Never underestimate archaeologists willing to serve the World Government. Any civilian expert valued by the government would be a big name anywhere on the seas!
Robin might have mastered the Archaic Script, but she was not the only brilliant archaeologist.
With their help, Dorte had learned quite a bit during his time on Laugh Tale... at least about the deity inside Poseidon.
The origins of the Fish-Man Race were one such discovery.
But because of the Void Century, the Fish-Man Race had completely forgotten that past.
"But..."
Luffy asked in confusion, "Even if exchanging souls requires two people of the same bloodline, what does that have to do with Jinbe having to die?"
It was Jinbe, not Dorte, who answered him.
"Probably... because of that bloodline power you mentioned?"
"If any one of our people could die here and wake her, this seal would serve no purpose... If I'm right, among our surviving people, the power in my blood is second only to Princess Shirahoshi's."
"Correct!"
Dorte clapped his hands. "This stone tablet will only absorb souls with enough of that... let's call it 'divine power,' like Princess Shirahoshi's. It has no interest whatsoever in anyone else's soul."
Dorte had reached that conclusion through testing. What he had done to test it was anyone's guess.
"Put simply, you have that power in your blood, but not enough of it. When you die, the tablet won't absorb your soul. It'll dissipate naturally... But because of your shared bloodline and the small amount of power you carry, Princess Shirahoshi's soul will enter your body when you die."
"Don't forget, the tablet's seal isn't meant for Princess Shirahoshi. It's meant for her!"
"That deity!"
Through generations of intermarriage, Neptune's family had spread its bloodline power into most Fish-Man and Merfolk families. "Great Knight