Grand Line’s Lord Of Shadows

"Luke-sama, do you know him?"

On the Thriller Bark.

Hearing Luke directly call the other party's name.

Wyper, Brook, Perona, and others were all a little surprised.

Unexpectedly, they actually knew each other.

"We had a chance encounter!" Luke shrugged.

A few years ago, when he was on a mission in a certain country in West Blue, he met this guy who was known as the Demon Sheriff.

"Lafitte? I have some impression of him..."

And Robin, who often pays attention to news about current affairs, remembered something.

She suddenly looked at the man in front of her, who was dressed as a mime and looked a bit like a clown: "It seems that he is a sheriff who was expelled from a certain kingdom because of excessive cruelty and violence, right?"

"Hmm? We've met before?"

Looking at Luke in astonishment, Lafitte was a little confused.

Unexpectedly, the other party actually knew him.

But he was convinced that he had no impression of the person in front of him.

"It seems you don't recognize me..."

Luke smiled: "So, what about now?"

The next moment, Luke's body suddenly made bursts of explosions.

The body that was about two meters tall suddenly grew to about three meters tall.

Even his face changes, and he turns into a completely different person.

"What?" Looking blankly at the figure in front of him, Lafitte's pupils shrank sharply.

He couldn't help but swallow his saliva and cry out: "You are... Obask Luke!"

A few years ago, he did meet the other party.

He once witnessed with his own eyes that Luke, who was only thirteen years old, easily destroyed a pirate group at an exaggerated speed.

The other party once wanted to recruit him, but he refused.

"Wait, isn't this Gecko Moria's ship?"

After scanning around, Lafitte asks in confusion.

"Moria?" Luke's mouth raised.

In Lafitte's astonished eyes, his shadow stood up directly.

As the silky black shadow surged, it turned into a fat and bloated figure at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then it smiled strangely at Lafitte: "Hehehehe, are you talking about me?"

"Gulu! Could it be that…"

Lafitte's pupils shrank sharply.

Looking at Luke in disbelief, he shed a trace of cold sweat.

"Unfortunately, just a few months ago, I killed Moria..." Luke said with a smile: "And I also got his devil fruit!"

"What!?"

Lafitte cried out, then looked at Luke before him and felt a little frightened.

A majestic Warlord was killed quietly like this?

Moreover, was the Devil Fruit ability even obtained by Obask Luke?

If this spreads out, I'm afraid the entire sea will boil.

"Does this mean... I seem to have boarded the pirate ship?" He forced himself to calm down and forced a smile.

Knowing so many secrets, if he doesn't agree to join.

I'm afraid there's no chance of leaving alive.

"Maybe that's right, it's still delivered to our door... However, my invitation to you is still valid!"

Luke looked at Lafitte, patted him on the shoulder, and asked with a smile: "So, what's your answer? Lafitte…"

Wyper, Perona, Van Augur, and others did not interrupt.

Being recruited personally by Luke is obviously a talent, and not just because of his devil fruit ability.

After all, they can completely strip others of their devil fruit ability.

"I can't seem to refuse..."

Looking at the too-young figure in front of him.

Lafitte took a deep breath, smiled and bowed, and said: "It is indeed an honor for me to follow a person like you... Please give me more advice in the future, Captain!"

He rejected Luke before because he was too young…

However, recalling the sensational news about the other party in the past few months, Lafitte basically confirmed that this man's potential is limitless.

At the age of seventeen, he already has such strength.

Being the other party's subordinate is indeed a good choice.

After all, only the strong can survive in this sea.

He is self-aware and does not expect to be able to do it alone.

"Welcome!"

Luke nodded with satisfaction.

He likes someone who knows about current affairs.

Because those who are ignorant of current affairs will usually be killed directly by him.

Just like... Enel.

"This may be fate..."

After joining, Lafitte felt relaxed.

Recalling the scene when he first met Luke, he couldn't help but feel a little inexplicable.

Looking at Wyper, Robin, Van Augur, and others present, he smiled and introduced himself:

"Hello, everyone; I am Lafitte. I used to be a sheriff and a navigator."

"I'm good at swordsmanship... please give me more advice!"

"Yo ho ho ho, hello, I'm Brook, I'm a musician, and I'm also good at swordsmanship... From now on, we are all on our own!"

״Hiss∼Hiss∼Hiss∼, my name is Hogback, and I am the ship's doctor of the Netherworld Pirate!"

"Hehe~hehe~hehe, I am Perona, a combatant of the Netherworld Pirate!"

"I am Van Augur, from East Blue, a sniper of the Netherworld Pirate!"

"I am Wyper, a Shandia warrior from the Sky Island!"

"Haha, I'm Nico Robin, and I'm an archaeologist!"

Everyone introduced themselves.

When it was Robin's turn, she took off her human skin mask and introduced herself.

Lafitte's eye couldn't help but widen, and he looked at the other party in astonishment.

Thinking of the news in recent days, he suddenly realized something.

"Luke-sama… what about it?"

Then he stared in a daze at the figure that suddenly stood up from the forest.

Lafitte couldn't help but swallow his saliva after seeing that huge figure, which was quite intimidating.

"It's name is Oars. It is a special zombie created by me using the power of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit. It is also the King of Zombies…"

Luke shrugged, then he pointed to the zombies busy around him and gave him a brief introduction: "And these are also the zombie legions that I created using the ability of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit!"

"Except for the most advanced zombie king, they are divided into generals, captains, Squad leaders, and ordinary zombies according to their strength."

This is the level of classification Luke made for the zombies.

The sources of corpses are basically selected from the zombie generals left behind by Moria.

Others with less strength were classified as zombie captains.

If we say that zombie kings such as Oars and Ryuma currently have the strength of three sweet commanders or three disasters.

Then zombie generals generally have a strength of more than 200 million Belly and less than 500 million, and there are nine in total.

The zombie captains generally have a strength of hundreds of millions, and there are 18 of them in total.

The zombie squad leader has a strength of between 30 million and 100 million Belly, and there are thirty-six of them in total.

As for ordinary zombies?

Those with a value of less than 30 million are all classified into this column.

At present, the number of zombie legions is limited and has not yet been expanded on a large scale.

Counting those beasts and flying troops, the current number is about 1,500.

There are hundreds of zombie servants responsible for chores and logistics. 

Most of them have little combat ability and are not included in the classification.

Moreover, zombie kings are different from ordinary zombies. As Luke's Shadow, they still have considerable room for improvement.

"Haha, I forgot to tell you, if you just refused to join us, there is a high probability that you will become one of them!"

Putting on the human skin mask again.

Robin smiled brightly and added kindly: "At this level, you can only serve as a zombie squad leader!"

"Hehe~hehe~hehe~, even though you are a Zoan fruit user, apart from the fact that you can fly, I don't think you can beat any zombie general!"

Perona, who was floating in the air and said with pride: "Don't believe it? Every one of those zombie generals was a famous pirate when they were alive!"

"Hiss~hiss~hiss~, do you want to compete with them?"

Hogback asked with a smirk there.

"What!"

Hearing this, Lafitte took a cold breath of air.

He felt his whole body turn cold, and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Wiping his sweat, he said: "Then I really made a very right choice!"

Originally, he didn't believe it, and he was still a little unconvinced.

He wanted to prove his strength until he recognized the once notorious Captain John…

Such a great pirate who was so famous in life was actually just a zombie general…