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

That's Eileen's maid outfit. Because Eileen often has to fight, her clothes are bound to get torn, so there are spare maid outfits in the carriage.

At this moment, Eileen was driving the carriage outside, while Amelia, who was alone in the carriage, quickly took off her own clothes and changed into Eileen's maid outfit.

Before long, Amelia was dressed in a black and white maid outfit. She wore a headdress on her light golden, slightly wavy hair, and black stockings that tightly hugged her thighs.

Apart from feeling a little tightness in her chest, Amelia didn't feel any other discomfort.

'I don't know if this will work, but we have no other choice.'

Amelia thought to herself.

She planned to disguise herself and Eileen as ordinary maids, then pretend to be captured by the people of the Kingdom of Bagus. When important figures in the Kingdom of Bagus approached, she would decisively take them down, thereby threatening the rest of the Kingdom of Bagus to hand over the hostages.

Once the hostages are gone, the subsequent operations will become much easier.

Amelia wasn't sure if this would be easy to do, but she could only give it a try.

After making sure she was dressed, Amelia lifted the carriage curtain and said to Eileen, "Eileen, get me some dirt or something."

Even while driving the carriage, Eileen was still able to do other things. She bent down slightly and, without affecting the carriage's speed, reached out and smeared a handful of dirt on the ground for Amelia.

Amelia didn't care about anything, grabbed some dirt and smeared it on her face, making herself look covered in dirt and unrecognizable.

Next, she also made Eileen look disheveled, obscuring her originally delicate and pretty face.

Next, we just have to wait for the people from the Kingdom of Baghs to catch up.

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Hogan and Kunna, both on horseback, quickly caught up from behind.

Seeing the garrison fleeing in such a sorry state, and with the distance between them rapidly closing, Hogan felt much more at ease, thinking that if they continued to pursue them, everything would eventually turn out the way he had imagined.

However, he was a cautious person and would not be careless just because he and Kunna were both mid-level apostles.

He looked back and saw that the bandits were still approaching with the hostages from the Harvest Adventurers, which reassured him a lot. As long as there were hostages, many problems would be solved.

Hogan turned his gaze back to what was ahead.

"Carriages?" Kunna spoke up at this moment, noticing that there were more carriages among the fleeing garrison.

Hogan glanced at them and said, "These carriages must have been Ruth's companions when she traveled. When the bandits were chasing me, they chose to pursue me on horseback in order to catch up with me, so the carriages, which are slower, naturally fell behind."

“Since the carriage is slower, what do you think Ruth will choose? If she abandons the carriage, they won’t have enough room to take everyone away; if she doesn’t abandon the carriage, they’ll be caught up.” Kunna smiled.

"Be careful, Ruth might poison us," Hogan warned, his one eye gleaming with a sharp, calm light.

"Don't worry, we have brought enough antidotes from the kingdom... Well, just in case, let's drink some of the more versatile antidotes now."

As she spoke, Kunna took out a bottle of medicine containing a silvery-white liquid from her bosom and drank it.

She also instructed the others to drink the medicine so that they wouldn't be poisoned without even realizing it.

Seeing how cautious Kunna was, Hogan was relieved once again.

Finally, they had closed enough distance to the group ahead.

“Horgan, do it,” Kunna said decisively.

"I know it's time to act without you telling me."

Hogan smiled.

As a goblin, he worships the Throne of the Earth, which grants him control over the earth and the power to nurture life.

Most of the members of the Harvest Adventurers possess the power to nurture life, but the abilities he possesses are all derived from the power of the earth!

At that moment, Hogan flipped off his horse and jumped down, slapping his hands on the ground.

"Earth Barrier!"

Hogan let out a low shout, and his power surged into the earth.

Immediately afterwards, walls suddenly rose up from the ground ahead, blocking the way for Ruth and the others.

The wall wasn't high, probably less than a meter, but its sudden appearance still had a significant impact.

Those riding horses and driving carriages were caught off guard by the sudden appearance of the wall and crashed into it, producing a series of dull thuds.

The earth's barrier was shattered by the impact, with pieces of rock flying everywhere. Those who crashed into the wall fell to the ground, while carriages collided with each other and overturned with a loud crash. Some carriages even disintegrated completely.

Seeing this, Hogan and the others immediately chased after them with smiles, but as they got closer, a cloud of poisonous fog suddenly erupted in front of them, spreading out in green mist and causing them to stop in their tracks.

"Don't worry, we've all taken the antidote, let's go!" Kunna said quickly upon seeing the situation.

Upon hearing Kunna's words, the soldiers at the front quickly stepped into the poisonous fog.

The people behind followed suit.

But before the others could enter the poisonous fog, the first soldier to enter suddenly let out a shrill scream and ran out of the fog, his body covered in blisters, rolling on the ground in agony.

This situation caused those behind to pause in their tracks, and then they quickly distanced themselves from the poisonous fog, daring not to approach it any further.

“It’s a corrosive poison.” Kunna frowned upon seeing this. “This poison is offensive, and our antidote is not effective against it. We can only try to avoid it.”

“That won’t be fast enough.” Hogan’s expression changed as he looked to both sides.

The poisonous fog spread very quickly, expanding rapidly.

He felt that by the time they got around the poisonous fog, Ruth and the others might have already escaped, which was not a scene he wanted to see.

"Instead of wasting time talking nonsense, let's get moving." Kunna gave Hogan a cold look.

In her view, there was no way for them to pass through the poisonous fog directly at this moment, so going around it was the only option, even if it meant that people might escape.

Hogan took a deep breath and said nothing more.

They moved quickly, and after circling around, they finally escaped the poisonous fog and arrived at the place where Ruth and the others had been. However, all that remained were some injured horses that were difficult to move and abandoned carriages.

"They still ran away?" Hogan's face was very grim.

At this point, it would probably be useless to continue the pursuit, because if they continued, they would reach the towns, and every town would have a garrison, making it impossible for them to attack.

Hogan found this result hard to accept. Everything was perfectly planned, so why did it all fall apart at the last minute?

Kunna's expression was also grim, but she still gave the soldiers the order: "Search the area and see if there are any clues."

Upon hearing Kunna's order, the soldiers immediately began searching.

Their search quickly yielded results.

"My lord, we've found two unconscious maids and a goblin!"

Upon hearing the report, Kunna couldn't help but look at Hogan.

Hogan frowned and said, "Bring the goblin over so I can take a look."

Upon hearing Hogan's words, two soldiers immediately brought over a struggling goblin, who was none other than Nat.

"So it's you." Hogan smiled when he saw a familiar face.

"Hogan, you damned bastard, you'll get what's coming to you! Lord Ruth will make you suffer consequences you can't bear!" Nat said through gritted teeth.

"Hmph, what can a lord who has fled in such a sorry state do to me?" Hogan said dismissively.

That's what he said, but he felt a bit gloomy inside. After this incident, he worried that Rose would start gathering soldiers from the Star River Territory, and it would become incredibly difficult to take her down.

"Ruth and the others all ran away, abandoning you behind?" Kunna asked, looking at the goblin.

"So what?" Nat said coldly, "The other soldiers are all trained and can adjust and act immediately even if chaos occurs. The only ones who couldn't react in time were me and the maid. We only ended up like this because we were too weak. We don't blame anyone else."

Although he was a prospective apostle, his abilities in life cultivation were not much different from those of ordinary people, so it made sense.

Moreover, these words subtly explained why two maids were left behind.

Kunna was immediately misled as well.

In her view, Ruth's pursuit of Hogan was an unexpected event, and it was perfectly reasonable for Ruth to bring guards and maids with her when she went to Springvale before that.

Afterwards, Rose led the garrison in pursuit of Hogan, and it was not surprising that the maids and guards followed as well, since the maids were the ones in those carriages.

What just happened—whether it was the garrison or the guards—was because they were trained and could quickly adjust their state and leave, while the maid couldn't do that, so she was left behind.

Thinking of this, Kunna decided to go and check on the two maids.

"What should we do next, Kunna? When General Buck arrives and finds out what happened, he will definitely blame us. Have you thought about how to deal with it?" Hogan asked, frowning.

Upon hearing Hogan's words, Kunna paused, her mood becoming irritable.

Things have escalated to this point, and it's certainly difficult to explain to the higher-ups. But can she be blamed for things turning out this way? It was clearly Hogan who lured the people here ahead of time.

After giving Hogan a disapproving look, Kunna said coldly, "You figure out what to do yourself."

After leaving those words, she went to check on the two maids who had been found. She discovered that the two maids were lying inside the overturned carriage, looking rather disheveled.

Without paying much attention, Kunna took a rope, tied the two of them up, and then threw them into a usable carriage next to her.

These two maids will also become her hostages.

Although we already have members of the Harvest Adventurers' Guild as hostages, who would mind having more hostages? Besides, these two maids are Ruth's maids, so perhaps interrogating them might yield some useful information.

"Let's go back first. We'll decide everything when General Buck arrives tomorrow."

Kunna gave instructions to the group.

Meanwhile, inside the carriage.

Amelia, who was pretending to be captured, slightly opened her eyes and glanced outside.

In the end, she changed her mind.

She originally planned to wait for Kunna to get close, then quickly take her down and exchange her for the members of the Harvest Adventure Team.

But there's also Hogan.

Hogan was always far away; even if they took down Kunna, they couldn't take down Hogan, and the members of the Harvest Adventurers were in the hands of the thieves under Hogan's command.

Then let's wait a little longer.

Chapter 149 An Unexpected Person, an Emergency, a Snowy Night

The carriage slowly made its way back into the valley.

Eileen secretly opened her eyes and looked outside.

Although the curtain remained drawn, it swayed from side to side as the carriage moved, occasionally revealing glimpses of the outside scenery.