A bright, enormous flying slash hurtled toward the two of them.
Wherever it passed, it carved a bottomless trench through the ground as easily as a knife cutting tofu.
Zoro, who had still been fighting the baboons, abruptly changed expression, clearly sensing the enormous incoming slash.
He leaped in front of Lott in a single step. Raising his sword, he blocked the slash with one strike.
Clang!
A deafening clash of blades rang out.
An immense force traveled through Zoro's sword into his hand, sending his whole body sliding backward.
Bang!
Zoro stamped his right foot into the ground, only just managing to stop his backward slide.
Hah!
Zoro roared and heaved Flowing Light upward, sending the enormous slash soaring into the sky.
The slash exploded high overhead, lighting up the entire sky like a bolt of lightning.
Tap!
Tap!
Tap!
The crisp footsteps sounded particularly piercing in the still night air.
All the baboons reacted as though they had seen their natural predator.
They scattered in every direction.
Zoro's pupils contracted. Looking up with narrowed eyes, he saw a figure approaching with an enormous sword on his back.
The newcomer had short black hair and sharp yellow eyes. He wore a black top hat, a burgundy patterned shirt, a black coat, white trousers, and short black boots.
Zoro naturally recognized him. The man before him was the World's Greatest Swordsman-Dracule Mihawk.
Then his lips curved upward, and excitement gleamed in his eyes.
"You finally showed up, Dracule Mihawk!"
Hawkeye looked at Zoro, raising an eyebrow slightly. "Roronoa Zoro, Chief Swordsman of the Lott Pirates."
"Oh? I didn't expect you to know me."
"Of course I know the swordsman of the strongest pirate crew."
Then he shifted his gaze to Lott, who sat on a large rock nearby. "The World's