Elite Route

There was no time to think.

Moria hastily controlled his shadow, turning it into a swarm of purplish-black bats resembling little demons.

Under his control, the bats flapped their wings and bared their fangs and claws as they flew into the sky, colliding with the incoming cannonballs.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Several cannonballs exploded in midair like fireworks, and shockwaves and heat blasted toward them.

The sea rolled, and the Moonlight rose and fell with the waves.

Firelight reflected off Moria and the faces of his crew, each of them wearing a different expression.

"Don't stop. Keep moving forward!"

Moria's steady voice rang in everyone's ears.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

The crowd immediately erupted in cheers.

"Captain Moria is invincible!"

"Those mere Marines are nothing before our Moria Pirates!"

"Hahaha, don't worry, everyone. With the captain here, he'll protect us."

"Charge! Charge! Our next stop is Sabaody, and after that, the New World! Brothers, get ready to make a name for ourselves!"

The Moria Pirates were currently taking the elite route. There were only a dozen or so people aboard the entire ship, but the atmosphere among them was excellent, and they were close-knit. Moria was not the kind of captain who treated his subordinates like they were disposable.

On the contrary, Moria at this time valued and cherished his companions greatly.

Because they took the elite route, the Moria Pirates' overall strength was formidable. Among all pirate crews in the first half of the Grand Line, they ranked among the very best.

There were over a dozen people in the crew, and every one of them had a bounty on his head. None of those bounties were low.

Pick out any one of them and throw him into the East Blue or West Blue, the two weakest seas, and he would