The pirates sat and forgot, and they really believed the nine truths and one lie.

Is there no living person in this town? No, that's not right. The shopkeeper I met yesterday, although a little weird and rigid, has no problem communicating normally, and she doesn't look like a zombie.

Perona thought of the strange stone again. She had been thinking about it ever since she saw it. If she could keep it in her hand as a decoration, perhaps she would not be so worried about losing it like she is today.

"It seems someone came out of the Queen's room. Why does he look so familiar to me?"

Zombie Moriah stood beside the Shadow Queen, leaning forward with his head tilted, squinting his eyes and looking at the person who came carefully. From the other person's clothes, he seemed to have seen him somewhere.

"The captain seems to be a member of our crew of that broken ship. We all scattered after the ship hit the reef. I didn't expect him to appear in this small town."

The streets were shrouded in shadows and the atmosphere was particularly eerie. The crew members who suddenly appeared moved in strange postures, as if they were being dragged forward by some invisible force.

His body was stiff and unnatural, and every step seemed difficult and laborious, as if a heavy burden was pressing on him. The man's footsteps rang out in the silent street, echoing with a strange rhythm, as if it was a melody from another world. His figure was looming in the darkness, giving people a sense of illusion, as if he did not belong to this world.

"Since they are your acquaintances, Moria, why don't you go over and take a look at what your crew members have become?"

The Shadow Queen's orders are the laws of heaven. Even if the zombie Moriah knows that something is wrong, he will not disobey Xiaoyu's orders. Under Perona's worried eyes, the fat man walked up to the other party step by step.

At first, under the dim light, the zombie Moriah only noticed that the crew member's face was abnormally pale, as if he had been soaked in sea water for a long time. The exposed skin was swollen. He could not sense any breath of life on the other person, and an inexplicable fishy smell came into the zombie's mouth and nose.

How did he get that weird movement posture? Zombie Moriah moved his perspective downward. The opponent's lower body no longer had human legs. It had already turned into a pile of black tentacles. The opponent actually moved forward step by step with the tentacles. No wonder he moved so slowly.

"It's just like what the boss said. You don't want to be a human but choose to be a monster. Since we are in the same boat, I will let you go."

Moria didn't hold back at all. His shadow turned into a monster and swallowed up the shadow of the person in front of him in the blink of an eye. The tentacle monster, which lost its shadow in a short period of time, actually stopped in front of him.

The shadows swallowed by the Shadow-Eating Beast will be digested on the spot and turned into nutrients to strengthen itself. The Zombie Moria and the Shadow-Eating Beast have a symbiotic relationship, so naturally it can also share most of the benefits.

Just by eating a shadow, Zombie Moria felt that he had become stronger. This magical thing made him fascinated. As for the tentacle monster that contributed the shadow, he could only thank it with a slap.

With a slap, the tentacle monster was slapped away. When the mollusk touched the hard wall, it immediately imploded and turned into a ball of blood mist. This result made Moria unbelievable. When did he become so strong!

Moria, who was in the dark about the matter, naturally couldn't feel it, but Perona could see that the captain's body seemed to have become a little thicker and taller. Could it be that eating shadows was based on the same principle as blowing up a balloon, which could make the host's body bigger and bigger?

However, with this discovery, Moriah's desire for shadows increased a thousandfold, and it didn't matter if they were the shadows of the weak or the strong, he only wanted to devour more shadows to become stronger, and soon there were more than a dozen victims.

Judging from their clothes, they are also residents of the island, but one of their limbs has been replaced by tentacles. They have lost their vitality and qualifications as human beings, and have become puppets of some creature. Moria, the shadow of these tentacle monsters, accepted them without any hesitation.

After swallowing more than a dozen shadows in succession, Moria could clearly feel that he had grown one meter taller, and his overall physical fitness had been improved in all aspects. Even without the ability to use Armament Haki, he could kill some petty thieves with his bare hands.

If I meet the Straw Hat Pirates again, I will never be as embarrassed as I was before. The next time I meet them, I must put their shadows into my mouth. Without shadows, they cannot survive under the sun. Even the grandson of a navy hero is no exception. By then, killing Luffy or not is just a matter of thought.

Just as the zombie Moriah was looking forward to the future in his heart, the town was gradually covered by a black fog. The visibility dropped to less than half a meter in a short time. Noisy footsteps were heard from his ears. This time, there were at least hundreds of monsters appearing.

"I can't help it anymore. Let me see if the apostle's strength has declined."

Xiaoyu was very excited when facing familiar things. The red light in her eyes became more enchanting and dazzling. She snapped her fingers a few times on the spot, and the shadow of the Shadow Queen quickly stretched and widened. The Giant Shadow Trolls, one of the shadow legions, made a brilliant appearance.

The shadow of the Shadow Queen spread, gradually converging and merging with the surrounding black shadows, forming small giants that were ten meters tall. These small giants each had a physique as sturdy as a sumo wrestler, with well-developed muscles and clear lines, showing a strong sense of power.

Their appearance is like a one-to-one replica, every detail is lifelike, as if they were carved from the same mold. They stand there, exuding an awe-inspiring aura, the embodiment of ultimate power.

Watching hundreds of shadow trolls rushing out at once, with even the ground shaking under their feet, Perona sighed in her heart that it was a good thing that the captain had the decision-making power to surrender quickly, otherwise he would have died without knowing how he died.

These tentacle monsters with human features were like little chicks in front of the shadow trolls. They were easily lifted up by the tentacles and then thrown heavily to the ground.

Originally, they could have just trampled each other to death, but the Colossal Shadow Trolls just wanted to put on a show, so they kept ravaging their enemies, causing the tentacle monsters to wail and their bones to break, in order to win the Queen's favor.

With the help of hundreds of shadow trolls, Zombie Moriah took advantage of the situation in the team and enjoyed this rare shadow feast. The shadows of hundreds of tentacle monsters made him eat to his heart's content. The potential of the shadow-eating beast really has no limit, and he felt that he was getting stronger all the time.

After all the miscellaneous soldiers were completely dealt with, the person who caused all this suffering finally appeared. She held a candle in her hand and appeared in front of everyone with a staggering gait.

"If you have some skills, then stay here and become my food."

A dull male voice came out of the throat of an old woman.