Creed of the heavens

"Lack of order would allow us to relive the scourge of chaos and war in ancient times, and lack of chaos would make our society lifeless and devoid of creativity."

"From this perspective, the overwhelming victory of either order or chaos is not a good thing for our world."

Giovanni frowned: "That is to say, you think the Templars are also necessary for this world, and you don't agree with the idea of ​​some members of the Brotherhood to completely eliminate them?"

"Yes."

Lu Xiao solemnly expressed his opinion: "In the past thousands of years, my motherland has experienced many times when chaos overwhelmed order, and order counterattacked chaos."

"No matter which side has the absolute upper hand, it will trigger a new round of social upheaval, and it will not return to calm until the balance between the two forces is re-established."

"From the perspective of our Eastern Brotherhood, what the world needs is not pure order and chaos. What we are looking for is a delicate equilibrium state, which is in line with the Eastern philosophy of the mean."

Giovanni lowered his head and pondered for a while, finally let out a breath and said: "I see, although I still can't fully accept the idea of ​​the Eastern Brotherhood, I will try to have a good discussion with Mario."

"Perhaps, Altaïr also has similar views with you, so he left doubts and reflections on Assassin's Creed in the Codex."

"It's a pity that we can't get a glimpse of the whole picture of the ideas he comprehended in his later years before he collected all the manuscripts."

Lu Xiao smiled and pointed to the page of the manuscript in Giovanni's hand: "Isn't there just another page here? It seems that this page is mostly written, and there may be some important information."

Giovanni finally showed a smile: "That's right, you have worked hard tonight. For your personal safety, it is best to seek the assistance of other fraternity members before taking action in the future."

Glancing at Ezio, who was about to hold back, Giovanni said with a smile: "You go to rest first, I still have something to say to Ezio, this kid looks like he can't wait."

When he was young, Ezio was reckless and dissolute, and he was still very immature without many experiences.

Lu Xiao was not interested in the conversation between the two Auditores and his son. He could probably guess what Giovanni was going to say to Ezio, and he could even predict Ezio's possible reaction.

Back in her room, Lu Xiao replaced the blood-stained assassin, and handed over the blood-stained clothes to a middle-aged maid named Annetta to wash alone.

Annetta is also a member of the Assassin Brotherhood. She is the younger sister of the Florentine courtesan Paola.

In order to repay her kindness, Annetta took the initiative to stay as a maid in the Auditore family, handling some shady items for the assassins in the family.

After dealing with a series of chores, Lu Xiao calmed down to check the random task rewards issued by the system.

"System, what is the principle of random task triggering? Only when it is completed inadvertently will it give a reminder?"

"No, random tasks may also be issued before the host acts, just as described in the description of the direct face, everything is random."

"Oh?"

Lu Xiao asked playfully: "In other words, the rewards are also random?"

"Yes, according to the difficulty of the random task, the quality of the reward will also fluctuate."

Looking at the remaining lucky draw opportunity in the world above the excellent level in the system panel, Lu Xiao decided to use it up now.

"System, open the lucky draw wheel."

According to Lu Xiao's observation, the size of each grid on the large lottery turntable that emerged in the void is the same, and there is no one who has a higher chance of being drawn and who has a lower chance.

The content of the lottery includes passive and active skills, weapons and armor, medicines, and small props classified as sundries, etc. There is no thank you for your patronage, and there is a guarantee as the system says.

As the turntable rotated at a speed that was difficult for a clairvoyant to catch, Lu Xiao closed her eyes and waited silently for a few seconds before making a sound again.

"stop!"

The turntable slowed down slowly under Lu Xiao's command, and the pointer moved across skills such as underwater breathing, adrenaline, and primary healing potions, and finally stopped on a piece of excellent quality weaponry.

"Congratulations to the host, you have won a pair of leather boot blades."

"Bootblades?"

Lu Xiao immediately took out the prize from the prize receiving space.

These were a pair of ordinary-looking leather boots, but after reading the system description, Lu Xiao had a look of surprise on his face.

"Isn't this one of the pocket weapons unique to the Eastern Brotherhood of Assassins?"

Bootblade, an improved product of the Eastern Brotherhood of Assassins' use of the Hidden Blade. Using the same principle as the Hidden Blade, the blade can pop out from the special leather boots and attack the enemy unexpectedly.

"Chong!"

After putting on the boot blades, Lu Xiao enthusiastically conducted a test indoors.

The blade hidden in the midsole of the boot will not have any impact on the wearer's daily walking, and will only pop out and injure the enemy when the user deliberately triggers the pressure mechanism when necessary.

"The question now is, how do I share this pop-up with the Italian fraternity?"

Chapter 26 Giovanni's Promise

In order to avoid arousing suspicion, Lu Xiao temporarily did not reveal the secret of the boot blade to his colleagues in the Italian Brotherhood.

Anyway, this pair of leather boots looks ordinary from the outside, and it is impossible for others to know the secret of these boots without seeing the blades pop out with their own eyes.

Before dawn the next morning, Giovanni knocked on the door of Lu Xiao's room with the translated Altaïr Letter.

The number of pages of Altaïr’s Codex scattered all over Italy is completely irregular. After deciphering by Giovanni, it can be basically inferred that the date of this Codex should be in Altaïr’s later years.

The Codex records Altaïr's concerns about the rise of the Mongols, and also mentions Temujin, a ruthless man destined to sweep Eurasia, also known as Genghis Khan.

Of course, Genghis Khan's powerful desire to conquer is not the point.

Altaïr speculated at the time that Genghis Khan was likely to have one of the Pieces of Eden in his possession, a guess that was in full agreement with information later obtained by the Brotherhood.

"The Holy Sword of Eden." Giovanni said with some emotion: "I didn't expect Altaïr to deduce this important information before meeting Genghis Khan directly."

The assassin of Genghis Khan was also an assassin, Hulan Gal, a member of the Mongolian branch of the Brotherhood.

After Lu Xiao repeatedly disassembled and transliterated this awkward name, and reversed the European habit of inverting first and last names, the name Hulangaer should be translated as Gaoqulan Quan Ga according to the oriental naming rules.

During Gao Qulan's assassination of Genghis Khan, Altaïr also accompanied him all the way.

However, according to the details of the operation recorded by Gao Qulan later, Altaïr was no longer as vigorous as he was when he was young, and he did not play a big role in this operation. hurt.

In the end, Genghis Khan's horse was shot by Gao Qulan with a perfect arrow, and another assassin, Altair's son Darim, gave the Mongolian overlord a fatal blow.

"Unfortunately, after killing Genghis Khan, Altaïr, Hulangaer and others did not find the Holy Sword of Eden from him."

Giovanni said with some regret: "Perhaps Genghis Khan had a premonition of his own fate, and he handed the holy sword to his son Tuo Lei before he was assassinated."

"Later, the sword was passed to Hulagu, the grandson of Genghis Khan. At that time, Masyaf Castle, the headquarters of the Assassin Brotherhood, was attacked by his troops. The Assassins were forced to go into exile all over the world. The European branch of the Brotherhood began to develop after that. grow."

Xu Liewu, one of Genghis Khan's most accomplished and brutal grandsons, was the younger brother of Kublai Khan, who overthrew the Song Dynasty and established the Yuan Dynasty.

His iron hooves flattened the entire Persian region, and he was called Ili Khan by his men.