Assassin's Creed is one of the signature games of Tudou (Ubisoft). Lu Xiao recently played the latest Odyssey at home.
From the original Assassin's Creed 1 to the recent Odyssey, there have been many orthodox sequels to Assassin's Creed. It is difficult to judge the timeline he is in just by looking at a medieval classical castle.
After all, even in modern times, there are still many relatively complete medieval castles preserved in Europe, so the possibility of him traveling to the modern timeline cannot be completely ruled out.
The system did not intend to tell him the specific time of Lu Xiao's time travel. After releasing the world mission, it fell completely silent without giving any prompts. Lu Xiao could only explore the world on his own.
As the sun gradually rose into the sky, Lu Xiao, who was standing in a daze in the wheat field, began to feel the summer temperature.
Fortunately, there was a cool breeze blowing from time to time on this unknown plain where a large amount of wheat was grown. Lu Xiao finally did not suffer too much when he left the wheat field and headed for the distant castle.
As he gradually approached the small castle built on the hill, the bright sunshine was blocked by the towering city walls, and Lu Xiao also began to see some sparse pedestrians passing by on the dirt road.
These passers-by, who were clearly farmers, wore dirty and simple clothes. It was difficult to tell the exact era from their clothes.
However, judging from their chattering conversations and the surprised and defensive looks they looked at him, Lu Xiao obtained some of the most basic information.
'The Latin language seems to be Italian? And this kind of surprised reaction from people who have never seen Eastern people before, and this primitive and muddy loess road... at least it is definitely not modern.'
When it comes to Italy, Lu Xiao has a certain grasp of the Assassin's Creed timeline he traveled through, but there is also a very real problem that comes with it.
'How am I going to communicate with these locals...'
Lu Xiao's troubles did not last long. A small group of knights galloped from a distance on horseback, kicking up dust. The few pedestrians on the road hurriedly and respectfully moved to the side of the road.
"Xilulu!"
The neighing of the horse awakened Lu Xiao, who was deep in thought. Five knights dressed in different clothes, holding weapons in their hands, surrounded him on guard.
Lu Xiao's mouth twitched when he saw these tough men with bad attitudes, and he tried to communicate in the only foreign language he had learned in his 25 years of life: "Um...hello?"
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Half an hour later, Lu Xiao looked depressed and was escorted into the city wall by five knights who did not understand the language.
The small castle has a small number of residents. Based on a rough calculation based on the number of houses, there are probably less than 1,000 people living in this city.
As soon as he entered the city's main road, Lu Xiao used the vision bonus given to him by clairvoyance to see the dilapidated manor on the stairs at the end of the road.
The most eye-catching thing is not the manor itself, but the carved decoration attached to the small fountain facing the avenue.
Although the exquisite carvings concealed it to a certain extent, Lu Xiao, who had preconceived notions in his mind, could see the hidden information in the fountain carvings at a glance.
It was an irregular triangle, with a sharp upper part and a relatively rounded arc line in the lower part.
Assassin's symbol.
'Sure enough, I traveled through the timeline of Assassin's Creed 2. This is Monteriggioni, the territory of the Auditore family.'
Although the manor above the steps looks desolate and dilapidated, with a large number of green ivy hanging on the walls of the manor, the overall appearance is still very conspicuous. This is the Auditore Manor in Lu Xiao's memory.
The crisp sound of metal clashing came from above the stairs. A strong middle-aged man wearing ancient European noble clothing was fighting with multiple armed men in the small square in front of the manor.
When five knights escorted Lu Xiao to the square, the aristocratic man was still able to cope with the attacks of many people.
"clang!"
The long sword blocked one of the opponent's broad-bladed ax chops. The noble man turned the long sword skillfully to remove the opponent's force, and cut at the opponent's neck at a weird angle, exposing the flaw.
The sword paused for a moment next to the armed man's neck. The axe-wielding man, knowing that he was out of the battle, wisely withdrew from the battle. The aristocratic man's power was not reduced and he remained flexible in the attack. Within a few minutes, he defeated all the attackers who were attacking him.
Defeat all opponents one by one.
"Huh~"
The middle-aged nobleman stood there with his sword back and adjusted his breathing.
Finally finding a chance to speak, the leading escorting knight reported the situation to the gasping noble man in Italian that Lu Xiao could not understand.
As the nobleman who was suspected to be a lord turned around, Lu Xiao finally saw his true face.
This strong nobleman has a majestic face with Chinese characters. His left eye seems to have been blinded for a long time. There is no light in the opened eye. A ferocious scar runs through the eye from top to bottom.
Such eye-catching features made Lu Xiao feel confident about the identity of this person, 'Mario Auditore, the brother of the banker Giovanni, the uncle of the old pervert, and the contemporary leader of the Italian Assassin Brotherhood.'
In the world view of Assassin's Creed, the dispute between the two major organizations, the Assassins and the Templars, runs throughout.
Lu Xiao's mission is to collect the Pieces of Eden, and most of the Pieces of Eden, or information related to them, are under the control of the Assassin Brotherhood and the Knights Templar.
If you want to obtain the Pieces of Eden, the intelligence networks of the two organizations are indispensable. The only difference is which side you join.
In the previous Assassin's Creed games, players played the role of assassins most of the time. Many people have a great affinity for assassins and have deep prejudices against the Templars, who are the villains of the games.
But in Lu Xiao's view, the Assassins and the Templars only have completely different ideas on how to guide the people. There is no difference in the purpose of the two.
Assassins advocate the liberation of human nature and use free will to inspire the development of new human ideas and infinite creativity.
The Templars hope to exercise their ruling power in the name of order, guide and enlighten mankind, and establish a utopian peaceful world completely under their control.
Freedom and order, the two concepts are irreconcilable. Starting from the distant ancient times, the two sides began an endless conflict, and even continued into the modern world of Assassin's Creed.
From Lu Xiao's personal point of view, there is no absolute right or wrong in the concepts of Templars and Assassins, and allowing either side to achieve complete victory is not conducive to the development of human civilization.
Neither absolute freedom nor absolute order is a good thing for the world process.
The secret struggle between the two sides has promoted the change of the times to a certain extent. This state of confrontation between the two heroes is the most suitable for the world.
However, in the timeline of Assassin's Creed 2, the Assassin Brotherhood is a better choice than the internally degenerated Templars.
The Grand Master who controlled the power of the Templars took the wrong path. His heart was corrupted by the huge power, and he deviated from the original philosophy of the Templars.
Excluding the Templars, the key to Lu Xiao's mission lies with the Assassin Brotherhood.
It just so happened that the one-eyed aristocratic man in front of him was the leader of the Italian Assassin Brotherhood. As long as he could be persuaded, Lu Xiao would be able to gain access to the Assassin Brotherhood's huge intelligence network and gain access to information about the Pieces of Eden scattered around the world.
'Then the question is, how can I convince Mario to trust me and invite me to join the Brotherhood despite the language barrier?'
Mario looked at Lu Xiao for a while with his only remaining right eye, then suddenly pointed at his chest and asked something in a slightly questioning tone.
"Um?"
Lu Xiao, who did not understand Italian, lowered his head following Mario's finger and was shocked to find a silver necklace hanging on his chest. The pendant part of the necklace was engraved with the eye-catching Assassin Brotherhood symbol.
'Forehead……'
Lu Xiao's brain froze for a moment before he recalled the previous prompt given by the system.
‘I see, this is the one-time novice benefit that the system calls.’