Grand Line’s Lord Of Shadows

The voyage on the sea is boring.

A week passed by in a hurry.

In the past few days, not to mention islands, not even a ship has been seen.

In the harsh climate of the Grand Line, sometimes there are violent storms, snowstorms, or it's sunny…

For Luke and others, they have long been accustomed to it.

Even if those zombie navigators are not very good.

But the huge size of the Thriller Bark is enough to ignore most severe climate changes.

"Lord Yasuo..."

A jet-black, extremely fast falcon hovered down from high in the sky.

Then it actually spoke and reported there: "At three o'clock, about ten nautical miles away, there is a large pirate ship... The hull is somewhat damaged, as if it had just experienced a battle!"

"There are probably hundreds of people!"

Surprisingly, it seemed to be full of death.

There is absolutely no vigor and vitality that a falcon should have.

"oh?"

Located on the front of the Thriller Bark is the transformed training ground.

Relying on the life return, Luke shrunk his body and changed into the vest of the swordsman Yasuo. 

Luke, who was instructing Perona, Brook, and Hogbaku's training, raised his eyebrows.

"Pirate ship?"

The three people who were training were even more surprised.

Immediately, they looked at Luke with burning eyes and some expectations.

"Is it within range?"

Luke smiled: "Just right, I want to verify my new ability!"

"Yo ho ho ho~, has Luke developed a new ability?"

Brook, on the side, was curious.

Regarding the exaggerated talents of the person in front of him, he was already so shocked that he could no longer be surprised.

In just a few days, he saw with his own eyes what genius is.

The other party's swordsmanship has improved rapidly, and the speed of improvement is simply jaw-dropping.

He is already a veritable swordsman.

"Hiss~, I'm really looking forward to it!" 

Hogback, wearing a white coat, said with a strange smile.

"Hehe~hehe~hehe~, it's bad luck for them..."

Perona, who was sweating profusely from training, shook her ponytail.

She folded her arms, and her big round eyes were full of excitement: "Let me handle it!"

On the rough sea, a large pirate ship, hundreds of meters long, was moving forward there.

"Damn, I'm so unlucky!"

A middle-aged man with a fierce face wearing a pirate hat and a gray captain's cape was cursing: "Those Marines are chasing us like dog-skin plaster..."

Surprisingly, he wore a black eyepatch that covered his left eye, leaving only his right eye exposed.

There were two pistols on his waist, and a large gold chain as thick as a thumb hung around his neck, making him full of roughness and fierceness.

In his hand, he held a gleaming sword.

"Captain, what's the next plan?"

There are traces of battles all over the damaged ships.

Some fierce pirates looked at their captain.

Many people even wore some bandages and bloody clothes, making them appear somewhat embarrassed.

Obviously, they were at a disadvantage in the previous encounter with Marine and didn't have any advantage.

"What can be done?"

"It's impossible to fight them head-on, right?"

"They are a small fleet, headed by Marine's most advanced warship..."

"Damn it, what are you afraid of? We are the one-eyed pirate group famous in North Blue!"

"Yes, our captain is the One-Eyed Hacks who have a bounty of 98 million Belly!"

"Wait a minute, that's Vice Admiral's warships who were chasing us!"

On deck, those cadres said something and started to argue.

It was extremely noisy.

"Bang..." "Bang..." "Bang..."

"Please be quiet..."

One-eyed Hacks frowned.

He pulled out his pistol and fired several shots in succession.

The cadres and crew who were arguing and almost started to fight quickly quieted down.

They all looked at their captain there.

"Stop arguing..."

One-Eyed Hacks put his hands on his hips, gritted his teeth, and said: "Try to get rid of those guys. If we can't get rid of them, we will have to fight!"

"Captain, there is a situation..."

Suddenly, on top of the mast.

The watchman, who was filled with panic, reported loudly.

"It's an island..."

With the help of a monocular telescope, he looked at the huge island coming slowly and increasingly clearly from the distance.

With disbelief, he broke out in a cold sweat: "Gulu! No, that is... a ship!"

"What!?"

The pirates below were all shocked and inexplicable.

The captain and the other cadres couldn't help but look solemn on their faces.

"He's in such a coward that he can't say anything straight. He's really a worthless guy... What exactly is going on?"

Hacks scolded with a cold face, and then he came to the bow.

He took out a monocular telescope from his pocket and looked at the sea in the distance.

Immediately... The color drains on his face.

He saw the sea area on the right.

A giant ship is slowly approaching.

The direction was clearly where they were.

"That ship..."

Staring at the sea ahead, Hacks frowned, a little surprised.

"It's a pirate ship!!"

"Gulu! This is too big..."

"Captain...do you want to avoid it?"

After taking a clear look at the exaggerated giant ship, all the cadres of the One-Eyed Pirates couldn't help but have a change of expression.

The huge flag on it showed that it was not an ordinary ship but a pirate ship.

"Avoid them..." Hacks' expression changed, but he finally ordered through gritted teeth.

Although he has a bad temper, he is not stupid.

For such a huge pirate ship, the opponent's background is definitely not small.

"Hehe~hehe~hehe~"

At this time, on top of the mast.

There was a burst of crisp and arrogant laughter: "Sorry, if you want to leave at this time, it's a bit late!"

"Who?"

For a while, both One-Eyed Hacks and his pirate group couldn't help but feel shocked.

They suddenly raised their head and looked up.

They saw a girl wearing a crown, have twin ponytails, a princess dress, and holding a flower umbrella, floating strangely in mid-air.

Beside her, there were several strange, jelly-like translucent ghost creatures floating there.

She was looking at these pirates with a smile.

"That is…"

"Intruder?"

"A woman?"

"Why is she able to float there? Is she a Devil fruit user?"

"What are those weird jelly-like things?"

Looking at Perona, who suddenly appears above.

The One-Eyed Pirates were a little shocked.

Seeing that the opponent seemed to have no weight, floating on it without falling down, they guessed that the opponent was probably a Devil Fruit user.

"Who are you?!"

One-eyed Hacks' face darkened, and he asked loudly.

"Hehe~hehe~hehe~”

The figure floating in the air while holding a small flower umbrella looked down at the pirates below with one hand on her waist and said extremely arrogantly: "I declare that you have all been captured... Do you want to surrender, or do you want me to take action myself?"

"What?"

"Asshole……"

"Fire!"

"It's just a woman with devil fruit ability..."

"A woman who doesn't know how to live or die..."

"Bang..."

For a while, the pirates below were enraged.

There was no need for the gloomy-looking captain to give orders.

Several fierce-looking pirates had already raised their guns and pointed them at Perona above.

Without mercy, they pull the trigger several times.

However, a shocking scene happened before them.

Bullets pierced through Perona and the ghostly creatures around her strangely.

It couldn't hurt her at all.

"What!?"

The pirate's eyes below widened. Even One Eye Hacks and the cadres couldn't help but have a drastic change of expressions.

"Hehe~hehe~hehe~, you are really a bunch of stupid guys!"

Perona sneered and took action directly.

"Negative ghosts!"

In the shocked and incomprehensible eyes of One-Eyed Hacks and other pirates, several ghostly figures flew down towards them.

"Ahh...!"