After a moment's thought, Xu Yi drew a question mark over the Candel Empire on the map, then shifted his gaze downward to the vast blank area representing the Southern Waters of the Endless Sea and frowned slightly.
His fondness for maps was both a personal interest and a practical necessity.
The enormous map of the Sains Continent that had hung on this wall for years gave Xu Yi a clear overview of the Xinfei Merchant Guild's development and current circumstances across the continent. It allowed him to make broad judgments and predict future developments, proving immensely useful.
Yet although this was the most accurate map of the Sains Continent he could find, it was still far from detailed or precise enough.
For instance, Giant Deer Island, which he was now trying to locate on the map, should clearly have been the largest island in the waters south of the Rulson Kingdom. On this map, however, it had only a careless little marker, with no other information whatsoever.
Moreover, judging by his experience traveling to and from Giant Deer Island several times aboard a Mana Airship, the position marked on the map was at least a hundred kilometers away from the island's actual location-a tremendous error.
"When I have the time and resources, I must get someone to survey the land and draw a sufficiently detailed, accurate map."
Muttering to himself, Xu Yi moved the marker for Giant Deer Island a little to the upper right, toward its actual position, making it as accurate as he could. He then colored the marker into a bright red dot and drew a dashed line upward to connect it to the line he had marked earlier, representing the sea route controlled by the Xinfei Merchant Guild in the Southern Waters.
After another moment's