After two days of hurrying, Rex and the others had already fled thousands of miles, and Glia's people couldn't find them anyway. The Great Power Technique, the Chunlin Technique, and the Wind Speed Technique kept blessing the horses, and no matter how good the war horse was, it couldn't withstand such a toss, and two days later, Rex slowed down.

Qin Yin is a land that is narrow from east to west and long from north to south, with a vast area, second only to the Yunliu Empire. After galloping along the way, Salin and the others finally bypassed the largest mountainous area in the west of Qin Yin and could turn south.

After all, Salin was a magician, not a swordsman, and he was a little tired from traveling for two days. Rex cultivates fruit martial arts, but she is a magician, and her body is only the standard of a high-level swordsman at most.

Rex had the most detailed magic map of the continent, and she took out the map and discussed with Saleen which way to go next. Judging from the map, the current location of the four people is in the center of the northern part of the empire, and a day further on, there is an imperial lane that runs through the north and south. If you walk for two more days, there is a huge canal to the south, which can be taken straight down by boat.

Rex prefers to go overland, and Saleen wants to take a boat.

Seeing Rex's hesitation, Salin said, "If you want to learn from the survival experience of ordinary people, there will be opportunities in the future. By land, this is already the heart of the empire, and you don't have much experience to learn. By water, we can hire a big ship and two sailors, and we can rush to Alchemy City next month, except in case of supplies. ”

Rex thought about it, and it seemed that the Holy See had already made up its mind to start an all-out war, although it was unrealistic that it would drag on for two or three years. By next spring at the latest, Garulan will be in full swing at war. If you want to hit the level of a magician, it will take ten or eight years.

"Well, let's take a boat. ”

Saleen was overjoyed when he saw Rex agree. He is good at water magic, and it is much safer to ride in a boat than on foot. Moreover, traveling by boat does not affect the cultivation of magic, so riding a horse every day, the bones will fall apart.

"Rex, this map ......" Salin saw that Rex's magic map was very magical, like a large magic scroll, after unfolding, you can see the whole picture of the continent, and you can also use magic to show the subtle natural environment. All mountains and rivers are magically marked, and the river sections are also marked with depth and width depending on the season.

"This is ninth-level magic equipment, and there are only four copies of the entire Qin Yin, and there is no way to copy it. Rex put away the map apologetically, and the horses were almost rested, and Saleen still rode with Rex.

"Rex, how was this map made?"

"I don't know, it's probably done by a lot of ninth-level magicians. Rex is also vague, the map of the Grükos family comes from the Second Dynasty, and the history of 10,000 years ago has long been lost. She thought for a while, and then spoke: "I also speculate, because the landform of the continent is constantly changing, this map is no longer the same as it was at the beginning, before Qin Yin founded the country, there were many ninth-level magicians who participated in the revision, and at that time, the continent was in turmoil, and no one stopped it." ”

Although Salin knew the scenery of Qin Yin's founding of the country, he still secretly smacked his tongue when he thought about using a large number of ninth-level magicians to make a map. Most of today's magic maps are mapped and mapped by alchemy props, and then completed by magic apprentices. Qin Yin has been established for less than a thousand years, and the number of magicians has dropped by more than half.

The decay of human power seems to be getting faster and faster. Qin didn't feel anything because of the prosperity of magic, and Salin's hometown of Ceylon City hadn't even been to a mage for more than two hundred years.

The war in Garudan was too far, and there was an endless stream of merchants and travelers on this east-west lane, and the nobles from all over the country sent troops to get a piece of the pie in Garudan, which promoted the prosperity of commerce in disguise. The armies of the nobles were basically private soldiers, and being stationed in Garudan required a lot of supplies. Along the way, Salin even saw two caravans protected by a seventh-level mercenary group, and the combat effectiveness of the seventh-level mercenary group was not much different from the elite of the empire.

Salin is now a great magician, and he has no problem dealing with a hundred and ten hoplites, but he is really surrounded by a whole battalion of troops, and even Rex can only escape by relying on wind magic. If the army had a large number of alchemical crossbows, the magician would not even dare to fly, lest he be shot into a hedgehog.

After two more days of walking, Rex finally understood what Saleen meant, the Empire's lanes for war were too safe, and his encounter with a swordsman disguised as a thief was purely accidental. The caravans heading west had hired a large number of mercenaries, and there were a large number of swordsmen among the mercenaries, and the wide lanes were as peaceful as those in the city of Kushui County.

The Grand Canal is a north-south river that has been transformed, west of the riverbank, is a huge city, and here is also a large dock in the north, along which grain from the Duchy of Phoenix can be transported all the way south to Pompeii, the largest city in the south of the empire.

The canal meets the Emerald River at Pompeii and heads east to the sea.

The wide canal, thousands of miles long, became the artery of imperial transportation. This city in the north of the empire is extremely important. It's just that after Saleen saw the Holy Rock City, this city called Evantel seemed a little ordinary, although the city was as beautiful as a work of art, it did not have the atmosphere and heritage of the Holy Rock City.

Built on the waterfront, Evantel was built on the waterfront, and unlike other cities, artificial rivers were dug out on all sides of the city walls to protect the city. Saleen was struck by the bridge across the canal, a metal bridge that was more than two miles long and could accommodate eight horse-drawn carriages alongside each other. The piers are made of steel rock in one piece, and they have not even been specially polished, and they still remain the same as when they were mined.

Salin couldn't figure out how such a large steel rock could be transported to the river, and in terms of volume, even a ninth-level magician couldn't fit it into the space equipment.

There are two small castles at the head of the bridge, and about a mile south is the city's dock. There was also a dock south of the dock, and Salin and the others did not need supplies, and did not enter the city, but directly looked for suitable ships to hire.

The status of a Sarin mage made it easy for him to find a suitable ship, of course, also because he had the money and could choose at will. His destination was Alchemy City, and the hired ships had to run all the way to the seashore, and the cost was considerable. And he demanded to move day and night, and two shifts of sailors were needed. The sailors were to be hired separately, and each man demanded a silver coin a day, and the boatswain demanded a gold coin. An ordinary person could not earn ten gold coins a year, and the income of this sailor was about four times that of an ordinary civilian.

Salin didn't understand why until he saw the big ship he had hired.

The ship is more than 20 meters long, three stories high, and the hull is covered with bronze-colored metal. If this ship is solidified with some magic arrays, it will be no different from the warships of the Empire, but it will be smaller.

To Salin's attention, the ship was flanked by six large, concealed oars, apparently magically driven. The ship requires at least one magic apprentice to start, and it consumes low-level magic cores. The massive mast is lowered and propped up at the bow, allowing the sails to provide more speed when going downwind.

This is much more advanced and complicated than the battered fishing boats in Ceylon.

Rex had only seen images of such a magic ship before, but it was the first time he had seen a real thing. She said with satisfaction: "Salin, this boat you hired is good, and it is very cheap. If it were me, I'm afraid it would cost ten times the price. ”

"Rex, the four of us, counting eight horses, don't take up much space. People can carry goods by the way, and the price can only be said to be ......"

"This is normal, if we don't deliver some goods by the way, we are wasting the resources of the empire. Don't look at Scochenya's reputation as a business empire, our Qin Yin is the richest. When Rex said this, he was quite proud, and directly regarded Saleen as a Qin Yin.

Salin smiled bitterly, he had long heard that the Qin Yin people regarded all the magicians as their own, just as the Tangulas regarded everything as gods. He is obviously a Skochenian, and even if he joins Rex's plan, he should be counted as a member of the Bitterwater Commandery.

Is this pride, or arrogance?

The captain looked like an ordinary person, and the first and second officers looked like at least high-level swordsmen, and maybe even swordsmen. The ship was hired by Saleen, and the captain asked Saleen to meet with the boatswain and the cook, and then arranged a room for four people.

The room is on three floors, the entire three floors are connected, the decoration in the room is not luxurious, but the materials are very exquisite. The windows on all sides are inlaid with stained glass, which is cheaper than pure transparent glass, and has the advantage that even if there are no curtains, the outside cannot be seen.

The floor is made of wire wood, which is corrosion-resistant, and it is obviously magically treated, so that it will not deform even if it is soaked in water.

The ship appears to have been reserved for the nobility, and there is a small living room, with walnut tables with petal-shaped corners and no oil paintings on the walls, but wood carvings. Meticulous thought is reflected everywhere.

Salin was very satisfied, such an environment was suitable for cultivating magic, and the entire second floor was empty, so no one would disturb him.

Rex also felt good, the cabin windows were sliding, and when they were all opened, the wide river surface made people feel comfortable. She was accustomed to setting up magical alarms at all entrances, and anyone who wanted to get close would trigger the alarm, except for the four of herself.

Saleen inspected the bulkheads, floors, and ceilings with cold vision. He found that there was a secret passage under the table, but it was one-way, and it could only be entered from the third floor to the second floor, and it seemed that it was used for the escape of the people on the third floor in case of danger. The bulkhead is very thick, with a magic material for the interlayer, and it is so strong that it cannot be broken even with heavy weapons.

This is just an ordinary civilian ship, I don't know what the emperor [***] ship will look like. And the legendary Invincible Armada, the sea dragon of the Cloud Empire, isn't it a giant magic machine?

(To be continued)