Faced with the sudden appearance of a mysterious man dressed in strange clothes and holding a chubby orange cat, the last inheritors of the Brotherhood who had taken refuge in the cave were obviously nervous.

Although they are weak, they strictly follow the legacy of the Brotherhood, operating in the shadows, keeping a low profile as much as possible, relying on the wisdom and gifts of their ancestors to confront difficult enemies.

But the mysterious guy in front of him still doesn't know whether he is friend or foe.

"Who are you?"

Carrying a broken spear, Layla, the leader of the small group, looked warily at Merlin, and asked:

"How did you end up here?"

"Answer my question first."

Merlin said in a cold tone:

"You claim to be the last heirs of the Assassin Brotherhood... Is it true? ”

"Yes."

Beside Layla, the man with the dagger said:

"We are! What about you? Who are you? ”

"Oh, that's a coincidence."

Merlin raised his left arm, and with the crisp sound of the machine spring, the Holy Silver Hidden Blade engraved with the Demon Slaying Spell popped out, and he said:

"I'm theoretically a member of the Brotherhood... Why haven't I met you, let alone heard of you? ”

"This..."

Layla and the man named Miles looked at Merlin's Hidden Blade in his hand a little blankly, they had seen this style of Hidden Blade in those past memories, there was no doubt that this was the inheritance of the Brotherhood, although the Hidden Blade was slightly different from what they knew it to be, but it was still the product of the same lineage.

But the problem is that just as Merlin didn't know they existed, they didn't know Merlin existed.

They had always thought that the older generation of Assassins of the Assassin Brotherhood had completely withered under Abstergo's power, and that only their rookie Assassins were left in the world to fight helplessly against the powerful Abstergo.

And now, a person who seems to be a real assassin has appeared in front of them.

"Buzz"

In the hesitation of the two people, Merlin's figure disappeared abruptly, and when he reappeared, he had come behind these two people, a girl with short blond hair and a little panicked because of the sudden situation was standing there stiffly, Merlin was standing behind her, and the sharp hidden blade was against the girl's neck.

With just a slight stroke, this melon-faced girl will die.

"Victoria!"

Layla shouted in shock and rage, and she raised her broken spear and was about to rush over, but was stopped by Miles beside her.

"We can't deal with him."

Miles lowered his voice and said to Layla:

"Even in the memories of my ancestors, I have never seen this way of moving... Be careful, Layla, we may be dealing with a legendary 'Sage', a true immortal, who is not bound by the rules of the world and acts in a whimsical way, so don't provoke him. ”

"You two should know..."

Merlin stroked the cheek of the frightened golden girl who had been held hostage, and said in a playful tone:

"Even if you keep your voice down, I can hear you, right?"

"Ahem"

Miles coughed a little embarrassed, he stretched out his hand, threw the dagger on the ground, and said to Merlin:

"We have no ill will..."

"I don't care."

Merlin Says:

"It doesn't matter if you have malicious intentions or not, with your strength, you can't hurt me..."

"I'm interested in what is in your mind, what you call 'ancestral memory', and what you are doing now, about the Brotherhood right now... Say it, say it, and if you are honest enough, then this little girl will be safe. ”

As he spoke, he whispered in the ear of Victoria, whom he had held:

"Relax, Victoria, your heart is beating fast, you're scared, if you keep going like this, you'll be crushed by fear. Listen to me, girl, relax... Relax..."

Induced by Merlin's mental suggestion, poor Miss Victoria's breathing became steady little by little, but her gaze became more and more glazed.

"The Assassin Brotherhood has withered."

Miles and Layla glanced at each other, and in the deep darkness of the fluorescent lights they had brought, he replied to Merlin:

"The least we know is this. Three years ago, in 2000, Abstergo used a method of betrayal and massacre in the last Brotherhood stronghold... The few remaining Master Assassins died in the battle, and the entire colony was destroyed, which was believed to be the final blow that the Templars had successfully inflicted on the Brotherhood after thousands of years of struggle. ”

"Since then, the Brotherhood has died out completely, and a few of us... None other than me are the true inheritors of the Brotherhood, and we have come together for Abstergo's sake and learned from our enemies what it means to exist, so we are united, and if the Brotherhood does die, then we will rebuild it. ”

"It's up to you?"

Merlin looked at the two men in front of him with a suspicious gaze, which made Miles and Layla a little ashamed, but Layla still answered:

"We're really weak now, we're going to have to dodge Abstergo like a mad dog, but we're not going to be so weak forever, we've found the Spear of Leonidas, and with this ancient artifact, we can go back to the time when the Brotherhood was first founded, and... Then we will learn from our ancestors and regain our strength. ”

"Oh... It sounds like an ancestor cult. ”

Merlin said in a playful tone:

"That spear, the spear you see as hope for revival, is in your hands, right? Give it to me! ”

Merlin lowered his Hidden Blade, and he pushed Victoria in his arms towards Layla, saying:

"Let me see."

Layla hesitated, but seeing Victoria returning to them, it was clear that she was confused by some kind of power, a power they didn't know anything about, and it left Layla with no choice.

"Give it to him, Layla."

Myers Says:

"If he really had bad intentions, we would have died long ago. If he can find this place, it means that he is indeed related to the Brotherhood. ”

"Okay."

Layla gritted her teeth, she nodded, took a few steps forward, handed the broken spear in her hand to Merlin, and said:

"This is what I found on the island of Andros, and I got the key information from the codex left by the ancient Greek scholar Herodotus, this is an artifact, there is no doubt about it."

"Artifact? No, kid. ”

Merlin took the cold broken spear, and said to Layla:

"Artifacts don't look like this... It's just a piece, well, an ancient weapon..."

"No, it is indeed an artifact."

A woman's voice sounded behind Merlin, and at the moment when the voice appeared, Merlin felt the time around him pause, and in front of him, Layla still maintained that reluctant and vigilant expression, maintaining the delivery action.

Miles and Victoria's expressions and bodies were also frozen in time.

"Oh, here comes the Lord."

Merlin is not afraid of the character who suddenly appears behind him and seems to be able to control time.

In this state, the special feeling of releasing the Elder Body spell came back to his heart, which meant that Merlin could easily release the Elder Body again in this state.

With the super-level magic foundation, even if he can't beat it, Merlin is sure that he can evacuate safely, not to mention, there is also Gollum hiding in the shadows.

He turned around and looked at the man behind him.

Unexpectedly, behind him appeared a very young lady, at least on the surface.

She was wearing a white shirt, a gray plush blazer, slim-fitting women's trousers, a pair of well-wiped leather shoes, and her hands in her trouser pockets, which looked chic, but her eyes shone with a weathered look that could only be seen in an old man.

The most peculiar thing was her hair, a long black hair mixed with gray, braided into a left-skewed braid, hanging low on her chest, which seemed to add a strong femininity to her.

"In the hands of the true heir, the spear of Leonidas will show its true power."

The uninvited lady stood five meters away from Merlin, she looked at Merlin, and after a moment, she nodded and said:

"Geralt is not bad this time, at least on the surface, you remind me of those heroes of ancient Greek legends, remove this ugly mask, let me see your face."

"Ma'am."

Merlin's hand commanded, Beowulf obediently removed his disguise, Merlin's face was exposed in front of the lady who seemed to be a demigod, and he whispered:

"Perhaps, you should introduce yourself."

"Well, there's not much to say."

The lady looked at the scene around the cave with a wistful expression, and she reached out to touch the broken sculpture, and said:

"My name is Kassandra... You can understand that I am the originator of the Brotherhood, the first true Assassin in human history. You're holding a weapon I've used before. And Leonidas, is my grandfather. ”

"Leonidas of Thermopylae? The king of 300 warriors? ”

Merlin looked at the broken spear in his hand, and he looked at Kassandra again, and said:

"Sounds like an unbelievable myth, am I talking to a lady who has come out of a myth?"

"Pretty much."

Kassandra said in a calm tone:

"In past visions, I did see Hades, Poseidon, and those who were legendary... Hercules, Achilles, and Perseus, they are legends to you, but to me..."

"It's just a defeat."

"You're a demigod?"

Merlin could sense that the lady in front of him was not lying, and he asked softly:

"You are the daughter of Zeus?"

"No, I'm not."

Kassandra said with disgust:

"That god who is in heat all the time has nothing to do with me, if I have to say, I am an enemy of him and his brothers, and my hands are stained with the blood of the monsters they have created, and my life, I mean, a large part of my real life, has been spent dealing with the troubles they left behind."

"Oh, by the way, what I'm trying to tell you is, don't think of them as gods... They are just a bunch of aliens who are more powerful and advanced than humans. ”

"Oh, that's not what I expected."

Merlin said in a relaxed tone:

"The gods of the Norse god system are also a group of aliens, and the fact that the gods of Greek mythology are aliens is not surprising."

Merlin looked at Kassandra, and he took out the box with the key from his pocket, and said:

"You entrusted Master Geralt with this, and you were the one who put the Brotherhood badge at Bruce's bedside, right? These young men told me that the true Brotherhood had fallen three years ago, so you were the last remaining master of the Brotherhood? ”

"That's right, it's me."

Kassandra sighed, and she said with some disappointment:

"I had hoped for Bruce, who was similar in style and will to the Assassin Masters of the past. Wayne was able to rebuild the fraternity with these young men, but to my disappointment, the young man from Bruce turned down my invitation. ”

"He came all the way to Rome just to say 'no' to me."

"What an interesting young man with character, I like him very much, but unfortunately, he is not destined to become a real assassin."

"As expected."

Merlin nodded, and he said:

"It would surprise me if he said yes, he's so... Well, a stubborn one. ”

"But luckily, I have a new option."

Kassandra looked at Merlin, she moved her shoulders, and said to Merlin:

"Before I came, I heard from Little Ciri about what happened to your girlfriend Elsa, it's a shame... But I have some ways to make sure that Elsa's will will not be broken by that tricky magic, so that she can last longer under the attack of the white frost, I help her, you help me, how about it? ”

Hearing the news about Elsa, Merlin's expression became a little more serious, he looked at the demigod in front of him, and after a moment, he said:

"What are you asking me to do for you?"

"Quite simply, these young men have a common enemy with you, Merlin."

Kassandra stared at Merlin and said:

"And I, I need you to be the last Master Assassin, with these young men who are still a little immature, but very talented, in this day and age, to rebuild the Brotherhood!"