Now that the system has arranged the identity, there is only one problem left - how to complete the handover with Mario across the language barrier.

Lu Xiao was stunned for a while in Mario's Italian pronunciation, and he didn't know what the other party was talking about.

As the leader of the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins, Mario sensed Lu Xiao's confusion and embarrassment with his extraordinary insight.

He deliberately slowed down his speech and tried to communicate with Lu Xiao in a variety of different languages.

After switching languages several times, Lu Xiao finally heard the barely familiar language - English.

"Can you speak English?"

Although Mario's English is full of plastic, with a very strong local accent, Lu Xiao's eyes lit up because of this, and he hurriedly nodded and responded: "Yes, I know a little English." ”

It's a student who graduated from a regular university, and although there is a serious lack of oral communication environment, but in the face of Mario, who is also not proficient in English, the two of them even talked and compared, and finally roughly understood each other's meaning.

Mario confirmed his origin with difficulty to Lu Xiao, and vigilantly asked him about the origin of the pendant around his neck.

This is the time to test Lu Xiao's ability to talk after work.

Lu Xiao opened his mouth and began to make up stories, lying that he was from the distant ancient country of the East - Ming.

He was a descendant of an Assassin family in the Ming Kingdom, and was forced to flee his homeland to avenge his family's persecution by high-ranking Templar officials.

Assassin's Creed 2 takes place in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, at the height of the Italian Renaissance.

Lu Xiao didn't learn too much history to say exactly which emperor ruled China today, but he barely remembered that China was in the middle of the Ming Dynasty during this period, and wild boar skins had not yet risen, and it was a relatively peaceful era.

In the 15th century, there was very little contact between the East and the West, and most Italians' impressions of China were still limited to Marco Polo's travelogues.

Lu Xiao's fabricated story and the narration of the Ming Dynasty fooled Mario, and with the Assassin's pendant as evidence, Mario began to believe that the young Assassin brother was indeed from the distant Eastern Brotherhood branch.

The Assassin Brotherhood and the Knights Templar have a long history, and according to Assassin's Creed: Origins, the precursors of the Assassin Brotherhood and the Knights Templar were founded as early as BC, during the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.

The original names of the two organizations were the Hidden Ones and the Order of the Ancients.

Over the centuries, the diametrically opposed ideas of the two organizations have spread to all corners of the globe through generations, and ancient China is no exception.

In the side-scrolling game Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China, the main character is a female assassin from the Ming Dynasty named Shao Yun.

Shao Yun fled to Italy after the first covert failure of the Ming Dynasty Brotherhood branch, seeking help from the Mentor of the Assassins in Italy at the time.

Of course, this is decades after the timeline where Lu Xiao is now.

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Suspicious, Mario decides to leave Lu Xiao, who has come from afar to ask for help, in Monteriggioni to determine his character and true purpose through personal observation.

Lu Xiao had no objection to this, and in order to obtain information about the Pieces of Eden, he needed to integrate into the local Assassin Brotherhood and gain their trust.

And now he has nothing but a voyeur drawn from the newbie package...... Ahem, clairvoyant, which does not have any combat effectiveness in itself.

Now that the system has been bound, in the foreseeable future, he will definitely shuttle between multiple dangerous worlds, and it is difficult to ensure the smooth completion of the world tasks delivered by the system without sufficient combat power.

Although the system does not explicitly mention what the consequences of the failure of the world mission will be, based on Lu Xiao's experience of reading online novels for many years, it is definitely not something he is willing to bear.

Monteriggioni is a miniature city located in Tuscany, Italy, under the domain of the Auditore family, with less than 1,000 inhabitants.

Under Mario's lame English description, Lu Xiao probably learned about Italy...... Or rather, the current state of the Florentine Republic.

True, there was no complete kingdom of Italy in this era, Italy was still just a concept and a place name.

Now the whole of Apennine was in chaos, and major cities were formed into kingdoms, principalities, autonomous cities, and small feudal fiefdoms.

The Tuscany region, where Monteriggioni is located, is in turmoil, with the Medici ruling the Republic of Florence being the strongest, and is in constant conflict with the neighboring Republic of Siena.

Monteriggioni was sandwiched between Siena and Florence, and Mario often swayed between the two to keep his territory alive.

Yesterday's friends may become enemies tomorrow, and vice versa.

The specific time of Lu Xiao's arrival is the summer of 1474, and there is still more than a year before the main plot officially opens in 1476.

Although Lu Xiao wears the brotherhood's heraldic pendant, and the story he tells sounds like that, Mario hasn't fully believed his words.

Bringing Lu Xiao to the guest room on the first floor of the Auditore Manor, Mario said enthusiastically: "Lu, you can stay here temporarily, I will test your foundation as soon as possible and arrange a suitable training plan for you." ”

"Forgive me for not being able to fully trust you, you need to complete the trials of the Brotherhood and prove yourself through practical actions before you can officially become a member of the Assassin Order."

Lu Xiao nodded understandingly: "I understand, thank you, Mr. Auditore." ”

Mario laughed heartily, stretched out his calloused hand and patted Lu Xiao's shoulder hard.

"Just call me Mario, if you can understand, prepare yourself physically and mentally, my training is very strict."

"And." Before leaving the door, Mario turned back and reminded, "You'd better learn Tuscan and Latin as soon as possible." ”

"There are very few English speakers in the Apennines, and you have to master both languages to facilitate daily communication and reading."

Tuscan was the predecessor of the later Italian language, and Florence, the center of the Renaissance, spread culture and art to various places, and this language gradually became widely known, and eventually became the official language of Italy.

Latin was the lingua franca of Europe at this time, and although many countries began to use their own national languages more after the rise of the Renaissance, it was still used in formal occasions and in most written communications.

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In order to be able to read the important information circulating within the Brotherhood, Lu Xiao had to learn Tuscan and Latin at the same time.

Fortunately, many European languages, including Spanish, Italian, and French, were originally born out of Latin.

There are many similarities between Latin and Tuscan, and with the one-on-one tutoring of the language teacher arranged by Mario, Lu Xiao, who is dedicated to learning, has made rapid progress in mastering the new language.

Language learning tasks are arranged at night, and during the day, Lu Xiao has to participate in training with Mario or his mercenaries.

As Mario reminded, his training content is indeed very "fleshing out".

After completing the initial physical ability test and intensive training, Mario created a customized training plan for Lu Xiao.

Before officially starting combat training, Mario first suggested that Lu Xiao choose his usual weapon.

"Lu, as you can see."

On the training ground, Mario drew his special longsword from his waist.

"Despite my name as the leader of the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins, I'm not as good at assassination as traditional Assassins, that's not my character, my brother Giovanni is better at it."

"The main thing you can learn from me is the skills you need to fight head-on, and when you finish my combat training, I will write to recommend you to Giovanni and he will help you with the next step of your training."

"Come on!"

Seeing that Lu Xiao took out two short swords from the weapon rack with some hesitation, Mario clapped his hands and encouraged loudly in a provocative gesture: "Attack me, and I will correct your wrong posture and bad habits during the battle!" ”