I, the great swordsman, am definitely not a bootlicker

As Robin and Zoro went deeper, this primitive jungle seemed to unveil a mysterious veil.

Deep within the jungle, amidst the dense foliage, more ruins gradually emerged. Some were merely fragments of broken walls, while others offered only the outlines of buildings. These relics, like fragments of history, eroded by time, yet inadvertently spoke of a past both prosperity and vicissitudes.

The jungle grew increasingly noisy, with the sounds of gunfire and screams echoing from various directions. At this moment, a huge stone tablet appeared before the two men, engraved with two human faces, a city map, and strange text.

"This is a monument to the city. It must have been built by its descendants after its demise." Luo Ping gently stroked the stone tablet and deciphered the words on it. Nan Nan muttered to herself, "Xiangdora... the name of this ancient city."

"It was in the 402nd year of the Haiyuan calendar... It was a prosperous city more than 1100 years ago... It was destroyed 800 years ago!!" Robin was a little shocked.

"800 years ago, a blank hundred years of history?" Zoro, who was sitting on the big dog, spoke up.

"Hmm? Swordsman-san knows that too?"

"Hmm... I've heard something about that." Zoro grinned.

"Maybe this island... may be related to the untold history that disappeared from the ground. Let's go. We should get more clues when we get to the city center." Robin said with a happy look on his face.

"Well, but before that, I have to solve a problem first."

"Ok?"

"Get rid of me? How shameless of you! Meh...isn't this dog holy? Why is it following you!" A gloomy voice came from behind the two of them.

Robin looked back and saw a very large and fat man with a pair of small wings on his back and a yellow shoulder strap hanging on his chest.

"Mr. Swordsman, can we deal with him here without destroying the ruins?" With Zoro here, Robin was not very panicked.

"No problem, Miss Archaeologist." Zoro grinned.

"Huh? Do you know... who I am? I can't even protect myself, so why would I care about the past?!" The fat man was extremely angry at the two people's attitude of not taking him seriously. He suddenly jumped up and pressed his round belly against them: "Perfect belly!"

“Itsword style…”

In order to protect the stone tablet ruins behind him, Sauron chose to fight quickly.

The two men passed each other, and the fat man stopped in mid-air, rolling his eyes.

Zoro sheathed his sword: "Lion Song Song!!"

A stream of blood spurted out of the fat man's chest and he fell to the ground and died.

"Mr. Swordsman, thank you for your hard work." As a woman who has been involved in major gangs for many years, Robin does not care about the blood in front of her.

Ding! Act in time to prevent the ruins from being destroyed, earning the gratitude of Girlfriend No. 10 and a Love Points bonus of +500.

Hmm... girls who study archaeology are really charming.

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After a brief episode, the two continued walking towards the city center according to the map on the stone tablet.

Looking at the increasingly scattered, crumbling houses, Robin began to mutter to himself again, "This should be the city center... Why is it completely different from the map on the monument... Could it be that the force of the rushing ocean current has torn it apart?"

"Yeah! I think so too!" Zoro pretended to be very similar. If he remembered correctly, this place was separated by island clouds, and there were several layers under the clouds.

"Well, the area and terrain are completely different." She flipped through the notebook: "What's particularly wrong is... Could it be..."

"The other buildings are under the island cloud?" Zoro was proud.

Robin looked at Zoro in surprise.

"Huh? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Hmm... I feel like something's wrong... Mr. Swordsman seems very clever today."

"Huh? What do you mean!!" Zoro frowned, so I am stupid except for today?

"Hehehe..." Robin's eyes narrowed into crescent shapes.

Since it was inconvenient to take Holiness with him to the next floor, Sauron could only order it to sit still and come back to find it after he finished his work, and then give it to Conis or Lachi for foster care.

If Saint wasn't so big, Sauron would still want to take it away. It doesn't matter whether it's directionally challenged or not, the main thing is that it's obedient!

Then, Zoro followed Robin into the largest ruins to explore. When they reached a piece of ground covered with island clouds, Robin took out a knife and cut open the island clouds, and sure enough, there was the next layer.

The two walked in the direction of the light and looked outside. They were on the upper floors of a huge ruin. Each floor of the ruins was about seven or eight meters high and very magnificent. However, today, most of its walls were covered with moss and trees were planted everywhere, just like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

Standing on a high vantage point, I looked down upon the remains of a vast city. As far as the eye could see, there were layers upon layers of dilapidated houses, scattered in an orderly fashion. The number of houses was simply too numerous to count. Some were tall, some were low, some were dilapidated, some were old, standing there quietly, bearing witness to the ruthless passage of time.

Like lost pearls, buried under the dust of history, every brick, every lintel seems to whisper, silently telling of the prosperity that once existed here.

The streets are interconnected and crisscrossed, with vines and giant trees everywhere. Although it is quiet now, it is not difficult to imagine that it was once a prosperous place with heavy traffic and people coming and going.

Robin was shocked: "This is the Golden City - Shandora!!"

Then Zoro followed Robin and continued exploring the ruins. Well, how should I put it, Robin was now like a woman in a shopping mall, and she had to go around almost every ruin.

But Zoro personally feels that accompanying an archaeologist to visit ruins is much more comfortable than shopping with a woman. At least she tells you stories...

"I can't believe... the ancient texts from the original historical texts are so ubiquitous..." Robin stared at the heavenly book on the wall and murmured, "The only person who could have carved these words besides the person who wrote the original historical texts..."

"What's written on it?" Zoro didn't want Robin to misunderstand him and think he knew ancient characters.

"Keep your true feelings within your heart and keep silent! We are the ones who write history! With the sound of the bells in the great clock tower..."

"Is it the huge golden bell recorded in Rolando's diary?" Zoro deliberately guided.

"Yes, that's right. All the history books in the city were burned... History was interrupted..." Robin suddenly realized: "It can't be wrong. The original history text was transported here, and this city once fought. The Golden City of Shandora was destroyed because of protecting the original history text."

"Does it say where the Golden Bell is?" Zoro was also worried about the situation on Nami's side. According to the plot, they should have been swallowed by the giant snake. He wondered if there would be a butterfly effect in the snake's belly. It was time to meet this legendary strongest natural fruit ability user!

"The large bell tower at the center of the four altars..."