the ladle from him, which he obediently filled.She spoke against the crowd:
“So I will sacrifice myself, only I will live up to his demands! ", She tipped the ladle over her head:
“May the great Mors recognize me as a victim! "It was quiet for a moment. Then the crowd began to cheer, to applaud. Robin let the ladle take off. Let himself be led to the other victims, just as chained."
“Really great idea! "It came softly from Nami, who was hanging right next to her," and how are we supposed to get away from here now? "
“That is not important at the moment! ", Robin was silent for a moment, because you looked at her suspiciously, because she had to be silent as a victim," The most important thing is that we are first sacrificed, the other thing does not matter! ", She continued quickly.
Nami had wanted to say something else, but one of the masked men, apparently next in rank, stood in front of the people:
“The time has come! ", he said and at the same time gave a sign that they should be untied. They were not completely taken from the chains.Their hands and feet were still bound by heavy iron chains. Man led her up two steps. To an even higher pedestal on which the multi-headed sculpture stood. The largest of all heads, had a wide mouth. This opened softly, accompanied by the sound of two stones rubbing against each other. They couldn't see anyone operating the mechanism. It had to work differently somehow. The people began to chant again, knelt down again and began to rock back and forth.
“The sacrifices are made! "shouted the masked man, who was completely absorbed in his role. One by one they were pushed into the throat that hid an infinite darkness.

,,Are you still alive? "came the question from Nami, who was the first who dared to speak against.
“Yes, but if Robin had come up with something better, it might not have come that far! ", Zorro grumbled. Man heard the clash of his swords, which were in the way when he got up.“Everything went perfectly! "A light was lit. Robin had smuggled a torch under her robe. Through the fire they saw that it was impossible to get back up to the opening.
,,Let's go! "Robin and the torch retreated into the darkness.
"Where to anyway. What are we doing down here? Why don't we try to get out through the entrance? "Usopp wanted to know, and what the hell are you up to?"
“Lots of questions at once! ", Sanji remarked dryly.
“This is an underground passage. If we follow him, we will first get to the exit and secondly get an important card! ", she went on while, as we said, the others followed her hastily," the map shows the way to the city of the dead ... "she tells of the conversation between the two men in the dome.
,,Gold? That means we're doing a treasure hunt here ?! ", Luffy was happy and Nami was anything but averse to this thought.Her steps hold in the cobblestone corridor.
“Something like that! ", Robin stopped, in front of her there was a fork in the road and characters were scratched on the floor that nobody could really figure out, but Robin quickly pointed in which direction they had to go, everywhere they saw dried up corpses, from previous victims they also quickly realized that the liquid that was poured over their heads attracted insects, and there were repeated screeches from those who couldn't stand these animals, like Nami.
"What do you mean about? ", Zorro was getting on the nerves of her way of speaking in half sentences.
“Nobody knows what is hidden in this city. There is only one person who has found out pure and against and this person has made a logbook that has been copied in a monastery! ", she paused," but all but nine books have been destroyed, I don't know for more details. The map is only an aid to this book.!"Against a fork in the road, Robin showed where they had to go," but since I have never read this book and have never been particularly interested in it, it will be difficult to find this city! "
“It would have been nice if we had known that earlier! ", Zorro grumbled," Who are we doing this for, if it's useless and useless! "
"I know someone who has read it and is very interested in it!"
"And that would be!"
“You don't know anyway! "Robin stopped," this is where the pavement ends! "
,,That means? ", Luffy just kept walking without waiting for the answer.
“That is more than strange! ", Nami concluded," why was everything paved here at all? "
“Right, it looks a lot like civilization! "Usopp continued. Robin put the torch in Sanji's hand, she didn't think it was too appropriate if she went ahead.
“If these guys said you had to sacrifice people to get the card, what are we doing down here?", Zorro suddenly asked a question that summed up all of her indecisive thoughts.
“Yes, what are we supposed to do down here when the map is up? "Usopp wanted to know too.
“The idiots misinterpreted the murals. There it was said `who is willing to sacrifice himself will be rewarded with the key to the city` but they read` who is ready to sacrifice`! "
Synchronous nod.
“So this walk leads us to the map? ", Nami asked again. Robin nodded.
,,OK! "Hold Luffy's eager approval through the corridor," HERE WE GO! "The others joined in his cheers in their own way.
Small lumps of earth crumbling from the ceiling made Usopp afraid that the corridor would collapse.
Chopper scared the whole echo.
Zorro gave a daring grin.
Sanji kicked Luffy because he almost hit Nami with his hands up and Nami was only interested in getting ahead. The word "treasure" kept pounding in her head!Robin smiled smartly.
(Somehow you get the impression that I would prefer Nico Robin. I just find her character interesting and since she is the only one who can decipher ancient scripts, she is also the only one who can guide us further through this subject)
They didn't know how long they had been leaving. The torch was almost burned down, it was getting dicey for Sanji to hold it any longer. They went on and on. At some point they heard his cursing. The light was on the floor and was about to go out.
,,And now? ", Usop wanted to know, who was anything but at ease with the whole thing.
,,We continue! "Luffy decided
“Turning back would also be pointless! ", Chopper reported," I can hear something and the air is getting fresher and fresher.
,,Well then go! "You heard a pounding, Luffy ran forward.
“Wait, you're still getting lost! ", Sanji warned him, then they heard a scream. Something made them run faster. They ran into a wall. They hadn't noticed that there was a bend here.They kept running. There was a light. A dull gray light. The end of the hall, but where was Luffy?
The tunnel ended in an opening that was in the middle of a high rock wall. The other side of the island. Luffy was hanging from a root that protruded from the rock face, he had noticed too late that there was no more ground under his feet. He pulled himself up with a gum-gum pistol.
,,And now? ", Nami looked thoughtfully at the bay, which was frightened of them. Rocks separated the large lake from the open sea," where can we find a map here, please? "
,, Well! ", Robin looked around thoughtfully. Her gaze stayed on the stone wall of the tunnel. There was a hollow. Everything was even and smooth, in this tunnel, only this hollow was disturbing. It had the shape of a square and there on that Floor, there was a stone, the right shape. She picked it up and put it in the hollow so that it melted into the wall. That was somehow too easy! A rumble, a tremor began. It seemed to be an earthquake.Only then did they see something rising out of the water, a huge slab of rock. It was overgrown with seaweed. How many years had she had to stay under the water?
,, Hey, this is the card! "they cheered.