One Piece: Divine Bird Phoenix.

Chapter 146 The Terrifying Barque

The Grand Line.

In the dark sea where there is no sunshine all year round, purple mist wanders freely. At the end of the sea visible to the naked eye, in the dark depths, island-like black shadows emerge from the distance, but their true appearance is revealed in just a breath.

This is a huge three-masted sailing ship!

Do not!

Or it would be more appropriate to say that this is an island. There are only three masts of the ship, each of which is the size of an ordinary pirate ship. On the gray-white sail with the raised mast, the huge pirate flag flapped in the sea breeze, always reminding people that this was a pirate ship, not a small island.

The style of the pirate flag is very unique and fits the weird aesthetic of the pirate world.

It has a general skull style, with a lifelike onion hair style on the skull, and a pair of flaming bat wings on the background. The overall look is quite ferocious and domineering.

If there were pirates here at this time, they would definitely scream and call out the name of the owner of this pirate ship.

Shichibukai Moonlight Moria!

Long before Roger started the Age of Discovery, the great pirate who had already become famous in the Western Sea, after watching the execution of the Pirate King Roger in the East Sea Rogge Town, he led his powerful men and plunged into hegemony in the pirate world. scramble.

At his peak, he had a fierce battle with the young Four Emperors and Hundred Beasts Kaido and escaped unscathed. At that time, his reputation could be said to be resounding throughout the sea. For this reason, the World Government invited him to become one of the Shichibukai.

What outsiders don't know is that Moria's prestige actually has a lot of water. When he was defeated by Kaido, Moria had to dig mines for several years before he found a chance to escape.

The huge island ship continued to move forward. Along the way, a large circle of towering metal walls outside the hull pushed away the wreckage of the ship in the dark sea, protecting the main body from impact.

Right in front of the wall is a gate that looks like a red lip and can be opened up and down. Pirate ships will pass through it whenever they want to go out.

The eerie island is covered with trees, and from time to time, one or two crows' shrill cries can be heard from deep in the woods. In the very center of the island ship is an ancient castle with a European medieval aristocratic architectural style. There are gears and other unknown decorations on both ends of the castle.

At this time, in the conference hall of the castle.

There was plenty of light in the empty hall, and several huge white candles hung on the walls, burning quietly.

A huge man, more than 7 meters tall, sat on a purple chair in the center of the hall. He had a hair style like onion, horns on both sides of his forehead, sharp teeth and a sharp mouth. His overall appearance was like a demon. There were suture-like wounds from the head to the neck, and he was wearing a shirt with a bat-shaped collar and Gothic art clothing.

The man was Moonlight Moria, who had disappeared for a long time.

"Hehehehe, the shadows of the zombie army are almost there. If we continue at this rate, I will be able to return to the new world soon. I will definitely pay that guy back a hundredfold for the shame I suffered back then."

In the empty hall, Moriah looked very excited, and his sharp laughter penetrated the castle and spread to the outside. Ever since he was defeated by Kaido and imprisoned in the mine of Wano Country 7 years ago, there is not a day and night when Moria does not hate Kaido. Thinking of his tragic death of his comrades, he has only one thought for the rest of his life.

"We must kill Kaido!! No matter what the price, we must avenge our dead comrades!!"

Unfortunately, blinded by hatred, Moria chose a wrong path, gave up on enhancing his own abilities, and placed his hope on his 'Shadow Fruit'.

For this reason, he deliberately returned to his hometown of Xihai five years ago to acquire this terrifying three-masted sailboat that existed in fairy tales to realize his plan.

That's right, the terrifying three-masted sailing ship is known as the largest ship in the world. Whether it is the Promise Ship 'Noah' or the Ark Proverbs, it cannot compare with the terrifying three-masted sailing ship that is comparable to the island in terms of size. Only such a huge ship can accommodate its own zombie army.

"As long as I need the shadow of a strong man, just one, I can resurrect Wano's supreme dragon-slaying samurai, Shigetsuki Ryoma, even if Kaido will die by his sword."

A sinister laughter sounded. Moria never worried that the resurrected dragon and horse would escape from his control. The Shadow Fruit had absolute control over the shadow.

"Lord Moria, a new pirate ship has entered the Devil's Triangle."

In the hall where Moria was alone, a hoarse voice that did not sound like a human voice sounded.

"Hehehehe, that's just right. Move the scary three-dimensional sailboat over and make them become the shadows of zombies."

Facing the empty corner, Moria said subconsciously.

"Also, I have told you many times not to use the power of the transparent fruit in the castle. You will scare little Perona."

"Uh... I understand, Lord Moria, and Miss Perona is already 20 years old, she is no longer the child she was when you brought her back..."

The voice sounded again, and at the same time, a thin figure slowly emerged in the corner, thinking silently in his heart.

The bright candlelight shone out, and Absalom's appearance was completely exposed to Moriah's eyes. He was wearing gorgeous clothes and had long black hair, but otherwise he didn't look like a human being.

The face of a lion, the skin of an elephant, the wild power of a bear and an orangutan.

"Absalom, I really don't understand why you let Hogubak transform you into this look. You are just pursuing power. There is no need to change your face."

Regarding Absalom's sudden appearance, Moria thought of how Perona was frightened and cried when she saw him like this for the first time. He felt distressed for a long time at that time.

"Boss Moria, I know I was wrong!"

Drooping his head, Absalom blamed himself in his heart. He was really blinded by lard, and relying on his ability of the transparent fruit, he accidentally touched the Moria ship that had just escaped from the new world.

Naturally, he was repaired by Moriah. If Moriah hadn't been short of subordinates at that time, he might have been "nothing".

When he mentioned Perona, Moria's sharp-toothed mouth couldn't help but grin, revealing a terrifying smile.

When he found the terrifying three-masted sailboat in the West Sea, 12-year-old Perona had already appeared in the castle. In the pain of losing her partner, Perona was squatting on the corner of the bed with tears in her arms, hugging an old little bear, and softened Moria's heart in an instant.

From then on, the two people, who lost their partners and had no relatives, began to depend on each other.

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