Chapter 642

"Coming back from another direction... What does that mean?"

Nathan and Edward noticed something strange about Rogins's words.

"How incredible. Could this world really be like that?" Old Odd narrowed his eyes and took a puff from his pipe.

He smiled at the boy and said, "Hahaha, Rogins, why don't you explain it to our guests?"

The boy's face was filled with excitement, and his earlier fear of Nathan and the others seemed to have completely vanished.

"It's the Western Exploration Fleet! Do you know why they're called the Western Exploration Fleet? Because when they set out, they sailed westward into the depths of the western sea."

Oh, so it was a fleet. Nathan and Edward understood.

Wait, into the depths of the western sea? Edward's face filled with confusion. "Did they set out from Northwest Bay and sail due west?"

"Yes, yes!" Rogins immediately replied.

Edward continued asking, "But there's nothing but seawater to the west!"

As the former pirate chief of Northwest Bay, he knew very well what lay there. After passing a few scattered islands, there was only an endless ocean.

Nathan, standing nearby, also looked puzzled.

Rogins said anxiously, "Yes! There's only an endless ocean, but they came back from another direction! Uh... That's what people are saying, anyway. It should have come from the people aboard the ships."

"Another direction?" Nathan asked. "You mean they came back from the east?"

"That's right!"

"How could that be?" Nathan scoffed. "Oh, I get it. They must have gone south first, then east, taking a huge detour until they reached the east before returning along the mainland coast."

"They did take a huge detour, but not the kind of detour you're imagining, sir!"

Rogins suddenly raised his voice. "Ahem, ahem!" He then cleared his throat heavily.

"Their return