Qin Fei asked: "I remember hearing someone say last night that the VIP you killed was the number two figure in the Russian mafia?"
Eric poured the wine down his throat, and a burning sensation slid down his esophagus and into his stomach.
Putting the wine glass heavily on the table, Eric said: "Yes, his name is Vera Ivankov Aleksandrovich. The last deal I took was to go to St. Petersburg to kill him. However, I made a mistake.
I also lost my brother Larson. According to the rules of the assassination organization I belonged to, I was kicked out, but I have been looking for Vera. Killing him was not only because of my personal honor, but also because he killed
My brother Larson."
"Did you join my mercenary group for revenge?" Lao Yu suddenly remembered that Eric joined on his own initiative, and there must be some connection there.
"Yeah." Eric did not deny: "I'm sorry, Old Fish, I have been following Vera for a long time. I even paid a lot of money to find someone to hack into his private mailbox and discovered his whereabouts. This guy goes to the beast camp every year.
I will be present at every fighting competition, and I know that this training camp is owned by Robert. Every year, the mercenary group under his company comes here to participate in fighting competitions or for rest and training, so I need to join Robert's Protector Company and borrow this identity.
Provide yourself with protection.”
Lao Yu sighed and said: "You have good intentions. In order to get closer to the target, you actually dared to join the mercenary group. Are you not afraid that you will die on the battlefield before you get close to Vera? But I have to admit it.
, to enter the beast camp without attracting others’ attention, the identity of a mercenary is indeed a good shield.”
Eric apologized: "Old Yu, I'm not sincerely deceiving you. I'm trying to keep it a secret. The less you know about some things, the better. Besides, I don't want to leak the news. The previous mission failed, and I still don't know what happened to me."
Something went wrong, so that the news was leaked, and Vera almost set up a trap for Larson and I to escape, otherwise with our skills and experience, it would be impossible to fail."
"The Larson you mentioned, your brother, is dead?" asked the old fish.
Eric frowned in pain, buried his face in his hands, and whispered: "Yes, Larson and I are not related by blood, but we are closer than brothers. We both belong to the Holy Cross Brotherhood.
It is a secret underground assassination organization with a very long history in Europe. Generally, the people who can find us to take over tasks are some political dignitaries and heavyweight wealthy people, and the danger of the tasks is also the highest level."
"Larson and I were both orphans. We were adopted by the leader of the Brotherhood of the Holy Cross at a very young age, our adoptive father. The Brotherhood of the Holy Cross is ostensibly a monastic organization, but is actually an ancient assassination group.
, this group originated from the oldest assassin group-Assassin."
Having said this, Eric looked at everyone.
"Has anyone heard of Assassin?"
Assassin?
For Qin Fei, this name is of course very familiar.
In college, Qin Fei, like all young college students, also played games. One of the famous stand-alone games, "Assassin's Creed", is said to have elements of Assassin in it.
Moreover, Qin Fei's biggest hobby is reading. Before joining the army, he could read almost any book for a day, especially military and history books.
Among them, as for Assassin, Qin Fei knew that there were more or less introductions to this organization and related people in many literary masterpieces.
For example, Jin Yong once mentioned this organization in the novel "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Slayer", while another famous book mentioning Assassin is "The Count of Monte Cristo".
This can definitely be regarded as an ancient assassin organization.
"Never heard of it." Zixing shook his head.
Qin Fei said: "I know this organization, but I thought it no longer exists in this world."
"It's not that it doesn't exist, it just went underground." Due to the effect of alcohol, Eric's face gradually turned red. The alcohol relaxed his nerves, and some past events came to mind.
"Qin, tell me what you know about Assassin, okay?"
"That is an assassination organization established in the Middle Ages. Even the word "assassin" in English comes from this." Qin Fei suddenly smiled: "However, its reputation is not very good. Are you sure you want me?"
explain?"
"Since you know, just tell me." Eric said calmly: "But I am almost certain that what you know is only something that remains in public legend; and what I know is on the other side of this real world.
Things that belong to another dark world."
The bar was not open for normal business today. The door was closed. It was daytime outside, but it was dark inside.
The yellow light shone on Eric's sharp features, and a mysterious atmosphere suddenly filled the entire bar. Everyone seemed to have a sudden return to the Middle Ages.
"The Assassin organization was originally called the Assassin sect, which is a heretical branch of the YSL religion. It was formed in Persia and other regions at the end of the 11th century. Its founder was the Persian Hassan Sabah. This organization pursues mysticism and uses assassination as a means
And they were known around the world to be hired for a variety of purposes, specializing in daring executions or crazy assassinations of the Abbasid elite of the day."
"Hassan Sabah is also nicknamed the 'Old Man of the Mountain'. It is said that his training methods are also extremely special. He specializes in adopting some orphans or recruiting some people from the market, which can be hawkers, lackeys, even women and beggars. There are many kinds of
All kinds of people, and then after being carefully trained by him, they disappear into society and live a normal life on the surface. Once they receive orders, they can carry out assassination missions."
"That sounds normal." Crosshair was also a famous killer in Johannesburg back then, and he didn't think there was anything unreasonable about assassination.
"Yes, what you heard is normal for the time being, but if you were before the Middle Ages, there was no such thing as an assassin." Qin Fei said: "The reason why the word "assassin" (assassination) in English comes from
Assassin organization, just because the people before it regarded this practice as a shame, and only cowards without courage would choose to assassinate their opponents instead of killing them openly and honestly on the duel field."
Crosshair spread his hands and said with a smile: "It seems that I am still the disciple of the old man in the mountain?"
"You?" Qin Fei also smiled, "The method of the Old Man of the Mountain is fundamentally different from modern assassinations. You used to be a killer for money, but the subordinates of the Old Man of the Mountain did not do it for their 'faith'."