Creed of the heavens

Paci is a family with an ancient history. It is said that the family originally originated during the First Crusade and became a Tuscan nobleman with the help of the Knights Templar for nearly 400 years.

Entering the Renaissance period in the 15th century, the Patch family kept up with the pace of the times and took the banking industry as the main project of the family.

The current head of the family is Francesco de Pacchi, a reckless man with impulsive personality and lack of planning. He was instilled by the family to hate the Medici family since he was a child.

His son Vierid Pacchi inherited his father's character to a certain extent, impulsive, violent, and cruel.

Because his father, Francesco, focused most of his attention on the revenge plan against the Medici family, Vieri, who lacked his father's attention since childhood, was sensitive and lacking in love. Once he did not get the attention of others, he would become hysteria.

Similar to Ezio, Vieri is also one of the most well-known top dandies in Florence. Because of their different family positions and frequent competition for women, the two have inherited a personal hatred that is difficult to resolve since a few years ago.

The reckless father and son with similar personalities are nominally the orthodox heirs of the Pazzi family, but in fact the helm of the Pazzi family is Francesco's uncle, Jacob de Pacchi.

Compared with the two mindless juniors, Jacob, who is the assistant officer of Lorenzo, is more calm and pragmatic.

Even under the influence of the family's brainwashing education on the Medici family, his evaluation of Lorenzo is really not low.

In fact, Jacob did not object to Lorenzo's rule in his heart, but was forced by his family's plans and Rodrigo Borgia's persecution. With a relatively weak personality, he had no choice but to follow the trend.

The territory of the Pacchi family is called San Gimignano, not far from Monteriggioni. The irritable and irritable Francesco will send troops to attack the castle of the Auditore family every once in a while, in order to express his gratitude to Rodriguez. Gobogia shows his loyalty.

If Lu Xiao guessed correctly, after Rodrigo Borgia settled in Tuscany, he should first go to San Gimignano, the territory of the Pazzi family, for a temporary stay.

Rodrigo Borgia, the highest contemporary master of the Templars, a high-ranking cardinal, will even rely on bribery to succeed the pope in the future, and the world will call him Alexander VI.

Rodrigo, nicknamed "The Spaniard", was undoubtedly the biggest enemy of the Assassin Brotherhood throughout Europe.

As the supreme master of the Knights Templar, Rodrigo fully demonstrated the "control" concept of the Templars during his reign, but he did not do enough to guide the people.

Because he was busy fighting for power and expanding his family's influence, Rodrigo's approach had obviously deviated from the original beliefs and ideas of the Templars.

The Knights Templar became pure villains in this era, and a large number of Templars got lost in Rodrigo's lies.

Lu Xiao is just an outsider, and he doesn't have a deep feeling for the actions of the Borgia family. He only pays attention to Rodrigo because he will master an Eden artifact in the future, and has a direct relationship with another Eden artifact.

Every generation of Catholic popes will inherit a pope's staff. Most popes and believers don't know that this staff, which they regard as a religious sacred weapon, is actually an Eden artifact.

The Knights Templar did everything possible to become the pope, just to recover this artifact of Eden.

According to the use experience of the popes in the past, the pope's staff is a rare artifact that does not have side effects on non-Isu descendants.

But correspondingly, people who do not have the Isu blood cannot correctly activate the true power of the Pope's staff.

Everyone knows that the Pope's Palace in Rome must be heavily guarded, and it is basically impossible to break into the Pope's Palace and take the Pope's staff.

Unless Lu Xiao is willing to spend years in Rome, gradually weakening the power of the Knights Templar, just like Ezio did in Assassin's Creed Brotherhood.

But Lu Xiao didn't have so much Italian time to spend in this world, and he might not even wait for Rodrigo to ascend the throne of Pope.

If you have to give up, you can get it. If you really can't get such a super-difficult artifact like the pope's staff, just give it up. More importantly, another artifact that Rodrigo has been tracking down is the Apple of Eden.

The Apple of Eden that Rodrigo was looking for was not the one Altaïr was holding.

Just like there is more than one Holy Sword of Eden, there is definitely more than one golden apple. They are artifacts mass-produced by the Isu people many years ago, and their main function is to record ancient knowledge.

The golden apples can be seen as mass-produced goods in Odyssey. The monsters in Greek mythology, Medusa, Cyclops, Minotaurs, and Sphinxes, etc., are all transformed by the Isu people using golden apples. The so-called mythical creatures that come out are essentially human beings.

There are two golden apples that are relatively easy to obtain at this stage, one of which is related to Rodrigo, and the other was brought by Altaïr into the library where he completed his last journey in life, and it still accompanies Altaïr’s skeleton to this day.

Altaïr's library is located beneath the ruins of Masyaf.

To enter the library, you must first obtain five Masyaf keys. Lu Xiao is not sure if she has so much time to collect the keys scattered all over Istanbul.

Since she was not sure whether Rodrigo had obtained information related to the Golden Apple, or whether he had come to Tuscany, Lu Xiao decided to postpone the process of finding Rodrigo and concentrate on searching for Artest in various places in Florence. Er's Codex, and find time to explore two Assassin tombs.

If Lu Xiao remembers correctly, the Assassin's tomb built by Domenico Auditore seems to be related to the church.

As the birthplace of the Renaissance, Florence has a large number of churches, but there are only two churches that are eligible to be selected by Domenico as the Assassin's tomb.

One of them is, of course, the Church of Santa Maria del Fiore, known as the Cathedral of Florence and one of the city's landmark buildings.

Second, after many surveys and screenings, Lu Xiao finally settled on the Church of the New Virgin Mary.

The Santa Maria Novella Church, referred to as the Santa Maria Novella Church, is the first apostolic church in Florence. It has very important historical significance and is definitely qualified to be favored by Domenico.

Judging by the distance from Auditore's mansion, it is better to choose Santa Maria del Fiore Church to explore first.

Chapter 17 The Legendary Almighty Genius

After making up your mind, the next thing you need to consider is when to act and how to act.

The Church of Santa Maria del Fiore is the most famous landmark in Florence. Every day, countless believers go to the church to pray. It is impossible to find the hidden assassin's tomb in full view.

"Church of Santa Maria del Fiore?"

When Lu Xiao asked Giovanni this question, the leader of the Florentine Assassins was very puzzled.

"The Church of Santa Maria del Fiore is the most important symbol of the city, and it is closed almost all year round except for certain special moments."

Giovanni asked in confusion, "Why did you suddenly ask this question? Is there something wrong with that church?"

"Yeah." Lu Xiao pondered for a while, and finally decided to tell the truth: "Before we left Monteriggioni for Florence, Mario showed me the Auditore Sanctuary under the manor."

"I want to find six Assassin tombs buried all over Italy, and I suspect Santa Maria del Fiore is one of them."

In fact, the six tombs built by Domenico are not really buried with the corpses of the previous assassins, but rather a tomb of clothes with the meaning of memory and tribute.

As the descendants of Domenico, Giovanni and Mario have always wanted to solve the puzzles left by their ancestors and take out the artificial artifact armor made by Altaïr using the knowledge of the Apple of Eden.

Giovanni was taken aback by Lu Xiao's explanation, and then he rested his chin on his hand to show a thoughtful look.

"The Church of Our Lady of the Flowers was first built in 1296, and it took 175 years before it was completed in 1471."

"That period happened to be the era when my great-grandfather Domenico was active, so the timing can be matched."

Giovanni tapped his forehead with his fingers in some distress: "The Church of Santa Maria del Fiore has been revered by countless people after it was built. Usually, no one will associate it with the Assassin's Tomb. It is true that the secrets have been largely avoided, but"

Lu Xiao smiled wryly and spread her hands: "That's why I came to ask about the church's rest time. It's too ignorant to grope around in the church in front of countless believers, and I will definitely be kicked out on the spot by angry priests and nuns. "

Giovanni nodded thoughtfully, and gave a reply after thinking for a while: "Considering the personal safety of the lord, Lorenzo will temporarily empty the church every time he goes to the Church of Santa Maria del Fiore for mass."

"His next mass will be on Sunday. I will communicate with Lorenzo in advance. In order to avoid the suspicion of priests and nuns when too many people gather together, you will sneak into the Church of Santa Maria del Fiore to find the tomb."

"But you must pay attention."

Giovanni solemnly reminded: "I will let Lorenzo stay in the church as long as possible. You must complete the search within this time. If you don't get anything, you can only wait until the next opportunity. Don't rush. so as not to arouse the suspicion of the Templars."

After finalizing the action time with Giovanni, Lu Xiao withdrew from the study in the Auditore mansion.