What happened inside the Sanctuary of Auditore Auditore was a surprise to high-ranking members of the Assassin Brotherhood who knew about it.

Although the role of the Shroud of Eden itself has also surprised many people, what is more important is the Isu Consus mentioned by Lu Xiao.

In view of the fact that only Lu Xiao has talked and contacted Consus now, Mario, Giovanni and other high-level officials discussed and decided to keep this Eden artifact for the time being.

As Lu Xiao guessed, Dante, who was plotted by Marco Barbarigo's plot, is also a descendant of the First Civilization bloodline, and his ability to be healed by the Shroud is the biggest proof of this.

After waking up from a coma, Dante still hasn't recovered his lost memories, but his dementia has healed.

Carlotta was overjoyed that good memories could be recreated, and that Dante's return to normal was the greatest comfort to her.

As the leader of the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins, Mario naturally extended an invitation to Dante, who had Precursor blood.

Knowing that it was the Assassins who had recovered his consciousness from the chaos, Dante agreed to Mario's offer to repay his kindness and officially became a member of the Assassins, joining the Venetian Brotherhood branch.

Dante's Moreau family, which Dante inherited, has inevitably suffered some losses in recent years under Marco's domination, but the family's heritage is still there.

As one of the most powerful families in Venice, the Moreau family's financial resources and influence allowed them to withstand the losses of previous years, and after a period of adjustment, they should soon be able to regroup.

With the support of the Barbarigo and Moro families, the influence of the Venetian Brotherhood could also be greatly enhanced, which was undoubtedly good news for the Assassin Brotherhood.

……

"Are you sure you want to go to Cyprus in person?"

"Hmm."

In the face of Mario's solemn inquiry, Lu Xiao also replied with a serious expression: "Altaïr's Codex is only the last page to be collected, and that mysterious woman deliberately left a message to lure us to follow her traces, and now we can only take one step at a time." ”

Mario frowned and said, "I want to remind you first that the situation in Cyprus is very chaotic right now. ”

"The Ottomans, Egypt, Venice, and the surrounding countries all had their eyes on the decaying Russignam dynasty."

"Members of other European brotherhood branches sent to Cyprus commented on the situation on the island, which is a mess where the forces of various countries compete with each other, and no one can completely overwhelm other competitors in a short period of time."

Giovanni interjected thoughtfully, "And one more question, who is that mysterious woman?" ”

"Templars? Assassin? Or is it a member of an unidentified secret organization? ”

From the information gathered by the Venetian Brotherhood, it is clear that the woman had purchased the Codex in advance.

She knowingly and deliberately removed the last page of the Codex, leaving only a small amount of information to direct the Brotherhood in the direction of Cyprus.

"Anyway." Lu Xiao sighed and said, "Altaïr's Codex is related to the whereabouts of the Pieces of Eden and the Chamber of Secrets buried around the world, and we must retrieve it, and we must get it back before the Templars. ”

While investigating the mysterious woman, Antonio obtained a not-so-good piece of information, and the Assassins were not the only ones chasing the woman.

She also seems to have left a similar clue to the Templars, as Marco's Barbarigo family searched for information about her and shared the news with the Grand Master Rodrigo in Rome.

The failure of the seizure of power in Venice and the near-uprooting of the local Templar forces by the enraged Doge Mocenigo were undoubtedly a great loss for the Templars.

But the Knights Templar, whose power spread throughout Europe, had many more followers.

Rodrigo sent another man to Cyprus from his hometown of Valencia, Spain.

In the end, Lu Xiao persuaded Mario and Giovanni, and Mario began to arrange ships and manpower for Lu Xiao to make final preparations for departure to Cyprus.

Cyprus is an island nation close to the Ottoman Empire in the eastern Mediterranean, and Mario arranged for the ships to depart from Venice in the north and dock at the port of Ancona in the east of Florence.

Lu Xiao did not set out alone, and Mario arranged for several Assassins to accompany him, including Ezio Auditore, who had just been granted independence.

Set sail on this medium-sized merchant ship bound for Cyprus and sail south along the Adriatic Sea, Lu Xiao and others arrived at Crete, which belongs to Greece, for transit and replenishment.

Crete is located in the western part of the island of Cyprus, and the two islands are almost at the same longitude.

After arriving in Crete, Lu Xiao suddenly had a strange feeling, as if someone was calling him through some way that could not be described in words.

This feeling is very mysterious, similar to the special spiritual connection between Consus and Lu Xiao when they communicate.

Lu Xiao specially confirmed that the Shroud of Eden was still tightly stored in a small box, and it could not be that Consus was calling him.

So, who is it? ’

Crete is said to be the place where the Minotaur monster lived.

Even Lu Xiao, who is an Oriental, had heard of the legend of the Minotaur, and he knew that monsters such as the Minotaur, the Cyclops, and the Medusa were more than just a legend in the world of Assassin's Creed.

In the port of Herakrion in the middle of Crete, Lu Xiao looked at the sea in the north in a trance, and the mysterious call came from that direction.

Greece is made up of more than 3,000 islands in the Peloponnese Peninsula and the Aegean Sea, which are part of the Balkan Peninsula, and the vast Aegean Sea is dotted with countless islands of all sizes.

Wait. ’

Thinking back to the mysterious woman who didn't leave any superfluous clues in the crowd, and considering the strange call she felt after entering the Greek range, Lu Xiao suddenly had a flash of inspiration in her mind, and she had a wild guess.

'Could it be, that woman deliberately lured me here?' ’

If, as originally planned, after a night's rest in Herakrion, tomorrow the merchant ships would sail east again until they reached the island of Cyprus.

Under the influence of the lingering call, Lu Xiao changed his mind.

"Thira?"

The captain of the merchant ship, the Domingo, was a member of the Brotherhood, and he was familiar with the islands of Europe.

Lu Xiao's inquiry made Fulin scratch his head and think for a while: "You mean Santorini, right?" Thera is the ancient Greek name for the island. ”

"Uh~ Is that so?"

This question Lu Xiao really doesn't know.

Flynn shrugged his shoulders disapprerovingly: "Very few people use the name of Thera now, only a few Greek natives who live on the island do so. ”

"Santorini is a ring of volcanoes, and it is said that in ancient times the island was the site of a devastating catastrophe that brought about the demise of the legendary Minoan civilization."

"Whether there really was a Minoan civilization or not, we don't know for sure, but Santorini has had many volcanic eruptions in its history."

"Due to the harsh natural environment, the number of inhabitants on the island is very small, only a few thousand in total."

"And under the ravages and destruction of the volcanic eruption, there is nothing worth exploring there for a long time, Mr. Lu, why do you suddenly want to go to Santorini?"

"Intuition, sixth sense."

Lu Xiao said vaguely perfunctorily: "I have a strange feeling that I can't put into words, Xila...... Something near Santorini is calling to me. ”

"Captain Forlin, you and Ezio continue to Cyprus to track down the whereabouts of the mysterious woman, and if they are not found in Santoniri, I will hire my own ship to rush to Cyprus."

Ezio couldn't understand Lu Xiao's intentions, but he still patted Lu Xiao's shoulder supportively and quipped: "Pay attention to your own safety, there are many pirates in the Aegean Sea, I don't want to rush back halfway to salvage you." ”