Creed of the heavens

"Reward: A chance to draw prizes above the world's excellence level or a self-selected excellent level reward."

Lu Xiao smiled unsurprisingly, "Sure enough, the side quest is triggered, and the rewards are exactly the same as collecting Altaïr's letters, and it's a rather long quest line."

After finishing business, Lu Xiao took the time to search the nearby accompanying collections.

He was not greedy, and just took away a few seemingly most precious ornaments. Anyway, when the church is renovated later, these properties will be divided up by the Assassin Brotherhood and the Florence City Hall, which undertake the renovation work.

Climb up the vertical ladder that descends after the sarcophagus is opened, and the organ that opens the dome will come to the outside of the church. From the top of the towering church, you can intuitively have a panoramic view of the city of Florence.

Since the Lord of Florence, Lorenzo Medici, was still massing in the church, the defenses around the Church of Santa Maria del Fiore were extremely tight.

Lu Xiao simply sat on the top of the church to enjoy the beautiful scenery temporarily. It was not until Lorenzo led a large number of his guards away that Lu Xiao calmly returned to Auditore's mansion through the roof platform.

As soon as he got home, Giovanni appeared and called him over.

"How is it? Have you gained anything?"

Lu Xiao took out the stone plate on his chest and handed it to him, and Giovanni immediately opened his eyes and looked at the token carefully.

"It's not wrong, the shape is exactly the same as the statue mechanism of the underground sanctuary."

Giovanni put down the stone plate, and patted Lu Xiao on the shoulder in relief: "Well done, I finally found one of the six keepsakes, and I hope to make persistent efforts in the future."

"Where are you going to explore next? Do you think there will be other assassin's tombs in Florence?"

Lu Xiao remained calm on the surface, and smiled ambiguously: "Maybe there will be, maybe not. Recently, I plan to explore the places of interest in the city one by one, and use the method of elimination to find them one by one."

"lets change a topic."

In order to avoid Giovanni's further questioning, Lu Xiao turned the topic to the crisis in Florence: "Mr. Giovanni, has your surveillance paid off?"

Giovanni shook his head: "Uberto is also a devout believer. Today he went to the Church of Santa Maria Novella alone to attend mass, and he didn't find anything abnormal for the time being."

Uberto Alberti, Florence's contemporary justice standard-bearer, in charge of law and trial, known as consul by the locals in Florence, one of Giovanni's most trusted friends.

However, under Lu Xiao's reminder, Giovanni realized that his close friend had the suspicion and motive of betraying the Medici family.

Uberto was a lawyer when he was young. His family had some grievances with the Medici family. Because of the wanton behavior of some relatives, all the Alberti people except Uberto were exiled by the Medici family. Sin was banished from Florence.

On the surface, Uberto did not hold grudges against the Medici family, and sincerely apologized to the Medici family with a good attitude that has been praised by countless people, and has proved his position with practical actions over the years.

Because of this, he was valued by Lorenzo and Giovanni, and became a senior official of the city of Florence, and Lorenzo personally accepted the banner of justice.

In fact, Uberto's betrayal was not without warning, but Giovanni, the leader of the Florentine Brotherhood, failed to catch him in time due to the interference of the dark lights and personal friendship, which directly led to Auditore's death in the original plot. Family tragedy.

Bystanders know that under Lu Xiao's advice and guidance, Giovanni temporarily got rid of the influence of personal feelings, and looked at all the high-level officials in Florence from an objective perspective. The first person to be suspected was Uber, who had a grudge against the Medici family. support.

Being targeted by an elite assassin, Uberto, who already had ghosts in his heart, will show his feet sooner or later. Lu Xiao can be regarded as repaying the Auditore family for taking care of her in this way, and saving them from the risk of being ransacked and wiped out in the future. crisis.

Although Lu Xiao was 80% sure that he could find the second Assassin's tomb in the Church of Santa Maria Novella, in order not to arouse the suspicion of the Brotherhood, he deliberately spent a lot of time searching various places of interest in Florence.

As the saying goes, inadvertently inserting willows and willows into shades, during Lu Xiao's deceptive operation, he accidentally discovered the whereabouts of three pages of Altaïr's Codex, and two of the wild letters have been recovered by Lu Xiao and handed over to Giovanni to decipher.

Among the two pages of manuscripts, one page records Altaïr's experience in using the Hidden Blades and assassination techniques, and the other page is about Altaïr's in-depth analysis of Assassin's Creed.

He reflected on the philosophy of the Assassins through the Knights Templar's irony of the three principles of the Brotherhood.

To most Assassins, the contents of this page of Altaïr's Codex, marked 04, are a bit deviant, and even fundamentally subvert the concept of the Brotherhood.

But Lu Xiao thinks that this is a symbol of Altaïr breaking away from the constraints of the assassin's organization and viewing the overall situation from a higher level, and it is also the beginning of him breaking away from the simple killer position and becoming a great assassin mentor.

Giovanni, La Volpe and others were very troubled by the irony of the three principles of Assassins in the Altai Codex, and they have always been a little absent-minded recently.

Lu Xiao didn't pay attention here. He used this time to complete the initial training of the Hidden Swords, which further enhanced his combat effectiveness.

Compared with the two unattended pages, the third page of the Codex is more troublesome.

Once again, the Knights Templar discovered the pages one step ahead of the Brotherhood, and under their protection, the pages were kept in a mansion near the market in Florence.

In order to avoid the recurrence of the last robbery, the Knights Templar intends to act cautiously this time, and will not startle the snake for the time being, waiting for follow-up orders from the higher-ups.

Coincidentally, this mansion is one of the properties owned by the Paqi family, who had feuded with Lu Xiao some time ago.

Chapter 23 Newton Tianzun, you better lie flat

Giovanni and others were caught up in Altaïr's questioning of the organization's creed by the former Assassin mentor, and it was difficult to concentrate on other things for the time being.

After officially becoming a member of the brotherhood, Lu Xiao has a large degree of autonomy in her actions.

With the Brotherhood unable to provide support for the time being, he decided to go it alone and retrieve the next page from the Templars.

Out of caution, before officially taking action, Lu Xiao patrolled around the destination for a few days without a trace.

The guards, who were suspected of being private soldiers of the Patch family, protected this downtown mansion very tightly. Passers-by who accidentally approached the mansion would be driven away mercilessly.

A combatant of the Knights Templar?Looks really sharp.

With clairvoyance, Lu Xiao saw the calluses on the hands of these armed men caused by long-term use of weapons, and some clues could be seen from the positions where they kept cooperating with each other at all times.

The main entrance is the most tightly guarded, and even the roof is watched by archers. If you don't get rid of the two archers who are standing high and far away, you will be discovered by them no matter which direction you sneak in.

Lu Xiao, who knew what was in her mind, tightened her hood, quickened her pace, blended into the crowd and left the market.

"Father hiss!"

In the mansion that Lu Xiao was following, Vieri, who had not recovered from his injuries, grinned and asked Francesco, "Are you sure the bastard who kicked me will come to the door?"

"Humph!"

Francesco sneered and said, "This is the judgment made by your uncle Jacob. Auditore is an Assassin, and we are Templars. They want to collect Altaïr's Codex, and they will never let it go." This page in our hands."

"Vieri, I estimate that the time for the assassins to act should be within a few days."

Francesco pressed heavily on Vieri's shoulder: "Master Rodrigo called, I want to return to San Gimignano as soon as possible, and the defense here will be handed over to you, don't let us disappointment."

"If you can successfully complete this task, I will apply to the master to let you officially join the ranks of the Templars."

Vieri pulled the corner of his mouth and showed a cruel smile: "Don't worry, father, with the group of elites assigned to us by the Supreme Master, unless the assassins disregard Lorenzo's face and make a big move in the downtown area, they will never succeed."

"This time, I want to avenge that damn Oriental with my own hands!"

In the evening, the sun sets.

Under the good climate that is suitable all year round in the Apennine Peninsula, today is another bright and sunny day.

The glowing red fire cloud blocked half of the setting sun, and the golden-red sunlight slanted on the city of Florence where the merchants and pedestrians were returning home.

As the sun gradually sinks into the horizon, only the lights of thousands of houses are left in the city of Florence during the Renaissance.