The Pirate Garen

Half a month later, in the Alabasta waters.

A pirate ship flying the bat-skull flag of the Moriah Pirates is slowly heading towards Alabasta.

This ship is Moriah's current ship, but not only does it not look as majestic as his original terrifying three-masted ship, but it is riddled with holes and dilapidated, as if it has just experienced a stormy battle.

And it is true.

"That madman."

Abu Salom, who is currently working part-time as a shipbuilder, looked at the big hole on the deck that was left not long ago, and couldn't help but said a little depressed:

"Didn't you just 'borrow' a boat from him?"

"He actually chased us all the way to Alabasta!"

Perona didn't agree with her companion's brazen words this time, because she knew that Lord Moria was not just borrowing a boat from others.

The unlucky pirate group kindly rescued Moria and his party from the sea, but they were counterattacked by Moria on the spot.

Except for the captain who escaped alone in the entire pirate group, all the crew members were stripped of their shadows by Moriah and became prisoners who could only hide under the deck. own ship.

It can be said that the whole army was wiped out.

But unexpectedly, the little white-faced captain who escaped alone not only did not run away in despair for a lifetime, but instead clung to Moriah and his party like a mad dog.

"He should be unable to let go of his cherished companion?"

Perona murmured to herself with some emotion, and stretched out her hand to caress the pet horse standing beside her:

"Right, Faruru?"

The white horse, with no trace of variegation all over its body, trembled when it heard the words, and the horse's face showed a humanized panic.

It immediately answered the master's question with a flattering neigh, then lowered its head and rubbed Perona's cheek affectionately, and finally served the difficult Princess Mononoke.

This white horse named Faruru is the original captain's mount, and it is as beautiful as its little white-faced owner.

But compared to this one-in-a-kind steed, Perona, who has a strange aesthetic, prefers her original pet zombie bear;

However, the zombie bear had sunk into the sea with the terrifying three-masted ship, and Perona, who was lost in her heart, had to use some means to train the white horse as her pet, as a substitute for the zombie bear to comfort her.

Moria was naturally not in the mood to watch Perona train her useless horse, but was frowned by Perona's casual sentence "I can't let go of my companion".

"Can't let go of your companion?"

Moria's eyes turned red inexplicably, and her huge body trembled uncontrollably:

"He is just a junior who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth!"

"As long as you are a living companion, you will die!"

"If I don't die this time, I will die at the hands of others next time! A guy without strength, what right does he have to have a companion?!"

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Facing Moria who suddenly became irritable, even Perona, who was naturally jumpy, dared not answer.

And the pet horse that had just been trained by Perona not long ago was even shivering, trying to hide its huge body behind the petite Perona.

After a long silence, the unknown fire in Moria's heart finally disappeared a little.

Moria's eyes were fixed on the mast that was destroyed by the aftermath of the battle, and reason in his brain regained the upper hand:

Although he said that the little boy was a junior who "didn't know the heights of the sky and the earth", Moria still remembered this young enemy who hadn't made a name for himself in the sea:

A genius of swordsmanship, Cavendish the white horse known as the noble son of the pirate.

He was born in the Kingdom of Rommel in the New World, and he has been a famous local handsome man and great genius since he was a child. After becoming a pirate for various reasons, he entered the first half of the Great Channel.

However, this young pirate with unlimited potential had not had time to upgrade in the first half of the great channel, and he was extremely unlucky to meet Moria, the king who eats people and does not spit bones, Shichibukai.

However, although this fledgling pirate captain was repeatedly defeated by Moriah, he became more and more defeated and braver.

In just half a month, the greasy-faced Cavendish had grown to the point where he could retreat in front of Moriah.

Step by step from easily suppressing his opponents to a situation where he was almost 50-50 with that young man, Moriah, a decadent uncle, suddenly felt what a mid-life crisis is, and seemed to have seen the lonely scene of himself dying on the beach in a trance .

"Must become stronger!!"

Moria gritted his teeth and muttered the word "become stronger" in his heart, but the first thought that flashed in his mind was the inertial thinking he had developed in the Devil's Delta over the years:

"I want to collect more and stronger shadows to create an invincible zombie army!"

"Lord Moriah!"

The warning sound of the watchman on board suddenly echoed on the ship:

"Unidentified ship appears ahead!"

This lookout is not a new recruit Moria has recruited these days, but a new zombie he has added from the merchant ships and pirate ships he encountered along the way.

Since many years ago, Moria has been unwilling to use living people as his subordinates.

So on that huge terrifying three-masted ship, apart from Moriah, there were only three living people, Perona, Absalom, and Hogubak.

"Is there a new prey?"

Moria looked at the sea ship that gradually appeared in the distance and hung a strange golden sword flag, and couldn't help laughing strangely:

"It seems that Dr. Hobak is going to work overtime again."

But his laughter didn't last long before it froze on his face again.

Because a black spot suddenly popped up on the sea ship he regarded as prey, and this black spot jumped into the air, and then flashed a bolt of lightning in the air at a ghostly speed.

The black dot was getting closer and closer, and Moriah gradually saw that the UFO was actually a young knight wearing an armored sword.

The knight's great sword exuded a dazzling brilliance and burned with golden and red flames. From the outside, it was completely opposite to Moriah's fat vampire.

Moriah's expression immediately turned solemn, because the long-distance moonwalking shown by this knight alone proved that the opponent's strength was extraordinary, and it was definitely not the kind of passing businessman that he could handle at will.

"cut!"

The figure of the knight was still in the air, but the flaming sword in his hand had already fallen.

A broad sword aura condensed from under the blade of the epee, and the hot flame blended in the sword aura caused the surrounding air to distort and deform.

Like a white rainbow penetrating the sun and a black dragon entering the sea, this golden streamer fell from the sky and hit Moriah's ship directly like a falling star.

Absalom and Perona have been using zombies to bully passers-by at home since they followed Moria. The only head-to-head battle is the deal with the white horse Cavendish these days.

Seeing this astonishing flying slash, Moriah's only two combatants were all terrified until their hands and feet went numb and their brains went blank.

Fortunately, Moriah is still an old captain who has seen strong winds and waves. He responded instantly when the sword energy was condensed:

"Shadow Mage!"

The shadow under his feet suddenly distorted and deformed, and rose from the ground strangely, and finally turned into a standing solid black shadow.

The black shadow stood faithfully in front of Moriah, and faced the fierce sword energy without flinching.

The golden red sword energy collided with the pitch-black phantom, strangely without making any sound.

But the extremely sharp sword energy almost cut off the black shadow at the waist, and the strange flame that exploded from the sword energy made the black shadow become illusory and distorted.

Moria's pupils shrank, and the alarm bells sounded in his heart:

Although the "Shadow Mage" is actually just a group of empty black shadows, it has become extremely strong under the effect of Moriah's fruit ability, and ordinary physical experts can't hurt it even if they work hard.

But now the enemy's sword qi can destroy it so far, which shows the strength of the opponent.

"who are you?!"

Moria immediately assumed the posture of a victim, and his expression was too nervous to move easily: "Why did you attack me!"

And the knight just fell heavily from the sky, and broke into Moria's ship alone without fear, and said loudly:

"Pirates are not allowed to pass through this sea area, it's as simple as that."

"Those who want to survive must first stand the test of my sword of justice."

"What?!"

Moria laughed at the other party's arrogant tone:

"Don't let the pirates pass? This is a great channel!"

"Do you think this sea belongs to your family?"

"That's right."

The knight nodded solemnly:

"This sea is my home."

"I am Garen, Lord of the Rainlands, you have broken into our coastal defense identification zone in Alabasta."