The northern part of the empire was filled with an atmosphere of slaughter, and convoys carrying ordnance slowly moved forward in the cold wind.

The wheels creak as they run over the uneven pavement.

Filin had woken up from his sleep and was staring out the window at the depressed trees. The yellow grass was covered with frost, and the cold wind made him shiver.

There was still some confusion in Film's mind, and it was noon, and he used his palms to block the dazzling light, and the thin rays of sunlight penetrated through his fingers.

He sat quietly in the carriage, and Roland, out of an abundance of caution, settled Fihrin in the middle of the convoy to avoid any accidents on the way.

The accompanying soldiers chatted without saying a word, with a leisurely expression on their faces. It seems that the place they are going to on this trip is not the battlefield, but the comfort nest of the imperial capital (the high-level Fengyue place in the Grande).

"How long have I been asleep?" Filin muttered to himself.

He clutched his still-aching head, trying to remember what had happened in his dream.

It turned out that the illusion he entered when he first opened Assassin's Creed in the Spire that day was a quick replay of his life from Edward's perspective.

At the age of sixteen, Edward studied under Saladin, the Shadow Dancer, and joined the Brotherhood in the same year. At the age of eighteen, he formed an adventure party with Brandon, Merlin, and Caesar, and went to the adventure site for a year-long experience.

At the age of twenty-two, his martial arts skills were accomplished, and his strength also successfully stepped into the Holy Domain, and with the help of Merlin, he cultivated an extremely rare starry sky fighting spirit.

He then endured many obstacles, teamed up with Brandon to kill the supreme ruler of Shadow Isle, and successfully gained the trust of most of the people on the island.

In 772 Landau, Edward declared the independence of the Isle of Shadows.

And select the outstanding warriors on the island to establish the Shadow Knights single-handedly. The Shadow Knight is known for its speed of action and the agility of formations. Knowing the art of assassination, he undoubtedly assumed the position of regimental commander. Due to his long-standing friendship with Caesar, Shadow Island also became an ally of the Southern United Legion, officially joining the Unification War.

But it didn't take long for Merlin to be ostracized by Rui Xiu. And only half a year later, the decades-old brotherhood was forced to dissolve, and its former companions were blocked by many powerful people in the mainland.

The Assassins were killed one after another, and under the frenzied pursuit of the outlaws belonging to the Imperial United Legion, the Assassin profession was completely annihilated in the torrent of history.

And all this is due to Caesar's command. Although he made it clear that Edward was excluded from the hunt list. However, the prime minister at the time, Rui Xiu, secretly suppressed Edward, causing the relationship between the two to begin to break down.

Merlin, who has always been upright, scoffs at Ruixiu's insidious behavior, which is why Merlin hates Fisdal so much.

Edward had no choice but to flee back to the Isle of Shadows under the cover of Merlin and Brandon, and by this time the War of Unification had begun, and Reixiu had no time to take care of personal grievances, so all the troops that could be mobilized had already been thrown into battle.

A year later, when the war broke out, Caesar had to ask Merlin and Brandon to ask for help from the Isle of Shadows.

Remembering his friendship over the years, Edward made the worst decision of his life - to personally lead the Shadow Knights across the ocean to support the war in the North.

As the vanguard of the Southern United Legion, the Knights of Shadow marched northward, capturing several strategically important fortresses.

Meanwhile, Caesar's sister Diana is under house arrest on Shadow Island as a hostage. This was not what Edward meant, but Caesar's arrangement to make Brandon feel at ease.

But he never expected that Brandon would suddenly leave the scene on the eve of the decisive battle!

When Caesar gained great power, he was so unaware that everything in the world should be subject to his rule.

The young king's calm personality gradually became ruthless in the constant conquest and killing, and the relationship between the four of them changed dramatically in just two years.

Ignoring the dissuasion of his former companions, Caesar made the decision to conquer the entire Starfall Continent. Due to the huge and complicated pre-war preparations, he met with the three Brandon less and less, but was exploited by the treacherous Ruixiu and became the number two person in the Titan Empire.

Rui Xiu is extremely xenophobic, and he can't tolerate being inferior. On the way north, he had already conspired with Caesar, and when the war was settled, he began to clear the hidden dangers inside, and the three Brandon were called the greatest threat to the imperial rule.

This secret conversation was overheard by Merlin, who was passing by the camp, and was immediately furious, and immediately informed Brandon and Edward of the astonishing news.

So before the war was over, Brandon hurried out of the battlefield. He just wants to escape the strife in the imperial capital with Diana and return to his hometown of Vero to start a new life.

As an astrologer with the magical power to foresee the future, Rui Xiu deduced from the passage of the stars that the Isle of Shadows would soon be destroyed.

He reported this discovery to Caesar at the first time, but deliberately downplayed the severity of the consequences.

At this moment, at a critical juncture that would determine the success or failure of the war, Caesar had to hide the news from Brandon and Edward.

Edward's people all live on the island, and if he learns that the Shadow Isle is in danger, he will immediately return to the island with the Shadow Knights.

Once the coalition loses the support of Shadow Isle, the speed of the northward advance will be greatly slowed down, and it will also be a big blow to morale.

However, Caesar has been carried away by the ambition of unifying the continent at this moment, and he has forgotten more important points: his sister Diana is still under house arrest on the Shadow Island at the moment!

The jealous and hateful swordsman in the adventure team back then has now been completely reduced to a prisoner of false name.

He made a decision that he would regret for the rest of his life - knowing that the catastrophe on Shadow Island was coming, he still insisted on launching a final general assault on Storm City.

Merlin's originally optimistic and cheerful personality has changed dramatically, and he is disappointed by Caesar's true colors. So there was a scene in the main hall of Wind and Snow City, where Merlin and Caesar broke up.

Edward had been worried about Brandon's safety, and after the city was broken, he teleported to the Shadow Isle with the power of the pentagram.

But when he flew over the Strait of Death and saw the two of them again at the Temple of the Moon Shadow, his already gloomy heart had fallen into the abyss.

Brandon was stripped of his personality by God and reduced to a fighting machine with no sense of self. Diana died in the ocean thousands of miles away from her homeland.