Ezio left the Horsen Hotel with gentle steps, and the afternoon sun fell on his face just through the gaps in the alley.

He clutched the cloth bag in his hand tightly, raised his head, and took a deep breath.

I didn’t expect it, I really didn’t expect it.

This magician named "Leathern" actually gave him two magic crystals.

"You have been a great help to me, Mr. Leathern."

Ezio opened his eyes slightly, looked at a window on the third floor, and sighed in his heart.

"Master...Ezio, have you...already got it together?"

Arahan chased out and asked in a low voice.

"Yes, we have finally gathered the five magic crystals, and four of them were collected in the past two days. We spent so much time before getting one. As expected, we left the family's support. Everything becomes difficult.”

Ezio lowered his eyes, his voice choked up.

The deposit they had obtained by defrauding Sal had been used to purchase low-level magic crystals.

"Master..." Arahan looked at Ezio with a complicated expression.

The young son of the Marquis who once regarded money as dirt is now sad because of five low-level magic crystals worth only a few dozen gold ruso.

"There's no time to waste here." Ezio rubbed the corners of his eyes casually, quickly regained his composure, and carefully stuffed the bag into his arms, then looked solemn, "We have to go back quickly, it's time to leave father behind. The box is opened."

......

In the dark basement, only a white candle burned alone, providing some negligible light to the secret room.

There was only a square table in the entire room, and a plain black box was placed on the table. A logo that looked like a devil's smile was carved on the top of the box, and there were six spherical grooves on the front.

One of the grooves is several turns larger than the other five.

Ezio stood in front of the square table and gently brushed away the dust on the surface of the black box with his hands to make the logo on the top clearer.

"Arahan, have you ever heard of the Hidden One?" he asked softly.

Standing outside the firelight, Alahan shook his head and replied: "I haven't heard of it."

Ezio smiled softly and said:

"But you must have heard of the Assassin's Resistance who are resisting the Order of Sloth. The Hidden Ones are the predecessors of the Assassin's Resistance. It's just different from the current Assassin's Resistance. The original Hidden Ones were all free people who hated the slavery system. , and the assassins in the current resistance society are rumored to be slaves who have awakened the consciousness of resistance, and they even have slave marks that cannot be washed away..."

"Is it because the master was associated with the assassin's resistance that he was convicted of 'treason'?" Arahan's voice seemed a little low.

"No, this is just the reason they used to convict. The real reason is that my father opposed the war to the north in the previous kingdom affairs. You know, my father doesn't like war." Ezio said in a low tone.

"The master has always been known for his 'kindness'." Alahan sighed.

"Okay, just keep these things in mind." Ezio took out a bulging cloth bag, took out a green magic crystal and stuffed it into the groove of the box, "Arahan, you probably don't know , I also have an uncle, and this box was actually left by him."

"Huh?" There was a little doubt in Alahan's voice.

"You haven't seen him. He is the last Hidden One and has been dead for many years." Ezio recounted unhurriedly, "I also heard about him from my father."

"The Hidden Ones were born during the period when the Order of Sloth was at its most unscrupulous. The Order's power swept across the entire continent like locusts. They arrested civilians and branded them with an almost irreversible mark of slavery. A large number of free people Therefore, he became a slave that will never be able to recover."

"With this approach, the Sloth Cult naturally offended many forces, but their people are like poisonous snakes hiding in the grass. They can't find any trace at all, but once they appear, they will cause great damage. What happened in Farm City some time ago was most likely the work of the Sloth Cult."

"Precisely because of their stealthy whereabouts and powerful destructive power, there are also people who are responsible for preventing and assassinating members of the Sloth Cult. Those people call themselves the invisible ones, and their actions are as stealthy as the Sloth Cult, or even more so. Usually they are almost They are completely unaware of their existence, they only kill people at critical moments, and they are guaranteed to kill with one strike without leaving any further trouble."

"The prototype of the Hidden One's symbol is the skull of Icarus, the eagle of freedom, symbolizing liberation from bondage and soaring freely..."

Ezio took out magic crystals one after another and carefully stuffed them into the grooves.

The orange firelight reflected in his eyes.

As the story progressed, his voice became deeper and more solemn.

"As a group of people who advocate freedom, they hate the Sloth Sect, which puts invisible shackles on people, and regard the members of the Sloth as natural enemies. This is a struggle of faith."

"My uncle Mario is such a person. He has longed for the sky and soaring since he was a child. He has no interest in the title of his family. By chance, he came into contact with the Invisible Ones and naturally joined them."

"It is said that almost every invisible person is a master of combat. Their level of extraordinary beings may not be high, but they can always assassinate beings that are much more powerful than them. The most extreme case I have ever heard of is a The invisible being, who was not even a transcendent, assassinated a powerful gold-level warrior."

"They are mysterious and deadly. They will appear unexpectedly in various places and take away the target's life. They include nobles who raise a large number of slaves, famous slave traders and countless members of the Sloth Order. They fight against the slavery system, Promote freedom and liberation as its own goal of action.”

"During the period when the Invisibles were at their peak, including the king, those in high positions and in contact with the Order of Sloth were all panicked by the existence of the Invisibles, because they used all means, including It is not limited to setting up a large number of guards, recruiting powerful extraordinary beings as guards, hiding oneself in a secret room that no one knows about, etc., in order to try to avoid the assassination of the invisible one.

But...their self-rescue methods are ineffective. The targets targeted by the invisible ones will be assassinated soon after, and they almost never fail.

And no one but the Hidden Ones knows how they do it...

The answer is in this box. "

Ezio stuffed the last magic crystal into the groove. Although the largest groove was still empty, the minimum requirement for opening the box was met at this time.

"Crack!"

There was a soft sound, and the top cover of the black box popped up, revealing a slight gap.

Ezio opened the box slowly, as if afraid of damaging the contents.

A set of neatly folded white robes was lying quietly in the box.

It has a face-hiding hood with the Hidden One symbol of freedom vaguely printed on it.

Ezio lifted the robe with both hands.

A belt with many throwing knives hung on the waist of the robe, and a thin layer of cloth covered the throwing knives just enough, so that only the brown leather could be seen.

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