During the break, the horses were brought to a stop, and everyone climbed down from the carriages.
Ye Tianyi also led Little Zi down.
"Have something to eat. Let the horses rest too—we still have many days of travel ahead."
Ma Yu handed Ye Tianyi two flatbreads.
"Thank you."
Ye Tianyi took them and gave one to Little Zi.
"About how many more days?" Ye Tianyi asked.
"About a month."
Ye Tianyi: "..."
He had known it would take a long time, considering the distance, but this was far too long.
"Captain, how about we take a shortcut? It'd cut the journey by half."
Little Five said.
"No. Taking a shortcut is too dangerous."
Ma Yu said.
"But not necessarily. The shortcut only takes us along the outer edge of Devil Forest. It's not that easy to encounter powerful Demon Beasts on the outskirts of Devil Forest. We've taken this route once before and didn't run into anything, and other mercenary groups have said they generally haven't encountered any particularly powerful Demon Beasts either. We can absolutely give it a try."
"But... what if?"
Ma Yu was still somewhat worried.
"Captain, I agree that we can go through Devil Forest."
Zhang Mingwen said.
"I agree too."
Ma Yu nodded.
"Alright! Brother Tianyi, you don't have any objections, right?"
Ma Yu looked at Ye Tianyi.
"No."
Ye Tianyi was more than willing to get there faster.
"Alright! I'll go ask. If Miss Qing has no objections, we'll take the shortcut."
With that, he walked over to the carriage.
"Miss Qing, we plan to travel along the outskirts of Devil Forest. That way, we can save half a month. What do you think?"
Her voice came from inside the carriage. "No problem."
"Good! Then we'll go through Devil Forest."
Ma Yu walked