After meeting up with Leslie, Xu Yi and Avita's group rested aboard the ship for a while, then boarded the Mana Airship again early the next morning and departed.
They did not fly back toward the Stantin Duchy, however. Instead, once airborne, they turned straight toward the waters to the east.
Looking out over the boundless sea to the east, Leslie took a deep breath. Xu Yi really is an ambitious fellow.
While everyone else was still considering how the Xinfei Merchant Guild could consolidate its favorable position in the Lampari Kingdom, the Rulson Kingdom, and several neighboring countries, he had already set his sights on a behemoth like the Candel Empire.
And now, he was looking even farther afield, actually intending to promote the Xinfei Merchant Guild's products at the easternmost end of the continent.
Yet the Endless Sea before them stretched without limit, and Xu Yi's destination lay an immense distance away.
Never mind whether they could achieve their objectives once they arrived; simply reaching their destination safely was already a serious cause for concern.
In truth, Xu Yi was somewhat worried as well.
This was the first ultra-long-distance cruising test for the Mana Airship Avita had designed. The flight from the Stantin Duchy to the waters south of the Candel Empire to meet Leslie had already covered more than three thousand kilometers.
And if they wanted to reach their destination-the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom-even a rough estimate from the map put it more than two thousand kilometers away.
In other words, the entire journey would exceed five thousand kilometers one way.
In the past, a journey of more than five thousand kilometers had been all but impossible on the Sains Continent.
Now, however, aboard a Mana Airship with a speed exceeding one hundred kilometers per hour and