Creed of the heavens

As the leader of the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins, Mario spends most of the year away from home.

Either leading the mercenaries to fight the Republic of Florence, or turning their heads to fight Siena, when the war is over, they also need to work hard on the busy work of the Assassin Brotherhood, and they have little time to train Lu Xiao personally.

"clang!"

At the Auditore Manor training ground, Lu Xiaozheng was fighting with three powerful mercenaries with two short knives in hand.

Although Mario has formulated a strict training plan for him, the development of fighting style is left to Lu Xiao himself to decide. Mario only gives sharp advice on certain key parts with his rich and sophisticated combat experience. suggestion.

Lu Xiao did not choose the long sword used by noble lords as a weapon like Mario, but chose two short knives.

In terms of combat style, it follows a relatively dexterous offensive and defensive balance, which is quite different from the straightforward thinking of contemporary Europeans on the battlefield.

As a member of the Assassin Brotherhood, Mario is not those lords and generals with rigid thinking. He did not question Lu Xiao's choice, but encouraged him to try the style that suits him best.

"Lu, Assassins are not Templars who follow the rules. Our organization encourages diverse attempts to uphold free will."

"Everything is allowed, and assassins should not be bound by unreasonable rules."

"Everything is false. When the world blindly follows the wrong inherent concepts, assassins should boldly raise doubts."

When Mario uttered these two clear words, his expression was very serious, completely lacking in the boldness and openness he had when getting along with the mercenaries in the past.

"These two sentences were left by the great Assassin mentor in the 11th century, the old man Hassan Sabah, I hope you can keep them in your heart, and ponder over the true meaning of these two sentences in your daily life and mission experience. "

"Everything is allowed, but it doesn't mean we can kill innocent people without any scruples."

"Everything is empty, remember not to be blinded by your own arrogance and prejudice, and always look at things calmly from an objective perspective."

After half a year of training and observation, Mario basically confirmed Lu Xiao's character through long-term daily contact.

Although due to the extremely inconvenient communication, Mario still doesn't know whether the story described by Lu Xiao is true or not, but a person's subconscious words and deeds cannot deceive others.

The situation of the Assassin Brotherhood is not very good. The power of the Knights Templar has grown stronger with the rise of Rodrigo Borgia, the highest master of the European branch. In recent years, the number of deaths and injuries of the Brotherhood in Europe has risen sharply.

Mario intends to officially introduce this down-to-earth young man into the Brotherhood, allowing him to inject fresh blood into the demoralized Assassin Organization.

According to the rules of the Assassin Brotherhood, if Lu Xiao wants to join the Brotherhood, he must first complete all the assassin training and obtain the approval of the relevant person in charge.

Lu Xiao, who was wandering around the training ground, caught a mercenary's unavoidable opening when he swung his two-handed weapon. Two short knives deftly touched the vitals of his chest and sent him out of the battle circle.

"drink!"

A mercenary holding a long weapon behind him took advantage of Lu Xiao's standing still to attack, and stabbed the long spear in his hand without any time, and the sharp sound of breaking wind quickly approached Lu Xiao's back chest.

Lu Xiao, who had already sensed the movement in the rear, relied on her strong waist and legs, and leaned her upper body backwards to make an iron bridge movement, narrowly dodging the spear thrust.

At the same time, another mercenary holding a two-handed giant sword shouted and slashed the weapon towards Lu Xiao's waist who was half lying on the ground.

The two knives crossed and locked the spear mercenary's weapon. The mercenary was strengthened while his strength was exhausted, and his feet staggered slightly.

Lu Xiao took this opportunity to kick her legs up off the ground. The spear mercenary whose body center of gravity was destroyed was kicked in the face, and he fell to the ground with stars in his eyes and exited the battlefield.

With the help of the reaction force generated by the kick, Lu Xiao straightened up from the ground and stood up again, just avoiding the two-handed giant sword that was cut into the ground with his bangs. hand mercenary.

"That's it!"

There was a sound of applause from outside the arena, and the three mercenaries raised their hands in admiration to salute the French military. After strenuous exercise, Lu Xiao put down her bow and arrow, sat on the ground, panting and breathing evenly.

"clap clap"

Crisp applause came from outside the training ground, and Mario exclaimed with satisfaction: "Bravo, your combat skills can be regarded as a master, and if you want to improve further, you can only accept the baptism of actual combat."

"it's time."

Under the respectful bowing of the mercenaries, Mario stepped forward and patted Lu Xiao's shoulder emotionally: "Your training in Monteriggioni is over, get ready to go to Florence, I will write to Qiaova Ni will guide you on the next step."

Mario straightened his face and warned solemnly: "The blood talent you inherited from your ancestors should not be wasted in this small country place. Giovanni's situation in Florence is not very good, and he will definitely need your help."

What Mario said about talent is actually a beautiful misunderstanding.

He mistook Lu Xiao's amazing eyesight obtained through the clairvoyance skill for the eagle eye vision inherited from a few assassin families, which made him more sure of Lu Xiao's authenticity as a descendant of the assassin family.

Naturally, Lu Xiao would not take the initiative to clarify this issue foolishly. Mario's misunderstanding can help him integrate into the Brotherhood faster and obtain more core information about the Pieces of Eden. Why not do it.

With the gradual deepening of Mario's trust, Lu Xiao has been able to gain access to some relevant information within the Brotherhood.

Most of the intel has to do with the Assassin-Templar feud, but it also includes some about the Pieces of Eden, notably an artifact that was once given to the Brotherhood by Mario himself, the Shroud of Eden.

This artifact of Eden had been stored deep underground in the Auditore Manor for a long time. The Knights Templar sent people to attack Monteriggioni in 1454. Mario learned this information from an enemy spy, and Take the shroud out of the ground with someone personally.

The underground passage is full of traps and traps, Mario's mercenaries suffered heavy losses, and his left eye was unfortunately hit by a guerrilla during this operation and lost his sight.

According to Mario himself, this piece of Eden stored in the small wooden box has strange magic powers. He and the mercenaries who entered the underground passage together heard the call from the shroud when the small wooden box was opened.

The mercenaries other than Mario lost their minds under the temptation of the artifact. As a last resort, Mario could only kill the crazy mercenaries who attacked him, resisted the temptation of the shroud, and handed it over to Brother Giovanni, let him take the Pieces of Eden away from Monteriggioni and hand them over to the Brotherhood for storage.

Lu Xiao originally thought that the first Piece of Eden she came into contact with would be related to the golden apple that lasted through the old pervert's career, but she unexpectedly learned important information about another artifact from Mario.

After the shroud was taken away by Giovanni, it had been stored in the home of an Assassin member in Florence. Mario's suggestion to let him go to Florence for further training was just in line with Lu Xiao's next plan.

Can the shroud really bring the dead back to life, as the legend claims?

After the farewell banquet that night, Lu Xiao, who was drunk, leaned against the head of the bed a little dizzy, staring at the bright crescent moon outside the window in a trance.

Anyway, we finally got the information on the first piece of Eden, but we can't let it go.

After you get the first piece, you can complete the world mission. After the mission is completed, the system only gives you a one-year stay. You must plan your time carefully and try to get as many pieces of Eden as possible within one year. Improves the final rating of world quests.

Chapter 5 The Battle of Monteriggioni

The loud shouts and the roar of artillery fire woke Lu Xiao up from his deep sleep.

Shaking her drowsy head, Lu Xiao hurriedly got up from the bed, opened the door and found chaos inside and outside the Auditore Manor.

The maids went back to their rooms in a panic, and Mario's pre-battle encouragement came from the training ground outside the manor.

"Mercenaries! Drive those idiots back and let them know who owns Monteriggioni!"

Although he is a member of the nobility, Mario's nature is bold and straightforward, and he doesn't like to hold it like those nobles who are self-confident.

The swear words he uttered without hesitation were very popular among the rude mercenaries. The mercenaries in simple leather armor roared with high morale, and ran towards the city wall under the leadership of their respective squad leaders.

"Mario!"

Lu Xiao stopped the lord of Monteriggioni who was also about to climb the city wall, "Monteriggioni is under attack? Which side?"

"what!"