One Piece: Divine Bird Phoenix

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!

No!

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, a 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 very well.

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 was already famous in the West Sea, after watching the execution of Pirate King Roger in the East Sea Rogge Town, he led his powerful men and plunged into the hegemony of the pirate world. scramble.

At his peak, he had a fierce battle with the young Yonkou 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 wall, 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 mines of Wano Country 7 years ago, Moria has not hated Kaido day and night. 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 own '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."

The 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 said 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."

When Absalom suddenly appeared, Moriah thought of how Perona was frightened and cried when she first saw him like this. He felt distressed for a long time at that time.

"Boss Moriah, I know I was wrong!"

With his head drooping, Absalom blamed himself in his heart. He was really blinded by his own greed and relied on the ability of his transparent fruit to touch Moriah's ship, which had just escaped from the New World.

Naturally, he was beaten up by Moriah. If Moriah had not been short of men at that time, he might have been "dead".

When talking about Perona, Moriah's sharp teeth could not help but grin, revealing a terrifying smile.

When he found the terrifying three-masted ship in the West Sea, the 12-year-old Perona had already appeared in this castle. Perona, who was in the pain of losing her partner, was squatting in the corner of the bed with tears in her eyes, holding a shabby little bear, and softened Moriah's heart in an instant.

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

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