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Chapter 2405 Moria's Twilight City and the Awakening of Conqueror's Haki!
There was no moon in the dark sky.

Yet a pale gray halo cast a cold and weak moonlight.

This is the only light in the starfish's shadow dimension.

Looking down.

Strange specks of purple light form the lifeblood of the earth.

It was a vast carpet of shadows, stretching like a galaxy to the horizon.

Trees of the weeping fir are scattered in every corner, their countless aerial roots drooping down, emitting a soft purple light, forming a series of poignant curtains of light.

Intertwined with the greyish-white 'moonlight,' the vast city was enveloped in a hazy purple glow.

The city rises abruptly from a bottomless, dark canyon.

Numerous caves and platforms have been carved into the cliffs on both sides of the canyon.

The lights flickered with a cold, eerie blue and the soft, shimmering purple of whispering violets.

From this dark base, towering, sharp buildings rise continuously upwards, like jagged, purplish-black bone spurs, piercing through the thick, pervasive shadowy mist, vying to reach for the deathly still moon.

They are connected by slender yet sturdy cast iron bridges.

The bridge was bathed in a soft purple glow.

Like weaving a web of ethereal shadows in the air.

Every now and then you can see pale-skinned demons with sharp horns walking by.

Dark Night Mushroom, Moonflower, Melancholy Vines, Nightshade Black Nightshade, and Twilight Pitcher are everywhere.

Im is currently observing the shadow dimension of a starfish through a star chart.

What you see before you is the latest development result of Moonlight Moria.

He called this city, located in the center of the shadow dimension, Twilight City.

As for where these environments, plants, and even buildings came from...
Im, who had complete control over the starfish, was given a brief understanding.

The reason will become clear immediately.

Prior to this, the shadow dimension was entirely endless darkness, devoid of any light, shadow, or matter.

Until Moria arrived wielding the 'artifact of faith', the Ghost Mask.

The Shadow Dimension regarded him as a being similar to the 'First Being'.

They began to respond to Moriah's imagination and desires, making various changes according to his ideas.

He wished for earth and sky, and earth and sky appeared.

He wished for moonlight, mist, rivers, luminous plants, and materials for building cities.

Therefore, moonlight, shadowy mist, dark river, tear-stained cypress, shadowy carpet, and whispering violet appeared one after another.

Even shadow stones, which have a cold feel, can absorb light.

The highly malleable and curable image material was prepared for Moria.

He only needs to use the awakened abilities of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit to control them and build the city of his dreams.

at the same time.

The power of faith in the Ghost Mask allows Moria to create various creatures with shadow attributes in this shadow dimension.

The first things that come to mind are the Night Mushroom, Moonflower, Melancholy Vine, Thestral, Night Demon, Dementor, Shadowscale Leopard, and Shadowbat that we've already seen.
He believed these to be magical creatures or monsters associated with darkness and shadow, suitable for living in the shadow dimension.

Besides.

There are also Sermentek, Bereaves, Spider Prince, Shadow Dog, Tomb Wing Bat, and Shadow Singing Frog, these are shadow spirits or creatures that I have seen in some virtual worlds of the 'Main God Space'.

Moria originally wanted to create powerful beings like the Shadow Dragon and the Shadow Titan.

However, they discovered that the power of faith in the Ghost Mask had been almost completely depleted.

This made him realize that he had to seize the time to develop the Oni race, himself, and even the followers of the Shadow Dimension.

However, relying solely on the number and reproduction rate of the demon race is certainly insufficient and too inefficient.

Therefore, Moria has recently been considering contacting other races that prefer dark environments.

For example, night elves, or werewolves, vampires, and dwarves.

Even regardless of race, anyone who desires the power of shadow can come and live here.

Think of this.

He immediately used the 'Shadow Gathering Place' chat group to express his thoughts to the Nara clan, Nahat, and other shadow mages, and invited them to come to Twilight City at any time.

The method is also very simple.

Moria used the 'Artifact of Faith', the Ghost Mask.

Anyone using the 'Shadow Cloak' technique is allowed to enter or leave the area within the starfish's range.

Of course, he can also ban someone at any time.

It is worth mentioning that.

Moria still believes that all the changes are the function of the Ghost Mask.

Completely unaware that the shadow dimension was cooperating, they simply took it as a great miracle of Lord Im.

Although they are similar.

After all, the Shadow Dimension only recognized him as a manager because of the Ghost Mask.

The first living being has a lower priority than this.

"That Moria really did a good job."

Im, who was in the study, watched in amazement.

Although he bestowed the artifact of faith upon the other party, hoping that the other party could use the shadow dimension to accelerate the development of the Shadow Fruit.

May I reach the Second Awakening realm as soon as possible and become another top powerhouse in the World Government.

But it was a pleasant surprise that Moria was able to develop the shadow dimension in such an interesting way.

This is tantamount to opening up a new dimension of rule for the world government.

Even though it is still small in scale now, it has a promising future and will eventually become a fairly complete and lively world.

This has also led to the development of entirely new resources such as Shadow Stone, Underground River Water, Shadow Mist, and Tear Tree.

After thinking it over, Im decided to reward Moria, since his contribution was indeed significant.

He then instructed Nora outside to transfer the power of faith equivalent to 100,000 believers to the Ghost Mask.

This amount wasn't a huge sum, but it wasn't a small one either; it was enough to make up for some of Moria's losses.

"Ok?"

It didn't take long.

Moria, who was on the top floor of the main hall of Twilight City, discovered that the ghost mask made of pure gold in his hand suddenly shone brightly.

It instantly illuminated the entire venue while simultaneously projecting its towering nihilistic Gothic spires through the glass windows.

It attracted the attention of all the ghosts and shadow creatures in the city.

In their eyes, a dazzling golden beam of light pierced through the shadowy sky and shot straight into the central castle.

【I am Nora, the guardian of Noah's Ark, the manager of the Golden Bell Tower, and the overseer of the faiths of all races!】

[By the divine decree of 'Creator' Im, 'Demon Clan Chief' Moonlight Moria is rewarded with 100,000 units of Faith Power for his meritorious service in expanding the Shadow Dimension!]

A winding, golden feathered serpent-like shadow appeared in the sky above Twilight City.

At the same time, the majestic announcement, as awe-inspiring as a deity, resounded throughout the vast天地 (heaven and earth).

As soon as he finished speaking, the beam of light and the snake's shadow gradually disappeared, and everything returned to normal.

"Chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp~"

"Thank you for the generous gift, Lord Im!"

"I will definitely continue to work hard to develop the Shadow Dimension better and better!"

"Let this place become a significant and vital asset to world governments!"

Moonlight Moria stood before the Shadow Throne, clutching the Ghost Mask in his right hand, arms outstretched, loudly thanking and swearing an oath, his face beaming with a fanatical smile.

At this moment, his loyalty to Im was at its absolute peak.

"My strength also needs to be improved as soon as possible. As the Shadow Dimension Lord of the Starfish, how can I only have the combat power of a mere General?"

Moria's eyes flickered as he murmured to himself, his heart filled with a desire to become stronger.

【boom! 】

next moment.

A visible aura erupted from him, along with crackling black and red lightning.

It swept through every corner of the main hall in an instant.

It even swept through the walls and floors, reaching outside doors, corridors, and lower floors.

The shockwave stunned the demon warriors guarding various locations, as well as the servants carrying items as they moved about.

"This is."

Moria raised his hands in surprise to examine the surging aura emanating from him.

(End of this chapter)