Giovanni and the others were caught up in Altaïr's questioning of the Order's tenets, and it was difficult for them to focus on other things.

After officially becoming a member of the Brotherhood, Lu Xiao's actions had a large degree of autonomy.

With the Brotherhood unable to support him for the time being, he decided to go it alone and retrieve the next page from the Templars.

Out of caution, Lu Xiao patrolled back and forth near the destination for a few days without a trace before taking official action.

Guards suspected of being the private soldiers of the Patch family have protected the mansion so tightly that passers-by who inadvertently approach the confines of the mansion will be driven away mercilessly.

'Templar combatants?' It does look very elite. ’

Lu Xiao relied on his clairvoyance to see the calluses caused by the long-term use of weapons on the hands of these armed personnel, and he could also see some clues from the position where they maintained coordinated operations with each other at any time.

'The main entrance is the most heavily guarded, and even the roof is watched by archers, and if you don't get rid of those two archers who are looking far away, they will be discovered no matter which way you sneak in. ’

Lu Xiao, who knew what to expect, tightened his hood, quickened his pace to blend in with the crowd and left the market.

……

"Father...... Hiss! ”

In the mansion that Lu Xiao was targeting, Vieri, who had not yet recovered from his injuries, grinned and asked Francesco on the side: "Are you sure that bastard who kicked me will take the initiative to send it to the door?" ”

"Humph!"

Francesco sneered, "This is the judgment made by your Uncle Jacob, Auditore is an Assassin, and we are Templars, they want to collect Altaïr's Codex, and they will definitely not let go of this page in our hands." ”

"Vieri, I guess the group of assassins should be in the next few days."

Francesco pressed heavily on Vieri's shoulder: "Master Rodrygo, I want to return to San Gimignano as soon as possible, the defense here will be handed over to you, don't let us down." ”

"If you are able to complete this task successfully, I will apply to the Master to officially join the ranks of the Templars."

Vieri tugged at the corners of his mouth and smiled cruelly: "Don't worry, father, with this group of elites that the Supreme Master has assigned to us, unless the assassins make a big move in the downtown area regardless of Lorenzo's face, they will definitely not succeed." ”

"This time, I'm going to take revenge on that damn Oriental with my own hands!"

……

In the evening, the sun sets.

In the Apennine Peninsula, which has a good climate all year round, today is another sunny day.

Half of the setting sun was obscured by the red-red clouds of fire, and the golden red sunlight slanted into the city of Florence where the traders were returning home.

As the sun recedes into the horizon, all that remains of the Renaissance city of Florence is the light of thousands of houses lit up.

The city is dream-lit at night, and a dark figure with his back to the moonlight can be seen on the towering towers near the hustle and bustle of the market.

Inserting his index finger into the silver kettle that had been prepared long ago to soak, Lu Xiao stretched out his fingers into the wind, closed his eyes and silently felt the direction and force of the wind tonight.

The breeze was so weak that the effect of the air currents on the flight of the arrows was almost negligible. ’

The target mansion was brightly lit inside and out, with Templar guards wielding kerosene lamps dutifully patrolling the mansion.

Two archers on the roof placed the illuminators against the wall, their sharp eyes scanning back and forth over the Florentine streets at night.

'Heh~ Just look at what is the use of below. ’

During the Renaissance, there are still many old towers in the city of Florence, and the tops of these towers that have long been abandoned are not usually noticed.

Lu Xiao was sitting at the top edge of the tower closest to the market at this time.

After confirming the general patrol pattern of the guards of the target mansion, Lu Xiao stood up from the side of the tower, took off the sniper longbow that had been prepared behind his back, and slowly pulled the bowstring to aim at the archers on the roof.

In order to avoid disturbing the other person with the slightest movement caused by the death of one of them, Lu Xiao had to shoot the two of them in the shortest possible time.

"Exhale~Inhale~"

Holding his breath, Lu Xiao's eyes crossed a long distance in the night sky, firmly locking on the two archers on the roof.

"Whoosh!"

At the same time as the first arrow was fired, Lu Xiao immediately turned the second arrow sandwiched on the little finger of his right hand and wound it, and completed the fine-tuning of the direction in less than a second, and shot the second arrow without allowing it to be fired.

The Templar archers did not let their guard down, but the wrong direction of focus cost them their lives.

Two powerful ultra-long-range sniper arrows hit the heads of the two archers almost simultaneously, and both of them failed to scream and were knocked to the ground by the impact of the arrows.

One of the corpses fell by accident when he knocked over the kerosene lamp next to him, and although it didn't make enough noise to alert the guards below, the wooden frame of the roof that was unfortunately ignited by the lamp would sooner or later start a fire.

"Tsk! Uncontrollable factors, this is a bit troublesome. ”

Lu Xiao didn't expect this kind of unplanned thing to happen, which invisibly increased the difficulty for him to sneak into the mansion and steal the codex.

The unexpected situation made Lu Xiao's remaining time for action tighter, and he was originally about to climb down the tower and faced a difficult choice.

Looking down from the edge of the top of the tower, Lu Xiao looked a little hesitant.

Giovanni and La Volpe repeatedly told him about the key points of the Leap of Faith, but Lu Xiao, who had believed in Newton Tianzun since childhood, still had some resistance in his heart.

As one of the loyal players of the Assassin's Creed series, Lu Xiao once specifically checked the feasibility of Leap of Faith on the Internet, and came to a regrettable conclusion.

Even with cushioning such as straw, Leap of Faith cannot guarantee the safety of the user, and it is likely that the fall will be halfway through.

But Giovanni and the others all swore to Lu Xiao the effect of the leap of faith, and at the moment, Lu Xiao could not continue to hesitate.

'! Both Federico and Ezio have demonstrated it themselves, and I don't believe that I am the only one who can't do it. ’

Taking a deep breath, Lu Xiao mustered up the courage to gently kick on the edge of the top of the tower, and jumped out high with his hands outstretched.

With an eagle's cry coming from nowhere, Lu Xiao, who was feeling the wind, suddenly heard a prompt from the system.

"Congratulations to the host for overcoming their fear and comprehending the Leap of Faith E, Effect: Reduces the damage taken from falling from heights, and if there are buffers such as water and straw at the fall, it is completely immune to the damage of falling from heights."

Sure enough, the leap of faith in this world has nothing to do with the rules of physics, Newton Tianzun, don't put on the coffin board, it's not your responsibility here. ’

"Huh!"

Lu Xiao, who fell into the straw pile, didn't have time to feel the sense of accomplishment of completing the leap of faith for the first time, and rushed out of the straw pile in the next second, slapping the remaining straw on his body, while speeding up his pace and running towards the predetermined infiltration point behind the mansion.