The Journey of Freedom After the Awakening of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit

Moria tested it with Armament Haki, and the injured Shadow Servant Viktor recovered quickly, but it consumed the life energy Moria had stored in his shadow.

Therefore, as long as there is enough life energy, Shadow Servants are almost immortal.

Secondly, it retains the characteristics of zombies, such as unlimited stamina, just like a person resurrected through Edo Tensei.

In addition to having unlimited stamina, Shadow Servant Victor also retains his strongest state from his previous life, meaning he still retains the physical strength he had when he was in his half-orc form.

This only applies to physical strength; it has no effect on Logia or Paramecia types.

After all, Victor is dead, so his Devil Fruit powers cannot be retained. Only Zoan-type Devil Fruit users can retain their physical strength.

Then, the shadow servant Victor can switch places with Moria like Moria's shadow clone, which is one of the things Moria values ​​most.

With this ability, his ability to survive has greatly increased, and he can go about his business with peace of mind without losing his shadow clone, which will not affect his combat power.

Finally, here's why Moria called the Shadow Servants the Shadow Legion.

After successfully turning Viktor into a shadow servant, Moria created a shadow space within his shadow to house the shadow servant. Think of it as a personal pet space, where the shadow servant is your pet.

Normally, the Shadow Servant can stay in the Shadow Space. When needed, Moria can summon the Shadow Servant from his shadow, which is like a portal.

At the same time, non-living objects can be placed in the shadow space, which can be understood as an essential storage bag for home and travel.

Moria sensed the shadow space; its volume was approximately ten cubic meters. This could be understood as the maximum physical volume of his shadow being ten cubic meters.

After awakening his Shadow-Shadow Fruit ability, Moria absorbed shadows, which not only improved the quality of his shadows but also increased their quantity.

Before awakening, he could only control shadows of the same size as himself to transform and attack. After awakening, and after absorbing the shadows of hundreds of people, his shadow entity has a volume of ten cubic meters, so he can now control these ten cubic meter shadows to perform various transformation attacks.

Of course, normally his shadow is the same size as him, but when he needs to become larger or more numerous, it can become larger or more numerous.

In short, after experimenting, Moria was very satisfied with the Shadow Servant's awakened ability, which basically matched all his fantasies about the Shadow-Shadow Fruit after its awakening.

Then, before the eight officers had died for even an hour, Moria turned them into shadows as well, and put Victor in command of them.

"Are there any navigators among you?" Moria asked, looking at Victor and the other shadow servants standing in front of him.

“I am, Master!” A shadow servant standing behind Viktor stepped forward and replied, his voice mechanical and emotionless, but thankfully still intelligent.

"I need to find an island that's closest to here, preferably one that's not easily disturbed." Moria wanted to find an island to get a good night's sleep. After all, during his time at the addiction center, he hadn't had a single night of restful sleep, his mind was constantly on edge, and he desperately needed to relax.

The shadow servant took out a nautical chart, looked at the pointer in his hand, and pointed to Moria's right, saying, "There is an island over there that meets Master's requirements, but it's quite far away."

"It doesn't matter if it's far away, as long as it's quiet enough and no one bothers us."

With that, Moria took the others into his shadow space, leaving only the navigator shadow servant behind. He then used his shadow to lift him up and flew off in the indicated direction.

The country of Wano!

After Oden was ambushed and the other Nine Red Scabbards were captured, Queen returned early, worried that the mines would be short-handed.

Standing outside the cell where Moria had once been imprisoned, Quinn puffed on a cigar.

The bits of flesh Moria had bitten off were still there in the corner of the cell, as were the sea stone handcuffs, but Moria was gone.

After finishing his cigar with a few smacking sounds, Queen calmly pulled out a Den Den Mushi and called Kaido.

"Mr. Kaido!" Queen said after the Den Den Mushi connected, "That Gecko Moria escaped and killed all the people I left behind!"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the Den Den Mushi, as if they hadn't quite grasped the situation.

"Mr. Kaido!!" Queen waited a moment, his eyes bulging in shock as he exclaimed, "Have you already forgotten about this person? You mean Batman? The one who can unleash bats!"

"Shut up!" Kaido snapped angrily from the Den Den Mushi. "Find that guy for me right now."

"Huh!" Queen exclaimed excitedly, "Mr. Kaido, are you going to make a move?"

On the other end of the Den Den Mushi, Kaido laughed and said, "Yes! Once the Wano Country matter is resolved, I can act without restraint."

"Then Wano Country will be yours, Queen!"

"Don't worry!" Queen patted his big belly and assured him, "Mr. Kaido, I will definitely keep an eye on Wano Country."

Three days later!

As the sun rose above the horizon, an island nation surrounded by round, massive rocks came into Moria's view.

Apart from the royal palace located on the central highlands, which looked somewhat valuable, the rest of the country resembled the countryside, showing no signs of becoming a prosperous metropolis in the future.

This is the territory of Doflamingo, one of the future Seven Warlords of the Sea, but Doflamingo hasn't come to conquer Dressrosa yet.

That's fine, though. Maybe it's because this country is too poor, and Dressrosa is a member state of the World Government, so pirates don't like to come here, and naturally the Navy won't come here either.

This better suits Moria's conditions: quiet and undisturbed.

Moria didn't disturb the people there, and casually found a flat corner rock located between two huge rocks.

Then he took the Shadow Servants into the Shadow Space and gave them a backdoor to perceive their surroundings through Moria's shadow, so they could be on guard.

Then he lay down and fell asleep immediately!

He was so tired, not physically, but mentally.

I was already in poor spirits, and then I flew for three days straight to get to Dressrosa, which made me even more exhausted.

Shortly after Moria fell asleep, in a bedroom in the palace, a little samba girl with tanned skin got up and, as usual, used her Devil Fruit ability to look around the country.

Finally, her gaze focused on Moria's location.

"Who is this person? Is he a homeless man from the countryside? Why is he asleep on the rock?" The little girl asked curiously in her round eyes, secretly noting Moriah's name in her mind.

Later!

At noon, in the afternoon, in the evening, and before going to bed at night, the little girl noticed that the man sleeping on the rock remained unconscious. She began to worry: Was he sick? Was he in a coma?

The kind-hearted little girl got up early the next day, asked the kitchen to prepare breakfast and put it in a basket, and carrying the basket with two guards behind her, she walked towards Moriah.

Perhaps it was the nature of a little girl, but along the way, she used the excuse of needing to use the restroom, along with her Devil Fruit powers, to quickly shake off the guards and run alone towards Moria.

Moria had been sleeping on the rock for a day and a night.

The little girl climbed up from who-knows-where, and somehow managed to leap over the steep rock face, gradually getting closer to Moria.

Just as the little girl approached within fifteen meters of Moria, all the shadow servants emerged from Moria's shadow and looked at the little girl warily.

If the little girl takes another step forward, they will intervene.

"Ah!!!" The sudden scene, coupled with the Shadow Servant's demonic appearance that seemed to have stepped out of hell, caused the little girl to scream the moment she saw it. At the same time, she was unlucky and slipped, falling towards the steep rock wall behind her.

"Help!!" In that instant, the little girl instinctively cried out for help.

call out!

A black shadow flew swiftly like silk, wrapped around the little girl, and pulled her to Moria's side.

"Huh!" The little girl, still shaken, rubbed her eyes and looked around curiously. The black demons were gone. "Was that just my imagination?"

"Hey kid, who are you?" Moria had already woken up and was sitting on the rock. As he asked the question, he rubbed the irritating substance in his eyes.

"My name is Violet, what's your name?" The little girl stared at Moria with wide eyes, curious. It was the first time she had seen Moria's bat-like face, and she found it amazing, staring at him intently.

"Moria!"

Moria pointed to himself and then asked, "What are you doing here?"

"what!"

"I brought you food. Are you sick?" Violet blushed slightly, forgetting that she had brought food because she was worried that Moria was sick. She quickly handed the basket to Moria.

"Steamed buns, and some pastries I don't know what they are!" Moria picked them up and looked them over. He recognized the steamed buns, but he didn't recognize the others. However, they looked quite exquisite.

"I wonder what it tastes like?" Moria said, picking up the basket, pouring it into his mouth, chewing it, and swallowing it in one gulp.

"I didn't feel anything!" Moria was a little frustrated; it was probably because there wasn't enough.

After all, Violet was only the size of a normal human girl, while Moria was nearly four meters tall. The little basket she was carrying could not possibly hold enough for Moria to eat.

Violet clearly knew this, so she invited, "If you're still hungry, you can come to the palace, and I'll have the chefs prepare something delicious for you!"

After speaking, Violet looked at Moria with expectant eyes.

Royal Palace?

Is this little girl from the Dressrosa Royal Palace?

Moria looked thoughtful. Considering that Violet had found him, he guessed that Violet was the woman who would have the power of the Devil Fruit related to eyes in the future.

I only remember seeing it in anime, where it was all turbulent and surging. How come they're so wealthy now that they've even built an airport?

Looking at the little girl's unremarkable figure and her expectant gaze, Moria shook his head inwardly.

Then he thought to himself, "So easily trusting others!"

"No wonder he was completely outmaneuvered by Doflamingo later on!"

"When a country is extremely incorruptible, there is no desire, no development, and people lose their sense of vigilance!"

Meeting Violet's gaze, Moria stood up and shook his head: "I'm not going, I'm leaving!"

After saying this, Moria used his shadow to pull Violet up, jumped off the rock wall, and released her on the ground below, preparing to leave.

“You’re an ability user too, so I can make you my bodyguard. Come back to the palace with me! There are new clothes for you!” Violet said, grabbing Moria’s somewhat tattered clothes.

Moria looked at his tattered clothes and fell silent. Then, with a thought, the shadow beneath him shifted, and he donned a Matrix-inspired trench coat and shadow suit.

"What an amazing ability!" Violet exclaimed with her small eyes. The ability to create clothes at any time piqued her curiosity, and she reached out to touch it.

"So silky smooth," she thought to herself.

Moria's lips twitched slightly, and he said, "Go back by yourself." With that, he took to the air and left Dressrosa.

Violet, standing below, was stunned. She stared in the direction Moria had left, and after a long while, exclaimed excitedly, "He's from outside!"

Chapter 07 Pirate Town Target: Barrett

Pirate Town!

A temporary town that changes location every now and then, sometimes on an island, and sometimes on a huge ship.

where is it?

And for how long?

It all depends on how powerful the forces behind the town are.

This is the new world's default neutral zone. Of course, it's just a default; if you want to cause trouble, no one will stop you.

The premise is that you are strong enough. If you are not strong enough, you will usually be killed later. If you are a member of a powerful force like the Whitebeard Pirates, then you can do whatever you want.