When he first arrived, Lu Xiao's understanding of the situation in Paris was limited to the small amount of information provided to him by Mario before setting off from Italy.
As Vincent said, in France, which advocates freedom and romance, the concept of assassins has received unprecedented recognition. The power of the Brotherhood is extremely rare and has reached a delicate balance with the Templars.
During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church had unprecedented control, and even the selection of kings in certain countries would be affected by the wishes of the Pope.
It was during this period that the Templars secretly formed an alliance with the Holy See, and they were the instigators of several Crusades.
The weakness of the Assassins in Italy is not an isolated case. The Templars, who control the official power, have suppressed the Assassins throughout Europe. Only France has a special situation.
Vincent does not have the habit of showing off like traditional nobles, and his family should have only risen in the last one or two generations.
He introduced the current situation in France to Lu Xiao in the shortest possible language.
In a word, the Paris Brotherhood, headed by Vincent, hopes that Lu Xiao will take advantage of the fact that they and the Templars are constraining each other and both sides are short of manpower to sneak into the Louvre and steal the Holy Sword.
It may not sound difficult, but the Louvre, as one of France's landmark buildings, naturally has very tight defenses.
The Louvre was built in 1204 and has been used as a palace by the French royal family since Charles V.
Since Charles V, many generations of French kings have funded the on-and-off construction of the Louvre, and the interior decoration has been updated numerous times. The interior of the palace is extremely luxurious.
However, the strange thing is that in the 350 years after Charles V, the French royal family gradually no longer lived in this palace due to the frequent expansion of the Louvre. Instead, they renovated the Fontainebleau Palace, which was originally used as a palace.
Although the Louvre was neglected by the French royal family, the palace was not completely abandoned. Instead, it restored the function given by Philip II when it was originally built to store valuable treasures belonging to the royal family.
Before Lu Xiao left for the Louvre, Vincent also told him some bad news.
"Not only did we call for foreign aid, the Templars also took action. They transferred a mysterious figure from the Holy Roman Empire who was called the 'Saint' by the local church. When you enter the Louvre to look for the Holy Sword, you must
Be aware of his presence."
"Saint?"
Lu Xiao's brows twitched, "You're not the kind of saint I thought, are you?"
Lu Xiaotong has played Assassin's Creed for many generations, and he still retains a deep impression of the title Saint.
The title of saint first came from Assassin's Creed-Black Flag. The saint at that time was a Welshman named Bartholomew Roberts.
There is also a saint named John Standish in the modern plot of Black Flag, and Jacques de Molay and Francois Thomas Germain mentioned in the subsequent Assassin's Creed Unity are also saints.
According to the information provided by Aletheia, the same soul sleeps in all the saints. This soul originated from the Isu Etta, the husband of the conspirator Juno.
Aita volunteered to become the experimental subject of his wife Juno while the Isu civilization was studying how to resist the Toba disaster.
This experiment was the inspiration that Juno got after stealing Consus' technology. She planned to transfer Aita's consciousness into an artificial composite with stronger resistance, so that the Isu could obtain immortality in another way.
As long as they can escape the devastating coronal ejection, the Isu people can escape from the artificial synthetic medium in which they are hiding, use the instruments buried deep in the underground shelter to create new bodies for themselves, and complete the Isu civilization.
of restart.
There is nothing wrong with this idea, the problem lies with Juno.
The half-baked technology she obtained through deception and abduction went wrong, and Aita, the experimental subject, died as a result.
Despite her grief, Juno did not despair. She secretly manipulated the human genetic code and implanted a hidden trigger in it that randomly activated and changed the individual's genetic structure.
Once a newborn is "lucky" and triggers the mechanism set by Juno in the DNA, his appearance will gradually change into that of Aita, and this set of hidden DNA will gradually change towards him as the person grows up.
Imbuing Aita with memories from her past.
Under the influence of the recessive genes buried by Juno, these Aita "larvae" have Isu DNA concentrations that far exceed human limits, and can even reach a maximum of 10%.
The high concentration of Isu DNA gives these people innate supernatural abilities that are different from ordinary people, such as a powerful sixth sense and cross-era knowledge derived from Aita's memories.
Some of the larvae are driven crazy by the memories of Aita that are instilled all the time. Those who can survive this period will be called "saints" by contemporary assassins and Templars because of their unique and powerful abilities.
Each generation of saints has different personalities while inheriting Aita's memory. They have joined assassins and assisted the Templars.
According to the secret records of the Italian Assassin Brotherhood, at least 7 saints have appeared so far.
The first recorded saint came from the Sumerian civilization, when Gilgamesh ruled the city-state of Uruk.
Later, saints appeared in many countries such as Babylon, Huns, India, Byzantium, Maya, and Mongolia.
The most recent record comes from France in the 13th-14th centuries. The saint at that time was named Jacques de Molay, the Grand Master of the Templars. He was one of the holders of the Holy Sword of Eden.
Under Vincent's arrangement, Lu Xiao temporarily settled in the Messier family's mansion, silently waiting for night to fall.
During this period, Lu Xiao first took a nap to recover the physical strength and energy consumed during the long journey.
After emerging from deep sleep, Lu Xiao began to think about the true origin and purpose of this man known as the Saint in a meditative state of light sleep.
'The last saint was the Grand Master of the Templars, Jacques de Molay, the holder of the Holy Sword of Eden. Now there is a German called a saint, who comes specifically to target the Holy Sword.
This shouldn't be just a coincidence, right?'
Thinking of the saint François Germain who fought against the assassin Arno Dorian during the French Revolution, Lu Xiao became more vigilant.
'It seems that the process of obtaining the Holy Sword will not be so smooth.'
…
When Lu Xiao finished recharging his energy, Paris had entered dusk and night was gradually falling.
During this period of time, Lu Xiao asked Vincent about the approximate location where the ashes of Saint Joan of Arc were scattered. Under the puzzled gaze of Vincent, he went to the Seine River alone.
Lu Xiao is no longer a rookie. After completing many difficult tasks for the Assassin Brotherhood, his reputation has become very famous among brotherhoods across Europe.
After Lu Xiao returned from going out alone, Vincent didn't waste any time and immediately summoned the assassins from the Brotherhood to provide support for Lu Xiao to sneak into the Louvre and try his best to contain the Templars' men.
At night, the Louvre is still brightly lit inside and outside, and there are a large number of heavily armed French soldiers patrolling near this extremely gorgeous palace.
The Louvre is certainly well-defended, but because the French princes and nobles would add to it from time to time, the overall structure of the Louvre was not considered in terms of preventing infiltration, leaving loopholes in many places.
After successfully entering the Louvre through one of the secret passages told by Vincent, Lu Xiao used the dark color of Altaïr's armor to sneak through the Louvre without being noticed by the guards.
‘Bingo~’
After entering the inner hall of the Louvre, Lu Xiao relied on the resonance between the artifacts of Eden and immediately saw the ancient sword displayed among a large number of royal treasures.
But at the same time, he also discovered something strange after opening the Eagle Eyes.
Although he could not scan the specific location of the enemy, Lu Xiao's powerful sixth sense derived from the Isu bloodline was frantically alerting him that there were people nearby who were strongly hostile to him hiding in the dark.
Lu Xiao licked his slightly dry lips under the hood, twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled, "Let's play hide and seek, Mr. Saint."