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'Short ...... cut?'

Impossible. Open the map you've been given and stare at it.

Sure, it's a shortcut. Assuming that our destination is beyond the mountains, if we leave the road and pass through the mountain range and the forest at its base, we can save a day or two of time compared to bypassing the Galest Mountains.
But even then it would only be two days. There are old paths in the forest, but travelers do not choose the route through the Garest Range. Even hunters who are good enough to traverse it avoid it. It's too dangerous and too pointless.

Black and the others are not hunters, but they have a good fighting ability. It's not impossible to get through the Garest Mountains, but it's dangerous enough that we wouldn't normally choose it.
Even if it was to escape from the hunters, it was still too violent a move.

It's a good idea to have a good idea of where you're going.

In the first place, Black and the others do not know their destination. They were simply instructed to go straight down the street and occasionally told the name of the town.
Citri Smart smiled meaningfully at Black, who was shocked, but confirmed it.

'Do you need to know? You should go. This is Kry's decision.