Chapter 826
“Only the coachmen know well about the routes, sir. But… they’re all killed by Heylan’s soldiers. I’m afraid none of us can help you,” Rinya said sadly.
Tulu was confused by her words. Back at the Land of Revelation, they asked a random farmer’s help to reach Saint Sem City. But here, Rinya seemed to be someone from the upper class, yet she didn’t know how to travel around?
“Seriously? None of you know how to go to Yamei?” Tulu looked around the cages, and the prisoners all avoided his look.
“Most of them are peasants who never left Sumai Colony in their lives, sir,” Rinya explained. “Please don’t blame them. It can’t be helped.”
“Then what’s the nearest city?” asked Angor.
“Go over that mountain and follow the river behind, you’ll reach Kuroza City. But if I’m not mistaken, it’s already taken by Heylan.”
“Mister Padt, do we head that way?” Tulu looked at Angor.
Angor nodded to agree. No matter who was controlling the city, they just needed to find people and receive more guidance.
A moment later, Gondola got an extra passenger in its small cabin. Angor put Shannon in there so that she wouldn’t have to suffer from the cold wind in the sky.
With Shannon on board, they could now travel at Gondola’s top speed instead of looking for people randomly.
It seemed Shannon wasn’t much of a talker. Since she came onto the boat, she never said any extra words other than what was necessary to tell the next direction.
Tulu frowned. “Why do we have to find a princess to tell where to go? I mean, it’s fine if the peasants are clueless, but that landlord lady didn’t know anything either. Back at the Land of Revelation, everyone knows where they’re going.”
“This is common in Goldspink, where common civilians are usually forbidden from possessing maps. To find ways to travel around, you either ask experienced carriage handlers or nobility who are authorized to view the maps.”
“But why would they do such a thing?”
“Because Goldspink is, let’s say, behind the times. In fact, every nation at Old Earth is similar. Since you’re from Ferran, I can come up with a good example. Consider Old Earth to be a place from the Age of Gold.”
When traveling at Ferran, Angor saw machinery and simple technologies that originated from the Fey Continent.
But here at Old Earth, even clocks were luxuries.
Even paper was a rare sight at Old Earth because the old-fashioned noble clans still insisted on using expensive parchment scrolls to record knowledge, which in turn resulted in poor education among civilians.
Angor’s father once mentioned that the Shannon Clan always planned to implement the use of modern paper, but the plan was put to a halt when the other clans turned it down, saying that “old parchment held all of their ancestors’ wisdom and they’d like to keep using it in the future”.
Previously, Angor wouldn’t mind which type of medium to read because he’d gladly accept either as long as the contents were fine. But later, he preferred reading modernized paper books since they always looked tidier and easier to keep.
“Are you from the Goldspink Empire, Mister Wizard?” Shannon suddenly asked a question from the cabin.
“Mm-hmm.”
“You’re definitely not a commoner. May I ask which clan you came from? The Morns?”
The Morn Family was the first name that came to her mind when she thought about Yamei Province. Also, she heard rumors that the Morn Family had a powerful wizard among their rank, which was the reason why nobody ever showed any disrespect against them.
“No, I’m not a Morn, but I did work with them once,” Angor said as he recalled his days with Mara, Alan, and Aleen.