Dietrich Heinz was born in a small village on the border of the Holy Roman Empire at the age of 36.

Ever since he showed his ability to be different as a child, he was called the Holy One by the priests of the local church.

At that time, Dietrich had not fully accepted Aita's memory, and was confused about the importance and training of the priest.

Under the subtle indoctrination of the Enlightenment priest, he gradually became a member of the Templar Order, and by this time Dietrich had received a large number of memories of Aita mixed with some of the obsessions left by his "predecessors".

Guided by the high concentration of Isu blood in his body, Dietrich accepted the invitation to come to France, and soon locked on the location of the Eden Holy Sword.

The Templars and Assassins in Paris were in a fierce entanglement, and the Templars were overjoyed by the arrival of the Sage, and with almost the exact same promise as Vincent, they commissioned Dietrich to infiltrate the Louvre and retrieve the Sword of Eden.

Dietrich, who had received rigorous training from the Templars since childhood, also possessed eagle vision, and with a higher concentration of Isu blood, he spotted the other party's traces earlier than Lu Xiao.

Compared with the high-profile Sage who entered Paris, the news of Lu Xiao's entry into Paris with a lower profile had not yet been known by the Templars, but Dietrich still saw the other party's purpose at a glance.

Removing a medium-sized crossbow from behind him, Dietrich aimed it at Lu Xiao, who was leaping on the beam of the hall.

"Whoosh!"

The powerful crossbow arrow was mixed with a sharp sound of breaking wind and shot towards Lu Xiao, hitting his flank in just one second, and Lu Xiao's body lost its balance and fell downward on the spot.

The corners of Dietrich's mouth were slightly hooked, "Hmph~ The little thief also came to compete with me for the holy sword." ’

Retracting his crossbow, Dietrich intended to jump off the crossbar and take the legacy of his "predecessors".

“！！”

The sudden cold warning caused Dietrich to subconsciously stop, lean back in an iron bridge position, and narrowly dodge a small crossbow bolt that was obviously smeared with poison.

"Whew~"

After regaining his strength, Dietrich quickly hid behind one of the pillars and exhaled a turbid breath.

'How is that possible! My crossbow bolt hit his liver, so why can I still fight back? ’

Eagle vision turned on, and Dietrich clearly captured Lu Xiao's traces.

Unscathed.

……

Relying on Altaïr's armor's strong defense, Lu Xiao forcibly ate the opponent's long-range attack, and took advantage of his unpreparedness to open the small folding crossbow of his left arm armor to return the poisoned crossbow arrow to the Sage.

However, this arrow was dodged by the other party at the last moment, and Lu Xiao hid behind the pillar while being surprised, and rethought about countermeasures.

The two of them each used their eagle vision to locate each other, and both were worried that the battle would be too loud to attract the idea of the Louvre guards.

Relying on the strong physical fitness bonus provided by the Isu bloodline, as well as the Templars' dedication to training over the years, Dietrich definitely surpassed Lu Xiao in terms of hard power, who had only trained for less than 5 years.

But Lu Xiao is not helpless to take the other party, and the Eden artifact that hides fluctuations with the help of Alethea is his killer weapon.

Considering the other party's amazing sixth sense warning, there is only one chance. ’

Quietly pulling out the sword of Damocles from his waist, Lu Xiao took a deep breath.

Dietrich had been accustomed to relying on physical fitness to crush his enemies, and after the initial shock, he probably guessed that the leather armor on the opponent's body was strange.

'No matter how strong the armor is, there is a limit, and I don't believe you can defend against my attacks countless times. ’

Full of confidence, Dietrich pulled out the melee short weapon used in stealth combat, flexibly stepped on the beam, and took the initiative to approach Lu Xiao's hiding place.

"Huh?"

Having just jumped over the last beam and seeing that the pillar where the enemy was hiding was already close in front of him, Dietrich, who was in mid-air, suddenly sensed a strong aura of the Eden artifact.

"Isn't it?"

"Hehe~ That's it."

Lu Xiao, who turned out from behind the pillar, held a golden sword in his hand, and the chest under Altaïr's armor also shimmered with golden light in unison, and the sword of Damocles, which had already entered the active state, stabbed violently at the Sage in mid-air.

The brilliant golden beam that shot from the tip of the sword pierced through the Sage's chest in the blink of an eye, and a large expanse of blood spurted out.

Under the influence of the accompanying impact, the Sage's not yet dead body leaned back, and it looked like it was about to fall off the beam.

The beams of the Louvre are at least 5 meters above the ground, and if they are allowed to fall like this, they are likely to attract the attention of the guards guarding outside the main hall.

Enduring the feeling of mental weakness, the golden bracelet on Lu Xiao's left arm quickly turned back to the prototype.

"Whoosh!"

The Staff of Hermes held in his left hand was thrown out by Lu Xiao as a spear, piercing into the body of the Sage and nailing it to the nearest pillar with unabated momentum.

"Ahem!"

The Sage with his lungs pierced let out a hoarse cough, blood spurting out of his mouth, apparently on the verge of death.

"Ho...... Artifact of Eden, and more than one, what the hell are you ...... Who is it? ”

Lu Xiao didn't answer the last question of the Sage, whose name he still didn't know, and stabbed his Hidden Blade into his neck, ready to end his pain.

"Also...... Not...... Finish. ”

The sage with strong vitality held on to his broken vocal cords, and stared at Lu Xiao with a strange smile on his face: "I...... No...... Stop, the next ...... 'me', will ...... Belch! ”

Before he could finish speaking, the Sage opened his eyes and tilted his head and died.

Reaching out to close the other party's eyes, Lu Xiao whispered in a calm tone: "May death bring you peace, poor Aita hatchlings." ”

"Poof!"

Pulling out the staff of Hermes from the pillar and turning it back into the shape of a bracelet, Lu Xiao also let out a sigh of exhaustion on the pillar.

Is this what happens when the magic runs out? ’

Rubbing his temples with his hands in pain, he felt dizzy and dry mouth even though he was not sick or injured.

It took a few minutes for Lu Xiao to regain some energy, endure this indescribable tiredness, take the second Eden Holy Sword in the main hall as quickly as possible, and leave the Louvre by the same way silently.

……

Returning to the Messier Manor in a daze, he slept all night, and when Lu Xiao woke up the next day, he was greeted by Vincent and other Parisian assassins.

From Vincent's mouth, Lu Xiao learned the name of the sage who was killed.

Blood from Dietrich's body dripped from the beams to the ground and was found early the next morning by guards who had entered the main hall to inspect the treasures.

The heavily fortified Louvre was invaded, an ancient artifact from Louis XI's collection was stolen, and a body was left on the beam, and gossip quickly spread through Parisian high society.

Upon receiving the news, both the Assassins and the Templars retreated to their respective stations to learn about the situation, and both soon learned that the Assassins were the victors.

When Vincent and the others happily returned to the mansion to celebrate, Lu Xiao had already fallen into a deep sleep in advance due to the exhaustion of his magic power.

I have to say that the French are indeed born with a romantic factor, Lu Xiao has just woken up, and a grand celebration banquet that has been prepared for a long time was held at Messier Manor.

The Assassins of the Brotherhood of Paris, as well as their allies associated with the Assassins, accepted invitations to the banquet.

As the protagonist of this celebration banquet, Lu Xiao was a little uncomfortable with the overly enthusiastic and unrestrained romance of the French, and successively rejected a number of aristocratic ladies who made clear instructions to him, and finally got a moment of rest and came to the garden of Messier's house to rest quietly.

The mission was successfully completed, and Vincent kept his promise to hand over the Sword of Eden to me for safekeeping, and it was time to return to Italy for my final mission in the world of Assassin's Creed. ’

Just as Lu Xiao was deep in thought, his keen sixth sense suddenly alerted him.

Raising his eyebrows, Lu Xiao turned his head to look at the shadow of the garden: "Come out, Young Master Philip, please speak up if you have something." ”