists and turns in the process.

She continued, "The logs blocked their escape route, at least half of them are stuck and can't leave, so they can only wait to die... huh?"

Halfway through the conversation, Kunna noticed that the garrison had decisively abandoned half of their horses. Then, one by one, the garrison soldiers used their shields to deflect the arrows falling from the sky, climbed over the logs, and reached their companions who were not trapped by the logs. They then turned around and rode off towards the outside of the valley.

"They actually abandoned their horses and ran away? That's too shrewd!" Hogan's only eye widened, realizing he had miscalculated.

If these people escape, wouldn't their ambush have been for nothing?

Moreover, this incident will definitely put the other side on alert, making it much more difficult to set up an ambush again.

Kunna's expression also changed: "If General Buck were here, this would never have happened. Ambushing in advance is never a good thing."

"What's the point of saying all this now? It's not like I wanted to bring it up early. Can we use the hostages to make them stay?"

"Using hostages to threaten them into staying? How could that possibly work? They know they'll all die if they stay, so why would they care about hostages?"

"Then what do you suggest we do?"

"Of course we'll go after them. They're not as strong as we think. We'll just go after them... Of course, just in case, we'll take the hostages with us, in case they have any other tricks up their sleeves."

Kunna, as expected of the ruler of the Kingdom of Baghs, quickly made a decision.

Chapter 148 Amelia's Response

Amelia and the others quickly left the valley.

Behind them, soldiers from the Kingdom of Bagus, along with thieves from the Hogan Thieves, rode up on horseback, their momentum fierce and their killing intent overwhelming.

This situation worried Ruth a little. She rode her horse to Amelia's side and whispered, "Miss Lily, what should we do next?"

"Don't worry, just stick to the plan. Also, do you have any readily available poison? Give me some."

"No problem."

Ruth quickly took out several bottles containing poison or paper bags containing poison powder from her person and gave them to Amelia.

Amelia took it and immediately put it away.

Their retreat was neither fast nor slow, because most of them were riding in pairs, and they couldn't shake off the people behind them very well. If this continued, they would be caught up sooner or later.

However, this is also the result Amelia needs.

"Eileen, we need to get to the front quickly and make preparations," Amelia said to Eileen behind her.

"I see."

Eileen cracked her whip, urging her horse to gallop away at an even faster speed, leaving the rest of the group behind.

Although both were two people riding a horse, Amelia and Irene were different from the garrison. They were women, so they were naturally lighter, and they were not wearing armor, so they did not put too much burden on their horses.

More importantly, both Amelia and Irene can better control themselves and not put too much weight on the horses. For example, Amelia can use the Wind God Dance to make the wind surround her and make her body light and agile.

Under these circumstances, they rushed to the front and distanced themselves from the others.

Meanwhile, the garrison troops behind them, under Ruth's deliberate arrangement, slightly changed their positions to obscure Amelia and Eileen, preventing the pursuers from seeing them emerge from the crowd.

Under these circumstances, Amelia soon saw carriages approaching on the road ahead.

Those were the carriages that had traveled with them before, but because the carriages had a body to support them, they moved relatively slowly, so they only arrived here now.

"Let's go!"

Amelia and Eileen quickly went over to meet up with the carriages and ordered all of them to turn around.

At the same time, she and Eileen dismounted and returned to their own carriage, while the soldier driving the carriage also returned to his horse.

Once inside the carriage, Amelia opened a cabinet and took out a spare maid outfit.