Creed of the heavens

Lavolpe, wearing a mask, looked at Giovanni: "Sure enough, let's kill him. Killing a Templar Supreme Master will definitely boost the morale of the Brotherhood, and at the same time, we can also take this opportunity to attack the Holy Spirit." Unity of the Knights Templar."

Like all the secret organizations in the world, the Templars are not monolithic internally. There are neutral and radical factions like Rodrigo, and there will naturally be moderate factions who advocate slowing down conflicts with the Assassins.

Once the news of Rodrigo's death comes out, the Knights Templar, whose high-level power has fallen into a vacuum, is likely to continue internal struggles for quite a long time until the next Grand Master is elected.

Lu Xiao, who had been paying attention to Rodrigo, noticed that his pupils contracted slightly. Obviously, this guy's mentality was affected by the words of the cunning fox.

"Don't worry."

Paula persuaded: "Rodrigo, as the Grand Master of the Templars, is also a cardinal of the Holy See and a future candidate for the Pope. Killing him is likely to make the Holy See and Brotherhood who are originally neutral Completely torn face."

Although there are a large number of Templars in high positions in the contemporary Rome-based Catholic Church, the Holy See is not completely controlled by the Templars.

According to the records of the Brotherhood, there have been Popes who worked closely with the Assassins in the past, and this possibility will not be ruled out in the future.

If Rodrigo, who is the cardinal of the Holy See, is killed like this, it will inevitably draw a gap between the possible future cooperation between the two parties.

The mercenary leader, Luciano, was a rough man. He scratched his head irritably, and turned to look at Giovanni who was in deep thought.

"Giovanni, what do you say? Kill? Don't kill?"

Lu Xiao popped out the repaired Hidden Blade and put it on Rodrigo's neck. The Spaniard raised his head subconsciously, and the flesh of his fat neck was cut with a trace of blood by the sharp Hidden Sword.

"Your Excellency Cardinal, are you sure you want to be tough?"

Lu Xiao's soft and deep voice echoed in Rodrigo's ears like the devil's whisper: "Think about the colorful world outside, think about the power and resources you will have when you become the Pope in the future, and give up before your life reaches its peak." , is this really good?"

"Gudong"

Rodrigo swallowed nervously, and finally gave up with a sigh after hesitation: "What do you want to know?"

"cha"

"That's called knowing the times."

Satisfied, Lu Xiao retracted the Hidden Blade and gave up the position to Giovanni, the leader of the Florentine Brotherhood.

Once a person's psychological defense line is breached, subsequent persistence will be meaningless.

Rodrigo is not like the Supreme Masters of the Templars in the past. He does not have that kind of extremely firm belief. Rather than being a religious leader, he is more like a qualified politician with thick skin and flexibility.

In order to save his own life and enjoy a better life in the future, Roderick confided all the important information he knew, including the whereabouts of some Eden artifacts.

"Cyprus?"

"That's right." Giovanni said thoughtfully, "Most of the information on the Pieces of Eden given by Rodrigo is fragmented, and the most accurate one is a Golden Apple of Eden buried in Cyprus."

"Cyprus doesn't have a branch of the Brotherhood, but this isolated island country in the middle of the Eastern Mediterranean is close to Ottoman and Egypt. I will notify the local Brotherhood to send people to explore, and I should get a preliminary report soon."

"Oh, right."

Giovanni suddenly remembered something, and said to Lu Xiao: "Rodrigo also mentioned vague information about the Holy Sword of Eden."

"After the Holy Sword was lost in the English Civil War, the Templars obtained some unverified information."

"It is said that the holy sword was sent to the port of Lille in northern France by a pirate ship of unknown origin, and it disappeared completely afterwards."

Lu Xiao's eyes lit up: "French?"

Chapter 40

Cyprus is too far away from Italy, Lu Xiao does not intend to compete with the Ottoman Brotherhood and the Egyptian Brotherhood for jobs.

In contrast, southeastern France directly borders Italy and can be reached relatively smoothly by land.

However, before going to France, Lu Xiao plans to complete the two side missions in Italy first.

Although I learned about the whereabouts of the Holy Sword of Eden from Rodrigo, more specific information still needs the help of the French Brotherhood to investigate, and it may be difficult to obtain accurate information in a short time.

The side mission rewards for collecting Altaïr's Codex and Assassin's tokens are quite generous. Before heading to France, Lu Xiao plans to get these rewards to strengthen herself and pave the way for the next step.

As the Supreme Master of the Templars, Rodrigo has also been arranging manpower to collect Altaïr's Codex. The map of the Pieces of Eden hidden in the Codex is very important to both organizations.

Under the threat of Giovanni, although Rodrigo was very reluctant, but in the end he was forced to threaten his life and revealed the storage location of the letters collected by the Templars.

Counting the 3 pages collected by Lu Xiao and the 6 pages that Giovanni and others got earlier, there are a total of 30 pages of letters, and the Brotherhood only got 9 pages.

The Templars, benefiting from an intelligence network spread throughout Italy, collected more pages than the Assassins, 12 in total.

Among them, five pages collected in Tuscany are deposited in the Pazzi mansion in San Gimignano, the domain of the Pazzi family.

The remaining 7 pages were found in Venice, the water city in the north, and were kept by the local Templar remembering Barbarigo.

Since more pages were found in Venice and Tuscany than anywhere else in Italy, the Templars speculated that the remaining Codex fragments should have been scattered in Tuscany and Venice.

"Venice?" Giovanni looked up and recalled: "Ancestor Domenico had to dismantle the Letters because he was attacked by pirates hired by the Templars. It is logical that most of them ended up in the port area."

With the deaths of Francesco and Vieri, and the arrest of Jacob for treason, the decline of the Pazzi family is inevitable, and their territory San Gimignano will also face the risk of being annexed by Florence. destiny.

"I will notify Mario and let him take Ezio to San Gimignano to recover 5 pages, but Venice"

Lu Xiao volunteered and said: "Leave Venice to me. Anyway, there is no definite news about the Holy Sword yet. I plan to use this time to find the manuscript and the token of the assassin's tomb while waiting for the news."

Giovanni nodded: "Alright, I will write to notify the local fraternity members and ask them to assist you as much as possible."

"But you have to be careful. Venice is not taken care of by the Medici family like Florence. Be careful about everything."

Rodrigo's attempt to overthrow Medici's rule was completely shattered, and Florence returned to peace. At least there will be no major crisis in the city for a long time to come.

Now that she decided to go to Venice to collect the remaining assassin's tokens and letters, Lu Xiao began to prepare for the trip after Florence restored normal order.

During the arrest of Rodrigo this time, Lu Xiao's Hidden Blade and Boot Blade were severely damaged.

Among them, the hidden blade has been repaired under the maintenance of the dedicated blacksmith of the Auditore family, but the boot blade is more troublesome.

Giovanni looked at the broken boot blade with a headache, and said helplessly to Lu Xiao: "Sorry, we don't know much about this unique weapon of the Eastern Brotherhood, and we don't know how to remove the broken blade and reinstall it at all."

Lu Xiao nodded, and said thoughtfully, "Maybe, I know someone who knows how to fix it, but I'm not sure if he's trustworthy in the eyes of the Brotherhood."

"Who?"

"You must know him, Leonardo da Vinci, one of the artists sponsored by the Auditore family."

Giovanni froze for a moment: "Leonardo? I know he is an excellent artist, and his character is worthy of the brotherhood's trust, but are you sure he can complete such an exquisite weapon repair?"

Lu Xiao smiled and said, "Don't underestimate him, Leonardo is a genius, and his talent is not limited to art."

"Since Mr. Giovanni thinks he can be trusted, I plan to visit him in the near future and entrust Leonardo to make some interesting gadgets."