(Old ver. Discontinued) A Dream in the Faraway Past

9. Equals

(Rimuru's Perspective)

Right now, Ciel-san and I are riding our Tempest Wolves through the forest, continuing north along the Ameld river

We have told our wolves to go at around half of their top speed, since we needed to reach Dwargon in about 6 days

Until now, around 5 days have passed since our departure, so they have stopped holding back and are now running at full speed

In the previous timeline, I had arrived at Dwargon in about 3 days, but since in this timeline, the direwolves attacked the goblin village earlier, we will need to slow down a bit in order to follow the previous timeline as closely as possible

Yes, we could use Space-Time Domination, but that way, Ciel-san wouldn't experience travelling via Tempest Wolf, so that's a hard pass

We were following the Ameld river, because it prevented us from getting lost

Not that we could get lost, since our Universal Perception and the physics magic, Argos, can pretty much map out the whole area with ease

It's just that, since I took this route in the previous timeline, we decided to go with it again

Since the Tempest Wolves are going with half of their maximum speed, it is easy to make out and digest the scenery

On our right, there was a lush green forest, with a huge number of really tall trees and a few flowers appearing here and there

And on our left, wide river with crystal clear waters expanding into the horizon

And in the distance in front of us, the Canaat mountains could be seen from afar

Looking at Ciel-san's facial expression, she was being overwhelmed with a multitude of emotions

Seeing her like that brought a smile to my face

Every day, we stopped at least twice for food breaks and we didn't continue traveling at night

That is to slow us down even further, so that we would arrive at the right time

Normally, at a goblin's pace, the trip to the Dwarf Kingdom takes about two months

There are many countries surrounding the Great Forest of Jura

To the east, the Eastern empire

To the north, the Armed Nation of Dwargon

To the west, various Western States, along with the Kingdom of Blumund, and...the kingdom of Farmus

And to the south, the Capital of the forgotten dragon, the land of puppets Jistav, the Beast Kingdom Eurazania and the Harpy country of Fulbrosia

Also, in-between the west and the south, the Sorcerer's Dynasty Sarion also borders the Great Forest of Jura

However, the Armed Nation of Dwargon and the Easterm Empire don't border almost any of the other countries

As such, there are only three commonly used trade routes leading to them

One goes right through the Jura forest

Another, the hardest, traverses the mountains  

And lastly is a sea route

Currently, the Jura forest route is by far the shortest and the safest, but, for some reason, it's generally avoided

And so, the harder mountain route had been the norm

As for the sea route, the cost and the powerful sea monsters steer sailors away, thus, it is the least used route

This fact is one of the reasons as to why Tempest flourished so much