Many people were quite puzzled by Leslie's plans for his future, and Xu Yi was particularly astonished.
Leslie actually wanted to roam the Endless Sea, and his dream was to become its overlord!
When Xu Yi heard Leslie express this ambition, he nearly told him outright that he was indulging in pure fantasy.
Overlord of the seas?
You couldn't even reach the open ocean, so what was all this talk of becoming its overlord?
The limitations of this world's craftsmanship made it impossible to build large ships sturdy enough for Deep-Sea Voyage.
In the history of the Sains Continent, only the Candel Empire had ever attempted it. It had built twenty enormous wooden seagoing ships and assembled a fleet for a Deep-Sea Voyage, declaring that it would discover another continent said to lie in the farthest reaches of the Endless Sea.
Yet less than three days after setting sail, the fleet encountered a storm. All twenty wooden ships were smashed to pieces, and the vast majority of the explorers aboard perished. Fewer than ten people were fortunate enough to survive.
From then on, the people of the Sains Continent abandoned any thought of Deep-Sea Voyage and even designated the Endless Sea a forbidden zone.
Apart from people living along the coast who seized opportunities to fish in nearby waters, no one dared venture even a single step into the depths of the Endless Sea.
Now Leslie was actually claiming he wanted to become overlord of the seas... If he only meant controlling coastal waters, that had little to do with naval strength. The deciding factor would instead be his strength along the coastline.
"Xu Yi, those are the old ideas everyone on the Sains Continent has. They're outdated now." Leslie looked at him in bewilderment. "How strange. You personally came