I'm not even sure if food is going to be the main problem.

[ Though she doesn't disagree with what Yuja is saying either. It's just.. yet another problem, really.. Which is the main reason Ange hasn't really left the village yet so far - it just sounds like way too much effort, travelling like that. No matter how much Ange would like to investigate other places. ]

If that desert was any indication, you could run into all sorts of weird supernatural danger while going around this place. It didn't exactly make these lands look very safe.