The old man's words were indeed correct; the distance from here to the Capital City is quite far.
If you travel by carriage, it will certainly take more than ten days, because the speed at which carriages travel cannot be fast. It's no exaggeration to say that even if you ride on a fast warhorse, it would still take at least five or six days.
This is also why the troops have not yet fully assembled despite such a long time.
It's important to note that mobilizing soldiers from various places to this location has already taken more than a month, and during this time, only seventy thousand troops have arrived in total.
This clearly shows how underdeveloped the current transportation level is, especially since many roads simply do not exist and can be described as wilderness and mountains.
Especially now in summer, this place is overgrown with vegetation.
