Creed of the heavens

Unlike the Auditore family who took root here, Florence was just one stop of a long journey for Lu Xiao.

In order to collect more information about the Pieces of Eden, he is destined not to stay in a certain place for a long time.

However, this origin and central city of the Renaissance is very important to the Assassin Brotherhood. Many pages of Domenico's scattered Altaïr Codex fell into this emerald city.

If the Brotherhood's influence in Florence can be preserved, it will undoubtedly do more good than harm for Lu Xiao.

As for Ezio, although a development different from history may completely change his life, Lu Xiao is sure that even if Ezio knows the truth, he will never blame him.

For the Auditore family who valued their family, Ezio would definitely prefer to have a complete family, rather than sacrificing his family in exchange for the status of a legendary assassin mentor.

The collection of Altaïr's Codex is destined to be a long process, and it is by no means something that he can complete alone. The help of the Brotherhood is indispensable.

As for the six assassin tokens related to Altaïr's armor, Lu Xiao is also determined to obtain them. Before leaving Florence, he plans to find two assassin's tombs and take out the tokens buried inside.

Under Giovanni's serial communication, Lorenzo agreed to the Brotherhood's plan a few days ago. He would try to dismiss the monks in the church during the mass, creating a more relaxed environment for the Brotherhood to explore.

However, Lorenzo gave a time limit, and he could only help to delay the time for half an hour at most, any more might arouse suspicion.

It was many years ago that Lu Xiao cleared Assassin's Creed 2, but when he personally sneaked into the Church of Santa Maria del Fiore, he quickly recalled some fragments of information based on the familiar scenery.

I remember, the assassin's tomb in this church seems to be on a high place, right?

Squatting on the beam above the church, Lu Xiao looked up at the dome of the semicircular church where the sun was shining through. Lorenzo and several high-ranking priests were bowing their heads devoutly in the church and praying, completely oblivious to the person above their heads.

The vault of Santa Maria del Fiore Church is very high, and it is not an easy task to climb to the top. This time-limited 30-minute infiltration operation is undoubtedly an important test for Lu Xiao's free running skills.

After sneaking into the church, Lu Xiao did not rush into action, but temporarily crouched on the beam to observe carefully, trying to plan the most suitable route.

The hymn BGM sung by the priests below the church added a bit of fun to Lu Xiao's climbing journey.

But as the climbing height increased, Lu Xiao's mood inevitably became more and more nervous.

As Giovanni and Lavolpe have repeatedly mentioned, the most important thing about free running is to overcome the tension on heights and avoid uncoordinated hands and feet under the influence of emotions, which may lead to crises.

"Breathe"

Lu Xiao took a deep breath, and repeated the same words in a low voice to hint to herself: "Don't look down, don't look down, don't look down!"

Using her powerful legs to clamp on a metal crossbar in mid-air, Lu Xiao tried her best not to look at the ground with a very high drop, and tried to focus on the higher destination.

Domenico obviously had careful consideration when designing this assassin's tomb, and Lu Xiao would always find a suitable leverage point at the necessary position during the climbing process.

It is basically impossible for ordinary people to complete these dangerous movements and climb to the top, but assassins who have received systematic training can greatly increase the chance of success.

It can be said that this hanging tomb was originally designed with reference to the assassin's ability.

Standing on the narrow metal beam to stabilize the center, Lu Xiao suddenly jumped forward with both legs, just reaching a horizontal railing protruding from the opposite side.

However, it is not known whether the mechanism designed by Domenico has been in disrepair for a long time or some other reason, the railing that should be stable suddenly makes a harsh and unpleasant twisting sound.

Lu Xiao's expression changed, and before the heavily corroded railing was completely broken, she used the strength of her waist and abdomen to quickly swing her body to generate centrifugal force, and threw herself further into the sky.

Lu Xiao stretched her body as hard as she could in mid-air, and finally managed to climb onto the edge of the highest platform.

"Crench!"

The railing that had died in its lifetime finally broke and fell from mid-air, hitting the church floor with a piercing sound.

In the rather quiet church, only the chants of the priests echoed, but the sudden noise shocked everyone present.

Lorenzo Medici, the lord of Florence, remained calm in the face of danger. He stretched out his hand to stop the priests behind him with a calm demeanor, and looked up at the height first.

At this time, Lu Xiao had already climbed onto the last platform, and a sarcophagus made of marble appeared in front of his eyes.

Lorenzo squinted his eyes looking at the empty dome of the church: "Father Romania, this church has been built for less than five years, right? How could there be such a severely corroded metal pipe?"

"this"

Father Romania with a white beard was stunned for a while before hesitating to speak: "The Church of Santa Maria del Fiore is built on the basis of the Church of Santa Reparata built in the 4th century."

"Perhaps there are still some decaying remains of the old church in some parts of the church."

Lorenzo nodded noncommittally: "For the sake of the safety of the believers, I will pay for the hiring of manpower to inspect and renovate the church from the inside. I will also ask Father Romania to help arrange the time."

Father Romania was also taken aback by the rusted metal pipe falling from the sky. He didn't dare to imagine the consequences of such a thing happening when a large number of believers gathered. , Trouble Lord Lord."

Chapter 22 Inadvertently planting willows and willows

When Lu Xiao was sitting on the dome platform gasping for breath with lingering fear in her heart, the system's prompt sounded at this time.

"Congratulations to the host. Overcoming the crisis of life and death during the climb, the passive skill free running has been upgraded to D, rewarding 1 point of agility."

When I watched the panel last time, Lu Xiao's agility was 9, the highest among all basic attributes.

After receiving this sudden 1 reward, his agility reached 10 points, twice that of a normal adult male.

"Is it possible to get attribute rewards by upgrading the skill level?"

System: "Limited to skills that rely on personal training to improve, ED rewards 1 point, and each level up rewards an additional 1 point. The type of basic point rewards is related to the skill classification."

It turned out to be the case.

Lu Xiao pondered suddenly: Free running is classified as an agility skill, and next time it is upgraded from D to C, it will become 2 points, and the final AS will be rewarded with 5 points?

However, AS is too far away, and it is limited to self-improvement, which is even more difficult.

After taking a breath, Lu Xiao got up and tried to move her body. She could indeed feel that the flexibility of her body had improved a little. More changes still needed a period of actual testing and adaptive training.

Withdrawing her thoughts, Lu Xiao turned her attention to the assassin's tomb in front of her.

In addition to a statue of a female assassin holding a medicine bottle, there are many "funeral objects" near the gray and white marble sarcophagus in front of the statue, many of which are exquisite precious metal necklaces and jewelry, and many paintings of unknown origin and miniature statues and other works of art.

There is also an almost identical statue in the Auditore Chapel, this one representing the former Assassin Iltani.

Her greatest achievement was poisoning Alexander the Great, who was known as the King of Conquest, so she was regarded as one of the great pioneers by the assassins of later generations.

Lu Xiao didn't set his eyes on these belongings, he went straight to the sarcophagus decorated with carved skulls on the side.

Lu Xiao, who had known the mechanism for a long time, stretched out his hand and pulled the skull carving forcefully, and the delicate mechanism automatically completed the reorganization and changed into the badge graphic of the assassin.

"click"

The heavy sarcophagus coffin lid revealed a gap with the activation of the mechanism. Lu Xiao pushed the coffin lid away, and a "corpse" wrapped in red cloth was stored inside.

I don't know if the corpse is real or not, and Lu Xiao is not interested in finding out. He just took out a striking stone disc from the side of the corpse. The mark of the medicine bottle was engraved on the disc, which meant that the token came from Irta. Ni.

"Side task trigger: collect six assassin tokens and get the man-made artifact Altaïr's armor."