Ding! Hostility towards the host from Moria detected, initiating task series [Do Not Fight with Your Own 2/7], as an ally...
— Task Requirements: Avoid fighting with the seven warlords of the sea: Moria
— Reward: Special skill [Shadow Vision], five haki observation enhancement cards.
[Shadow Vision]: Transfer part of the main body's shadow onto objects to gain their vision, transfer limit - 1.
Karl was delighted. Indeed, the task series appeared again, and he couldn't afford to fail them this time.
Especially this [Shadow Vision]—like Eagle Vision in Assassin's Creed. If he transfers part of the shadow to a Crow, it would be equivalent to acquiring an additional "mobile true eye."
By the way, the first reward of this series of tasks seems to be related to the seven great sea warriors themselves.
Mihawk has the black sword forging instructions , Moria has shadow vision, what will Crocodile have? What will Mingo have? Karl said he eagerly awaited this.
— Mr. Moria, this is your territory. No wonder it's so... splendid.
Moria snorted coldly: — Flattery is useless.
— Indeed! Master Moria, this villain destroyed Kumasi. You must kill him to avenge Kumasi!
Perona started making a fuss.
— Yes! Master, most of the general zombies and zombie animals that we created over the years were killed by this marine. The losses are enormous!
Absolom began to raise an uproar.
Moria smirked and pointed his sharp finger at Karl: — Marine, what else do you have to say?
The atmosphere suddenly heated up, but Karl was prepared.
— Sir Moria, we came here to pursue the Flame Pirates, but one pirate escaped here, so we followed.
— We did not know this was your territory before! Please forgive me if I have offended you.
As soon as Karl finished speaking, he turned to Nelson and said: — You, report to the marine headquarters immediately. This is Moria's territory, one of the seven warlords of the sea. There's no need to send reinforcements to help capture the pirates.
— Yes, sir!
Moria was about to get angry, but he was shocked to hear Karl's words. He already informed marine headquarters? This marine is too decisive!
Damn it! If anything happens to this group of marines, won't he be the prime suspect?
Moria's idea of capturing Karl's shadow instantly disappeared, but out of a sense of pride, he still said with a cold face.
— Marines! If pirates come to my territory, as one of the seven great sea warriors, I will deal with them, but the monsters you killed were all created by me with great effort. How can you account for this?
— And the sword in your hand is also mine.
Karl looked down at Shusui in his hand, hid it behind his back as if nothing happened, and smiled: — Mr. Moria, it was your army of monsters that attacked us first, and we simply counterattacked defensively!
— And if I recall correctly, it was your two who just brought people here to cause trouble for the marines, right?
Saying this, Karl looked at Moria, whose expression changed slightly, and said playfully: — Tsk-tsk-tsk~ Is this really your idea! Shichibukai, Mr. Moria?
— Hmph~ You invaded my territory first, they just did what they were supposed to do.
Karl looked at Moria with a smile: — Oh! Is that so? Then there's no misunderstanding, I thought Mr. Moria didn't want to hold the position of Shichibukai!
Moria looked at Karl with dark eyes and was very angry inside. Damn marines dared to threaten him!
If he wasn't considering the consequences of his actions, he would never let go of these hateful marines!
Indeed, Karl dared to threaten him so shamelessly only because Moria cared about his status as Shichibukai.
Because only by being Shichibukai could he stay here peacefully, create zombies, and plan revenge on Kaido.
As soon as he loses his position as one of the seven great sea warriors, he will be hunted by the marines, and his plan will never come to fruition.
— He-he-he~ Of course not, but my losses are so great! You marines can't just leave like that!
Karl nodded seriously: — Yes, what Mr. Moria said makes sense, how about this:
— Nelson, bring Captain Roche from the Flame Pirates here and hand him over to Mr. Moria for his punishment.
He's just a pirate, it's nothing serious, just consider this the price for Shusui!
Moria kept his calm exterior, thinking that the captain of the flame pirate's bounty seemed to be 87 million beli, which was quite powerful; creating general zombies wouldn't be an issue.
But he had lost far more than just one shadow. Roche's Shadow was just a drop in the ocean. He suffered silent losses and was very angry!
Ten minutes later...
— Mr. Moria, this is the pirate with a bounty of 87 million beli, Roche Thompson. I'll leave him to you!
Moria cast a glance at Roche and said to Absolom, who was standing next to him: — Abu, I'll leave him to you!
Abraham cautiously looked at Karl, led Roche to stand before him, and forced him to kneel before Moria.
— Master.
Moria nodded slightly and smirked at Karl: — Marines, I'll forgive you this time, but if you dare to invade my territory next time, don't blame me for being rude!
Saying this, Moria lifted Roche high, and Perona, who was behind him, pulled out a torch from somewhere, bringing a beam of light to the dark and eerie scene.
— Now you can leave! Marines!
Karl likely guessed that Moria wanted to cut off Roche's shadow, but he didn't want them to see it. Since he didn't want them to see, that meant it was time to leave!
— Let's go!
Without the slightest hesitation, Karl turned and immediately walked away.
The group returned to their previous route and boarded the warship. The gates in the distance slowly opened, giving them the way.
"Set sail!"
Nelson nodded and immediately began issuing orders. The warship lifted anchor and headed toward the gates.
On the other side.
"Damn marines! Damn marines! So many shadows have disappeared! Damn it!!!"
Moria was devastated after briefly calculating the losses. These were the fruits of his many years of waiting!
Even the zombie swordsman Ryuma, on whom he had pinned great hopes, was destroyed by the marines. Oh yes! There was the large, swift sword, the 21-great black black sword Shusui !
"Damn marines! That treasure, which I barely brought from the country of Wano!"
Seeing Moria's fury, both Moria and Perona lowered their heads and didn't dare make a sound. The other monsters even lay on the ground, trembling.
After venting a bit, Moria calmed down: "Abu, don't let a single pirate pass through the Devil's Triangle!"
"Yes, Master!"