After returning to the Chamber of Commerce, the rest of the people had already returned, and Kaichi was the latest to come back because he spent a lot of time copying the map.

After sitting down, Jia Yi asked, "Have you gained anything?

With that, he put the map in his hand on a small table in front of him and spread it out.

"This is the map I found in the library of the association, the clearest. After speaking, Jia Yi sighed helplessly.

For the map, Jia Yi is not very satisfied, but the rest of the people think it is okay, first, the maps of this era are almost all carved like this, and second, they have not seen the map much.

Chester looked at the map and said, "Good thing you found a map, otherwise we would have been wiped out." I looked for three chambers of commerce, and none of them still knew the way they were going. It turned out that the people who took that trade route were either dead, or they were old and not in the Chamber of Commerce. They all say that this trade route has been abandoned for decades and no one knows about it. ”

The rest of the people also nodded their heads, and none of them had good news.

They didn't know that the distance between the imperial capital and the academy was relatively far, and the cost of taking the land route was too high, and it was completely inferior to the chamber of commerce that took the water route. So if it's a bulk of goods, the competitiveness is almost none, such as things like grain, and the imperial capital is not a place where grain is produced.

And if it is a relatively small amount of goods, it is completely possible to hire a mage, use the space package to load it, and then take an airship to reach the academy. And there is also a storage box specially launched for the Chamber of Commerce, made of magic steel, the largest is more than three meters long, and the small one is more than one meter five, although such a storage box is bulky and inconvenient to carry, but it can store more things, which is more suitable for the Chamber of Commerce.

"So, are we going to use such a map to get to the academy?" Jia Yi stretched out his hand and poked the map, his face a little depressed.

"This map is not very clear, but we follow the wayfinding, we should not deviate too far, we can always encounter people on the road, by the way, it is okay to ask for directions. Chester said reluctantly.

Jia Yi sighed: "It's mainly a matter of time, if we can have half a year, it doesn't matter if we go through directly." Look here, there is a river in front of you, even if you are far away, you will never cross the river, and when you get to the river, just look for it upstream, you can always find it. But we don't have that much time. ”

He straightened up and sat down, and continued: " The straight-line distance from the imperial capital to the academy is not less than a thousand miles, we have less than two months to start school, we can only spend a month at most on the road, so that we have to walk more than 30 miles a day, it doesn't seem like much, but there is no big road for us to walk, there is also the danger of the wrong direction, if you deviate from an angle, even if it is only 10 degrees, we can get it through the Pythagorean theorem, we have to walk more than 150 miles, 5 more days of travel, this is still to ensure the right angle. ”

"If we can detect the angle wrong in advance, then we can—" Chester had to say more, but he was forced back by Kaichi's eyes, and he also understood that there was little point in thinking about this distance. Because you can't guarantee to walk in a straight line all the time, detours, and up the hill are all necessary.

"Are we going to give up like this?" March's tone revealed a strong unwillingness, it was rare that everyone was ready to go out and take a risk, it was the first time since childhood, but it was possible to die before it started.

Jia Yi looked at everyone's expressions, knowing that everyone was not very willing to give up, and said: "I know that everyone doesn't want to give up, but we must have expectations for possible difficulties, if we can have half a year, even if it is four months, I am willing to go through the wilderness with everyone and reach the academy, but we only have one month now, even if we squeeze a little more, it is impossible to exceed 40 days, and there are still many things to prepare when we arrive at the academy, at least we have to leave 5 or 6 days." If we miss the start of school, we'll have to wait for the next year, and we're not too young, Chester, how old are you?"

“19。 ”

"Then you will have your last chance next year, and at our age, if you miss a year, you will fall behind others a lot, and it is likely that you will fall behind step by step. ”

Only Kaichi and March are the youngest, one is 15 and the other is 16, and the rest, the youngest is also 18. There are not many mages who break through to the official mage level and come to the academy every year, because most capable people will send their children to the academy when they are still apprentices, so that the children's foundation will be more solid. And the foundation of Chester and the others is actually not particularly good, of course, Jia Yi is not among them, first, Imu is from the Orthodox Academy, and second, Jia Yi has the knowledge of the earth, and the combination of the two has the current level, and if there is no one, Jia Yi will be at most the same as Chester and them.

It's not a genius in the first place, and if you waste another year, you may be lost in the sea of people. And in order to maintain the level for a year, you must take the initiative to learn, and the cost will not be small. Even at the age of Kaichi and March, wasting time is not conducive to their own growth.

The rest of the people were hit by Jiayi's words, and they were a little worried in their hearts, and they almost gave up.

Jia Yi softened his tone, looked at everyone from right to left, and continued: "If we want to travel by land to reach the academy, this map will definitely not work, it is too simple, since we can't find a more detailed map, we can only go to the library to check it out, look through all the travelogues, after so many years, someone will definitely leave a travelogue of the imperial capital to arrive at the academy, and improve the map according to these travelogues." Preferably, you can find iconic buildings and confirm that you are in the right direction. Finally, to keep track of time, make sure you travel more than 50 miles a day. All of this is achieved before it is possible to travel through the wilderness to reach the Academy. ”

Kaichi is accustomed to listing all the difficulties now, and leaving room for all the plans to increase the ability to tolerate mistakes. However, he will never be lazy to stay until the end because the plan is relatively loose, maybe a little bit in his previous life, but after the crossing, he will never be like that again, he will only finish the planned task first, and then move on to new things, but he will not push himself too much, let himself live like a spinning top, and never stop. This is destined for him not to be the one who overcomes obstacles, but fortunately, his talent or opportunity is actually outstanding, so that his lazy temperament can be regarded as a small achievement.

After listening to Kaichi's final summary, the rest of the people were thinking about the possibility of planning.

Chester was the first to speak: "50 miles a day, it shouldn't be difficult to have a good horse. However, Jiayi, your mount seems to be a cow, can you reach it?"

"Don't worry, Xiaoqing has the bloodline of a desolate beast, although the speed is not fast, but the endurance is incomparable to ordinary pack beasts, so it is not a problem at all. Kaichi said this, but he was a little unconvinced by Chester's claim that he had found a good horse.

Traveling 50 miles a day doesn't sound like much, but it's not easy, especially if it lasts 30 days. Jia Yi used to like to read novels, and he was very interested in the speed of horses marching in historical texts, so he went to Baidu on the Internet. Generally speaking, after a long march, even a Mongolian horse known for its endurance can only maintain a speed of 50 to 100 kilometers, let alone carrying a man, even if it is a good horse, it is very good to be able to maintain a speed of 5 or 60 kilometers. Although it is said that a modern rapid march can be 50 kilometers a day, it is absolutely impossible to last more than ten days or even dozens of days, and long-distance travel is different. If you ignore the health of the horse, you can run 100 kilometers in 3 or 4 hours.

The creatures of the other world are more robust, and the horses have stronger speed and endurance, but the distance unit is also different, a mile is about 1.6 kilometers, even with the physique of the otherworldly horse, maintaining a distance of 50 miles is equivalent to 80 kilometers is not something that ordinary horses can do.

Chester stood up and said, "Jiayi, tomorrow you and March will go to the association to find the travelogue and sort out the route, and I will go with Madojed to buy horses, if these are all right, then we will spend another two days preparing, prepare some more scrolls or something, if everything goes well, we will leave in three days, if it doesn't go well, we will give up this idea and go to the next airship."

"What do you think?"

"Okay!"

"Agreed!"

Everyone began to grind their fists and get slightly excited, as if this was something great.

Kaichi himself actually wanted to carry out this wild crossing, although he had just poured a lot of cold water on the rest of the people. Although he traveled more than 1,000 miles from his hometown to the imperial capital alone, after all, he was taking a boat, which was completely different from this plan, just like the difference between traveling by high-speed rail and riding a bicycle.

Although there are all kinds of uncertain risks, Kaichi feels that he can bear it, perhaps because of his youth, even if he fails, it is difficult to say whether it is worth it or not.