Chapter 264 - Sword and Magic (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

The ship stopped in the distance. Then, small boats started carrying people toward the island. The ship was too deep in the water and could not reach the shore. They could only use small boats to carry people ashore.

However, when they went ashore, they did not find anyone from the Western Continent. Ma Tengyun was very confused by this. He immediately ordered the people on the Navigator to contact the Western Continent. However, their connection with the Western Continent had been severed dozens of days ago.

Ma Tengyun ordered some people to build houses on the island and waited for the people from the Western Continent to come. However, after waiting for three days, they still did not see anyone from the Western Continent.

Ma Tengyun, who was confused, said, “Although I heard that being late is a habit of French people, it’s a little extreme to be late for a meeting between two continents.”

On the fifth day, they could not wait any longer. They drove the dinghy back to the Navigator and continued heading west.

Many people started speculating about the situation in the Western Continent. Some people said that the people in the Western Continent might have encountered a crisis and have no time to receive them.

Someone speculated that the people of the Western Continent might be hostile. They might be waiting for them to walk right into their trap.

People were getting more and more confused about the situation in the Western Continent. No one knew what was happening there.

“Maybe something happened in France,” someone guessed.

A young man asked, “Why is this place called France1? It’s clearly east of the Western Continent. It should be called something else.”

Many Rare-ranked seniors who had lived for over 100 years smiled at this young man. Someone explained to the youth, “France is a translation. It’s based on what it sounds like. The ‘West’ as we pronounce it doesn’t read ‘West’ in other countries. Similarly, France does not mean country in the west.”

The younger generation gradually understood. They yearned for the history before the time halt. It was said that it would take at most one day to travel from one continent to another. It was said that at the time, people had lived in peace and had been very safe. However, it was also said that many people would think that they could not survive and would commit suicide. Some people would even die of a terminal illness from eating too much fish and meat.

The history of that era was very attractive to the younger generation.

The Navigator continued moving forward. After traveling for over 170 nautical miles, they saw several small islands one after another. On those small islands were lush forests. They could not even name many trees. On those small islands, birds would fly and antelopes would leap.

Dolphins and whales would sometimes appear in the sea. The humans and demons looked at the beautiful scenery, but a moment later, someone asked, “Are there no demons in the Western Continent?”

This was indeed an extremely weird thing. There were also many species in the Northern Continent, some had reached the Rare rank or the Epic rank and were very powerful. Even ordinary creatures were very ferocious. Sometimes, sheep would even hunt wolves.

It was rare to see creatures like antelopes, dolphins, and whales that would not harm humans, as such creatures could not survive in the Northern Continent.

At that moment, Li Hanfeng said, “There are naturally all sorts of demons in the Western Continent. However, they don’t call themselves demons. They call themselves magical beasts. There are many types of magical beasts in the Western Continent. The strongest magical beast is a creature called dragon.”