Giovanni and others were caught up in Altaïr's questioning of the organization's creed, and were unable to spare their energy to focus on other things for the time being.
After officially becoming a member of the Brotherhood, Lu Xiao has a large degree of autonomy in his actions.
Since the Brotherhood was temporarily unable to provide support, he decided to act alone to recapture the next page from the Templars.
Out of caution, Lu Xiao patrolled around the destination without leaving a trace for several days before taking formal action.
Guards suspected to be private soldiers of the Patch family protected this downtown mansion very tightly, and passers-by who accidentally approached the mansion would be driven away without mercy.
'Fighters of the Knights Templar? They look really elite.'
Lu Xiao used his clairvoyance to see the calluses on the hands of these armed men caused by long-term use of weapons, and he could also see some clues from their positions of cooperating with each other at all times.
'The main entrance is the most heavily protected. Even the roof is watched by archers. If you don't get rid of the two archers who are looking far away, you will be discovered by them no matter which direction you sneak in.'
Lu Xiao, who knew what was going on, tightened his hood, quickened his pace and blended into the crowd to leave the market.
…
"Father...hiss!"
In the mansion targeted by Lu Xiao, Vieri, who was still injured, grinned and asked Francesco on the side: "Are you sure that the bastard who kicked me will come to your door?"
"snort!"
Francesco sneered: "This is the judgment made by your uncle Jacob. Auditore is an Assassin, and we are the Templars. They want to collect Altaïr's Codex and will never let it go."
This page is in our hands."
"Vieri, I estimate that the group of assassins will take action within the next few days."
Francesco pressed Vieri heavily on the shoulder: "Master Rodrigo has summoned me. I want to return to San Gimignano as soon as possible. The defense here will be left to you. Don't let us
disappointment."
"If you can successfully complete this task, I will apply to the master to allow you to officially join the ranks of the Templars."
Vieri twitched the corner of his mouth and revealed a cruel smile: "Don't worry, father, with the elite group assigned to us by the Supreme Master, unless the assassins ignore Lorenzo's face and move out in large numbers in the downtown area, they will never be able to succeed."
"This time, I will take revenge on that damned Easterner with my own hands!"
…
In the evening, the sun sets.
With the good climate that is suitable all year round in the Apennine Peninsula, today is another sunny day with great light.
The red fire clouds blocked half of the setting sun, and the golden-red sunlight slanted in the city of Florence where merchants and pedestrians were returning home.
As the sun gradually disappears below the horizon, only the lights of thousands of houses are left in the city of Florence during the Renaissance.
The little lights of the stars embellish the city at night like a dream. Near the hustle and bustle of the day's end, a dark figure can be seen vaguely on the towering tower with its back to the moonlight.
Lu Xiao inserted his index finger into the silver kettle that had been prepared and soaked it. He stretched out his finger into the wind, closed his eyes and silently felt the direction and strength of the wind tonight.
'A very weak breeze can almost ignore the impact of airflow on the arrow's flight.'
The target mansion was brightly lit inside and outside, and Templar guards holding kerosene lamps patrolled the mansion dutifully.
The two archers on the roof placed lighting objects next to the wall, and their sharp eyes scanned back and forth on the streets of Florence at night.
'Haha~what's the use of just looking down there.'
During the Renaissance, there were still many towers built in the old era in Florence, and no one usually noticed the tops of these abandoned towers.
Lu Xiao was sitting on the edge of the top of the tower closest to the market.
After confirming the general patrol pattern of the guards at the target mansion, Lu Xiao stood up from the tower, took off the sniper longbow that had been prepared on his back, and slowly drew the bow string to the full length and pointed it at the archer on the roof.
In order to prevent the slightest movement caused by the death of one of them from disturbing the other, Lu Xiao must shoot both of them in the shortest possible time.
"Breathe~breathe~"
Holding his breath, Lu Xiao's eyes crossed the long distance in the night sky and locked firmly on the two archers on the roof.
"Whoosh!"
At the same time that the first arrow was shot, Lu Xiao immediately wound up the second arrow clamped on the little finger of his right hand. He completed the fine-tuning of the direction in less than a second and shot the second arrow in no time.
The Templar archers did not relax their vigilance, but their focus on the wrong direction cost them their lives.
Two powerful and heavy ultra-long-range sniper arrows hit the heads of the two archers almost at the same time. The two archers were unable to even scream, and were knocked to the ground by the impact of the arrows.
When one of the corpses fell, he happened to knock over the kerosene lamp next to him. Although it did not make a sound that was enough to alert the guards below, the wooden frame of the roof that was unfortunately ignited by the lamp would sooner or later cause a fire.
"Tsk! There are uncontrollable factors, this is a bit troublesome."
Lu Xiao did not expect that something unplanned would happen, which made it more difficult for him to sneak into the mansion and steal the letters.
The unexpected situation shortened Lu Xiao's remaining action time. He was originally planning to climb down from the tower and faced a difficult choice.
Looking down from the edge of the tower, Lu Xiao seemed a little hesitant.
Giovanni and La Volpe repeatedly told him the key points of the Leap of Faith, but Lu Xiao, who had believed in Newton since childhood, still had some resistance.
As one of the loyal players of the Assassin's Creed series, Lu Xiao once specifically checked the feasibility of Leap of Faith on the Internet, and the conclusion he came to was regrettable.
Even if there is a cushion such as straw, the user's safety cannot be guaranteed during the Leap of Faith, and it is very likely that the user will become paralyzed from the fall.
But Giovanni and others all swore to Lu Xiao that the Leap of Faith would be effective, and now there was no room for Lu Xiao to hesitate any longer.
‘Fuck it! Both Federico and Ezio have demonstrated it themselves, I don’t believe I’m the only one who can’t do it.’
Taking a deep breath, Lu Xiao mustered up the courage to lightly step on the edge of the tower, spread her hands and jumped out high.
Accompanied by an eagle cry that came from nowhere, Lu Xiao, who was feeling the wind blowing on his face, suddenly heard a prompt from the system.
"Congratulations to the host for overcoming fear and understanding the Leap of Faith e. Effect: Reduce the damage caused by falling from a high place. If there is water, straw and other buffers at the place of fall, it will be completely immune to the damage caused by falling from a high place."
'Sure enough, the leap of faith in this world has nothing to do with the rules of physics. Lord Newton, stop holding the coffin board, this place is not yours to control.'
"Whoa!"
Lu Xiao, who fell into the straw pile, had no time to feel the sense of accomplishment of completing the leap of faith for the first time. He rushed out of the straw pile in the next second, patting the remaining straw on his body, while speeding up his pace and running towards the predetermined infiltration point behind the mansion.