With the death of three family members loyal to the Templars, Marco, Emilio and Silvio, the position of head of the Barbarigo family fell into the hands of Agostino, who was calm in times of crisis.
Unlike his three kin, Agostino fundamentally disagrees with the contemporary Templars' crazy struggle for power, and has always maintained a good cooperative relationship with the Assassins.
With the help of the Barbarigo family's intelligence network and connections, Antonio's thieves quickly obtained the first scattered Altaïr page.
Carlo and Marco's poisoning plan caused Governor Mosenigo to circle around the gates of hell, and also allowed him to fully understand the nature of the contemporary Templars.
Although no privileges were opened to the Venetian Brotherhood, according to Bartolomeo and Antonio, their men's movements in the city were much smoother than before.
When Lu Xiao went to the Church of Our Lady of the Visitors and successfully found Leonius's token from the assassin's tomb, Leonardo da Vinci was happily translating the eight newly acquired pages during his work.
As the unsealing of Altaïr's pages comes to an end, the Assassin Mentor's complete philosophy is finally revealed to the Italian Brotherhood.
According to the numbering of the manuscripts, Altaïr's mental journey was intuitively displayed to future generations through the manuscripts he left behind.
His notes contain his deeper understanding of Assassin's Creed, as well as his doubts and speculations about the Forerunners and the Golden Apple of Eden.
The remaining part is the assassination techniques and mechanism designs he researched through the knowledge in the golden apple, most of which are related to the assassin's hidden sword suit.
In the newly obtained page, Altaïr mentioned a term that interested Lu Xiao very much - the Golden Fleece. This page also drew a picture of the armor he made himself.
Altaïr speculated that the Golden Fleece in ancient Greek legends may be related to the Pieces of Eden, and that the Golden Apple retains some records of high-strength materials.
Relying on the knowledge in the golden apple, he spent more than ten years collecting materials, and finally completed this set of artificial artifact armor that was passed down to later generations.
After many explorations of assassin tombs, Lu Xiao was already familiar with the traps set up by Domenico.
When Antonio kept his promise and retrieved the other three pages, Lu Xiao also successfully retrieved the last Assassin's token representing Amunet (Aya) from St. Mark's Cathedral.
At this point, all six Assassin tokens have been collected. The next thing to do is to return to the Auditore Sanctuary, place them on the statues, and take out the long-dusted Altaïr armor.
But before that, Lu Xiao discussed with Antonio, Teodora and others the whereabouts of the last notebook page.
"Based on the cross-reference of intelligence provided by Governor Agostino and Governor Mosenigo, we came to a not so good conclusion."
Teodora frowned and touched the silver cross around her neck out of habit: "The last page was also buried in Venice. About a year ago, a woman of unknown origin obtained it from the person holding the page.
A merchant bought it and disappeared from it."
Lu Xiao pondered and asked: "Does anyone know the identity of that woman? Or, what are her characteristics?"
Teodora shook his head: "The strange thing is here. When we found the businessman based on the clues, he strangely couldn't remember the woman's appearance and age, as if she was just a ghost that appeared out of thin air.
Same."
Antonio added: "But in fact, the woman did exist. Many people in the market saw her that day and even had some vague impressions, but they could not recall anything about the woman.
feature."
Bartolomeo interjected: "The only clue about the woman was that she took the initiative to leave it. Many people who met her only remember this name - Cyprus."
Lu Xiao's brows suddenly jumped: "Cyprus?"
'Why did the mysterious woman mention Cyprus? It couldn't be just a coincidence, right?'
Rubbing his eyebrows with a headache, Lu Xiao smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that after I get Altaïr's armor, I have to make a trip to Cyprus."
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All six Assassin tokens were collected, and only the one taken by the mysterious woman was left in Altaïr's codex. Lu Xiao's mission in Venice was successfully completed, and the system also gave a reward for the Venice suppression mission, which was also freedom.
Skill point 1.
Lu Xiao has not yet used the free skill points given by the Florence Suppression Mission. He knows that the free skill points will be very valuable, and he plans to use them only when necessary.
Although Leonardo da Vinci was determined to travel around the world, he had just arrived in Venice and had not yet completed his research and exploration of the city. This time he did not plan to return to Monteriggioni with Lu Xiao.
Saying goodbye to Antonio, Teodora, Bartolomeo and others, Lu Xiao took the expectant Carlotta and the confused Dante on the passenger ship to Porto Forli.
In order to hide information about the Artifact of Eden, Lu Xiao did not tell Carlotta what method he planned to use to cure Dante. He only told her that he knew a very powerful doctor who might be able to cure Dante's amnesia and
Dementia symptoms.
Marco is dead, and the tortured couple can finally live a peaceful life. As long as there is a possibility of bringing Dante back to his senses, Carlotta is willing to try.
Through the channels of the Assassin Brotherhood, Catalina received news of Lu Xiao's return early. As her belly gradually grew, she ignored the objections of her maids and insisted on going to Forlì Port to greet Lu Xiao in person.
Worrying about the perception of Pope Sixtus and his family, although Lu Xiao and Caterina expressed affection in their eyes, at least they behaved very restrained and polite in front of outsiders.
But once back in the lord's bedroom of Levardino Rock Castle... hmm.
There is a saying that goes, a little separation is better than a new marriage.
Knowing that Lu Xiao had to return to Monteriggioni in a hurry, Caterina was very sensible and did not force him to stay, but Lu Xiao never slept at all that night.
When they were on the road again the next day, Lu Xiao's deep dark circles under his eyes and his dazed state of mind made his companion Carlotta worry about whether he was suffering from any disease, so he took the initiative to suggest that he stay in Forli for a few days.
Lu Xiao hurriedly shook his head and rejected Carlotta's proposal. Not to mention the tight time, even if he had plenty of time, he would not dare to continue living like this every day.
After all...there are no fields that are plowed, only cows that are exhausted.
In October 1477, Lu Xiao and his party entered Tuscany and were led to the small town of Monteriggioni by the mercenaries sent by Mario.
Considering the importance of the Artifact of Eden and its side effects on ordinary people, Giovanni, who had a certain resistance to the Artifact, temporarily put down his job as a banker and personally brought the Shroud to Monteriggioni with Ezio.
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After not seeing each other for half a year, Ezio's temperament seems to have matured a lot. He must have received a lot of formal assassin training from Giovanni in the past six months.
However, his romantic nature has not changed much. As soon as they met, he teased Lu Xiao about his secret relationship with Catalina with a wicked smile.
Giovanni patted his second son on the head angrily: "Be more serious and wait until the serious business is done before you start joking."
Mario arranged for Carlotta to stay temporarily in the guest room of the Auditore family. After stunning Dante, the group carried him to the underground Auditore Sanctuary and placed him on a temporary workbench.
While Giovanni, Ezio and Mario were huffing and puffing as they moved the heavy Dante, Lu Xiao installed the prepared Assassin tokens on the bases of the six statues one by one.
"Crunch!"
As Amunet's token was finally installed, the solid railings locking Altaïr's statue finally began to unravel on both sides with a harsh sound of metal mechanisms running.
The pure black Altaïr armor was officially presented in front of the four assassins. Mario and Giovanni were a little excited. The long-cherished wish left by their ancestors would finally be fulfilled in their generation.
"Go, Lu."
Giovanni calmed down and reached out to push Lu Xiao's back gently: "You have found all the tokens. This armor should belong to you."