A strange, almost grating voice came from a hideous, terrifying face atop the enormous body inside the room.
At the sound of that voice, Perona, who had been so arrogant outside the door, immediately behaved herself. Her attitude became much more respectful as she spoke softly.
"Lord Moria... a powerful white-haired man arrived outside. He tore apart my Negative Hollows in an instant, and even from a distance, the pressure he gave off made me tremble."
At Perona's description, the enormous Moria slowly sat up, his brow creasing slightly. Having once ranked among the world's strongest himself, he immediately recognized the means used to tear apart her Negative Hollows as haki-and the one-in-ten-thousand kind, Conqueror's Haki, at that.
Why would someone with Conqueror's Haki come here...?
Moria frowned as he pondered this.
With that thought, Moria asked Perona a question.
"What does he look like?"
"He has very long white hair tied in a ponytail, and a sword at his waist. I don't know what kind of sword it is, but my Negative Hollows actually seemed frightened when they came into contact with him."
Upon hearing her description, Moria almost instantly matched it to a figure in his mind.
White hair, a Demon Blade... Barn, just what have you come here for?
Moria recalled that tall figure, someone he had been no match for even years ago. His brow knotted further as he questioned Perona again.
"What is he doing on the island now?"
"He single-handedly wiped out the zombies in one area. Just now, he met that skeleton swordsman who keeps breaking in here."
Moria smiled at that and said,
"Let that swordsman deal with them. The legendary sword master."
Just then, the door opened by itself. Footsteps sounded, but no one could be seen. Then the door slowly