Line 47: Dono ne imaarat ke andar ghusne ka tareeqa dhoondha aur dheere se andar chale gaye.

Line 48: Andar har jagah purani moortiyan aur chhupay hue raaz thay.

Line 49: Alex ne apna haath ek purani moorti par rakha aur socha ke kya yeh raaz sirf sona hai ya is se kuch zyada?

Line 50: Tabhi ek achanak awaaz hui aur dono ka samna ek chhupi hui mushkil se hota hai - ek bada bhootia janwar jo khazaane ki hifazat kar raha tha.

**Line 51:** "Yeh kya hai?" Alex ne dar se peechay hote hue poocha, jab uske samne ek bada bhootia janwar aaya.

**Line 52:** Maya ne Alex ki taraf dekha aur kaha, "Yeh wahi hai jiska maine zikr kiya tha, khazaane ka rakhwala."

**Line 53:** Alex ne apni bandook uthayi, lekin Maya ne uska haath roka. "Bandook se kaam nahi chalega," usne kaha.

**Line 54:** "Toh phir kya karein?" Alex ne pareshani ke sath poocha.

**Line 55:** Maya ne apne baazuon mein bandhi hui ek purani tasveer nikaali aur janwar ke samne rakh di.

**Line 56:** Janwar ne tasveer dekhi aur apni gardan nichay jhuka di, jaise us tasveer mein koi purana raaz chhupa ho.

**Line 57:** "Yeh tasveer qadeem rakhwalon ki nishani hai, iske zariye hum usse guzar sakte hain," Maya ne tasalli se kaha.

**Line 58:** Alex ne tasveer ko ghoora, samajhne ki koshish ki ke is tasveer mein aisa kya tha jo janwar ne unhe jane diya.

**Line 59:** Dono ne aage badhne ka faisla kiya aur khazaane ke aur kareeb chale gaye.

**Line 60:** Andar ek purani diwaar thi, jahan khazaana chhupa tha, lekin uske saath aur bhi raaz chhupay hue thay.

**Line 61:** "Yeh bas sona nahi, Maya," Alex ne kaha, "Yeh to pura sheher lagta hai."

**Line 62:** Maya ne apni aankhen aahista se kholi aur kaha, "Yeh sheher qadeem zamane ka hai, jahan loogon ne apne khazane chhupaye hue hain."

**Line 63:** "Lekin in khazanon ka ek intehaayi bara qeemat hai," Maya ne Alex ko chetavani di.

**Line 64:** "Kaisi qeemat?" Alex ne hairani se poocha.

**Line 65:** "Jitna zyada khazana, utni zyada mushkilat. Is sheher ke raaz har insaan ko jaan se maar dete hain," Maya ne kaha.

**Line 66:** Alex ne ghor se Maya ki baat suni aur tasalli se kaha, "Hum sab kuch handle karenge, tum mere sath ho."

**Line 67:** Maya ne Alex ki taraf dekha, uski aankhon mein pehli baar bharosa dikh raha tha.

**Line 68:** "Yeh safar sirf khazane tak ka nahi, balke zindagi tak ka hai," Alex ne dheere se kaha.

**Line 69:** Dono ne mil kar agle qadam uthane ka faisla kiya, aur diwaar ke peechay ka raaz dhoondhna shuru kiya.

**Line 70:** Wahan ek purana darwaaza tha, jise sirf ek tareeqe se khola ja sakta tha - ek purana naqsha jo Alex ke paas tha.

**Line 71:** Alex ne naqsha apne haath mein mazbooti se pakra aur us purane darwaaze ke samne ghutne tek diye.

**Line 72:** "Yeh wahi naqsha hai jo mere baap ne diya tha, isko samajhna aasan nahi tha," Alex ne ghoor kar darwaaze ke naqshon ko dekha.

**Line 73:** Maya ne dheere se Alex ke kandhe par haath rakha aur kaha, "Tumhe samajh aa raha hai, hum ab bilkul kareeb hain."

**Line 74:** Alex ne naqsha darwaaze ke ooper rakha aur ghuma diya. Darwaaza dheere dheere khulne laga.

**Line 75:** Andar ek chamak se bhara hua raaz tha, lekin us raaz ke sath jaan ka khatra bhi tha.

**Line 76:** "Yeh jagah mujhe ajeeb lag rahi hai," Alex ne Maya ki taraf dekha.

**Line 77:** Maya ne sir hila kar kaha, "Is raaz ke piche kuch aisa hai jo hum samajh nahi paaye ab tak."

**Line 78:** Andar jaane ke baad, un dono ne purane qadeem naqshon ko dekha jo har diwaar par bane hue the.

**Line 79:** Har naqsh ek qissa suna raha tha, ek kahani jo yeh jungle apne andar chhupaaye hue tha.

**Line 80:** "Yeh koi aam khazana nahi hai, yeh purane zamane ke logon ki kahaniyon ka sheher hai," Maya ne hairani se kaha.

**Line 81:** "Hum kis cheez mein ulajh gaye hain?" Alex ne bechaini se poocha.

**Line 82:** Maya ne apni aankhon se puri jagah ka jayeza liya, "Yeh sheher apne andar ek shakti rakhta hai, aur iski hifazat karne waale janwaron se zyada dar ka paighaam hai."

**Line 83:** Dono ne mil kar agle raaste ki taraf kadam badhaye, lekin har ek qadam ke sath khatra barhta ja raha tha.

**Line 84:** Raaste mein ek purani qabristan se guzarna pada, jahan unhe ajeeb si awazein sunayi dene lagi.

**Line 85:** "Yeh jagah bilkul bhi theek nahi lag rahi, hum yahan se jaldi nikalna chahiye," Alex ne kaha.

**Line 86:** Lekin Maya ne apni aankhon ko band kar ke apne jazbaat ko sambhala, "Hum yahan tak aaye hain, ab wapas jaane ka koi raasta nahi."

**Line 87:** Unhone dekha ke ek purani kitaab jo ek badi pathar ke neechay rakhi thi, usse uthaya toh ek teekhi awaz se daarwaza band ho gaya.

**Line 88:** "Yeh kya ho raha hai?" Alex ne ghabra kar poocha.

**Line 89:** Maya ne unhe sambhalte hue kaha, "Yeh kitaab humare agle qadam ka rasta hai."

Line 90: Alex ne kitaab ko dekha, uske haath kaanp rahe the, lekin Maya ne uska saath diya aur kitaab ko aahista se khola

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