When Lu Xiao sat on the dome platform with lingering fear and gasped for breath, the system prompt sounded at exactly this time.
"Congratulations to the host, for overcoming the crisis of life and death while climbing, the passive skill Free Running is upgraded to D, and the reward is 1 point of agility."
The last time I watched the panel, Lu Xiao's agility was 9, the highest among all basic attributes.
After receiving this sudden +1 bonus, his agility reached 10 points, twice that of a normal adult male.
"Can I also get attribute rewards by increasing my skill level?"
System: "Limited to skills that rely on personal training, e-d will be awarded 1 point, and the reward point will be an additional +1 for each level of improvement. The type of basic reward points is related to the skill classification."
'I see.'
Lu Xiao suddenly pondered: 'Free running is classified as an agility skill. Next time you upgrade from d to c, it will become 2 points, and the final a-s will reward 5 points?'
'But a-s is too far away, and it is also restricted to relying on self-training to improve, which is even more difficult.'
After taking a deep breath, Lu Xiao stood up and tried to move his body. He could indeed feel that his body's flexibility had improved slightly. More changes would require a period of actual testing and adaptive training.
After withdrawing his thoughts, Lu Xiao turned his attention to the assassin's tomb in front of him.
In addition to a statue of a female assassin holding a medicine bottle, there are many "funeral objects" placed near the off-white marble sarcophagus in front of the statue. Many of them are exquisite precious metal necklaces and jewelry, as well as many paintings of unknown origin.
and small statues and other works of art.
There is an almost identical statue in the Auditore Sanctuary, which represents the ancestor of the Assassin Iltani.
Her greatest achievement was to poison Alexander the Great, who was known as the conquering king, so she was regarded as one of the great pioneers by later generations of assassins.
Lu Xiao didn't focus on these belongings. He went straight to the sarcophagus with skulls carved on the side.
Lu Xiao, who already knew the mechanism, stretched out his hand and pulled the skull carving hard. The exquisite mechanism automatically reorganized and transformed into the assassin's badge graphic.
"Click~"
The thick sarcophagus lid revealed a gap as the mechanism was activated. Lu Xiao pushed the coffin lid open, revealing a "corpse" wrapped in red cloth inside.
Not knowing whether the corpse was real or fake, Lu Xiao was not interested in finding out. He just took out a striking stone disk from next to the corpse. The surface of the disk was engraved with the mark of a medicine bottle, indicating that the token came from Ilta.
Ni.
"Side mission triggered: Collect six assassin tokens and obtain the artificial artifact-Altaïr's armor."
"Reward: A chance to draw a lottery ticket above the world's outstanding level or a self-selected excellent level reward."
Lu Xiao smiled without any surprise, "Sure enough, the side mission has been triggered, and the reward is exactly the same as collecting Altaïr's Codex. It is another relatively long mission line."
After finishing his business, Lu Xiao took some time to search for nearby collections.
He was not greedy, he just took away a few of the most precious jewelry. Anyway, when the church is renovated later, these properties will be divided between the Assassin Brotherhood and the Florence City Hall, which will undertake the renovation work.
Climb up the vertical ladder that descends after the sarcophagus is opened, and open the mechanism of the dome to reach the outside of the church. From the top of the towering church, you can intuitively have a panoramic view of the beautiful city of Florence.
Because the Lord of Florence, Lorenzo Medici, was still holding mass in the church, the security around the Church of Santa Maria del Fiore was extremely tight.
Lu Xiao simply sat on the top of the church to enjoy the beautiful scenery for a while. It was not until Lorenzo left with a large number of his guards that Lu Xiao calmly returned to the Auditore mansion through the roof platform.
As soon as he got home, Giovanni showed up and called him over.
"How was it? Did you gain anything?"
Lu Xiao took out the stone plate from his chest and handed it to him. Giovanni immediately opened his eyes and looked at the token carefully.
"It's correct. The shape exactly matches the structure of the statue in the underground temple."
Giovanni put down the stone plate and patted Lu Xiao on the shoulder happily: "Well done, I finally found one of the six tokens. I hope I can keep up the good work in the future."
"Where are you going to explore next? Do you think there will be other Assassin tombs in Florence?"
Lu Xiao remained calm on the surface and said with an ambiguous smile: "Maybe there is, maybe there is not. Recently I plan to explore the places of interest in the city one by one and use the elimination method to find them one by one."
"Let's not talk about this anymore."
In order to avoid Giovanni's further questioning, Lu Xiao changed the subject to the crisis in Florence: "Mr. Giovanni, have you gained anything from your surveillance?"
Giovanni shook his head: "Umberto is also a devout believer. Today he went to Santa Maria Novella Church alone to attend mass, and he didn't notice anything unusual for the time being."
Umberto Alberti, the contemporary standard-bearer of justice in Florence, is in charge of law and trial. He is called the consul by the locals in Florence and is one of Giovanni's most trusted friends.
However, after being reminded by Lu Xiao, Giovanni realized that his best friend had the suspicion and motive of betraying the Medici family.
Uberto was a lawyer when he was young. His family had some grudges with the Medici family. Because of the wanton behavior of some relatives, all the Alberti people except Uberto were exiled by the Medici family.
Sin was exiled from Florence.
On the surface, Uberto did not bear any grudge against the Medici family. He sincerely confessed and apologized to the Medici family with a good attitude that was praised by countless people, and he has proven his position with practical actions over the years.
As a result, he was valued by Lorenzo and Giovanni, and became a senior official in the city of Florence, a standard-bearer of justice whom Lorenzo personally accepted.
In fact, Uberto's betrayal was not completely without warning. It was just that Giovanni, as the leader of the Florentine Brotherhood, failed to catch him in time due to the interference of dark lights and personal relationships, which directly led to the Auditore in the original plot.
A family tragedy.
Bystanders knew that under Lu Xiao's guidance and guidance, Giovanni temporarily got rid of the influence of personal emotions and examined all high-level officials in Florence from an objective perspective. The first one to be suspected was Ubbe, who had a grudge against the Medici family.
Trust.
Being targeted by an elite assassin, Uberto, who already had a ulterior motive, would sooner or later reveal his flaws. In this way, Lu Xiao repaid the Auditore family for taking care of them, saving them from being confiscated and exterminated in the future.
crisis.
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Although Lu Xiao was 80% sure that he could find the second assassin's tomb in Santa Maria Novella Church, in order not to arouse the suspicion of the Brotherhood, he deliberately spent a lot of time searching various places of interest in Florence.
As the saying goes, the unintentional secrets make a fortune, during Lu Xiao's covert operation, he accidentally discovered the whereabouts of three pages of Altaïr's manuscripts. Two of the wild manuscripts had been recovered by Lu Xiao and handed over to Giovanni for deciphering.
Among the two pages of the handbook, one page records Altaïr's experience in using the double hidden blades and assassination techniques, and the other page is about Altaïr's in-depth analysis of Assassin's Creed.
He reflected on the Assassin's philosophy through the Knights Templar's satire on the Three Principles of the Brotherhood.
To most Assassins, the contents of Altaïr's Codex, marked page 04, are somewhat deviant and even fundamentally subvert the philosophy of the Brotherhood.
However, Lu Xiao believed that this was a symbol of Altaïr transcending the shackles of the Assassin organization and looking at the overall situation from a higher level. It was also the beginning of him getting rid of his simple position as a killer and truly becoming a great Assassin mentor.
Giovanni, La Volpe and others were very troubled by the satire of the three Assassin principles in Altai's Codex, and they had been a little absent-minded recently.
Lu Xiao did not focus on this. He used this time to complete the preliminary training of the double hidden swords, further enhancing his combat effectiveness.
Compared with these two unattended pages, the third code page is more troublesome.
The Knights Templar once again discovered the pages before the Brotherhood, and under their heavy protection, the pages were kept in a mansion in Florence near the market.
In order to avoid the recurrence of the last robbery and murder, the Knights Templar planned to act cautiously this time, not to alert the enemy for the time being, and to wait for follow-up orders from the top management.
Coincidentally, this mansion is one of the properties owned by the Patch family, who had a feud with Lu Xiao some time ago.