Chapter 9: The Eagle (Part II)

At the age of seventeen, Ezio is now the unluckiest of all.

He originally had a happy family - a loving mother and a serious but caring father.

There is also an older brother who takes care of himself and an obedient younger brother, all this is so beautiful, but just some time ago, everything fell apart.

He could not forget that he gave his father the letter with the evidence of innocence, and that Uberto also said that he would defend his father.

He could not forget Uberto's sudden change of heart at the execution ground and the order to kill his father and brother. I can't forget the unwillingness of my father Giovanni and the tragic situation after their death.

It haunted him like a nightmare, and it never stopped.

At the age of seventeen, he experienced pain that no one else had ever experienced, and at the age of seventeen, Ezio could only watch his father and brother be hanged.

The fury of vengeance burned within Ezio, and he swore that he would take revenge! He swore he would kill everyone who killed his family!

Ezio was lucky, perhaps God didn't want to see Giovanni's last son die, or maybe Giovanni was blessed by God.

Fortunately, with the help of Giovanni's friend, a thief, Ezio escaped his pursuers and took refuge in a brothel run by Paula, a relative of the maid of the Auditore family.

And he also learned a lot of things during his time there, such as how to hide in the crowd.

Of course, Paula did not tell Ezio that she was an Assassin, but she did write a letter to Mario, who was far away in Monterigioni, about what happened to the Giovanni family.

At the same time, he also helped Ezio get in touch with Leonardo da Vinci.

Needless to say, da Vinci was a great genius. With his help, Ezio took some time to repair his father's severed Hidden Blade, a deadly weapon hidden in his sleeve that gave him a great deal of confidence.

Although there were some troubles along the way, such as Leonardo da Vinci being almost captured by the guards, Ezio managed to handle it well.

After burying the bodies of his father and brother with the help of his lover Christina Vespucci, he embarks on a journey of revenge.

His first target was that damn Uberto!

This so-called ally of the Auditore family, who holds a grudge against his son for being expelled by Giovanni, was in fact one of the initiators of this conspiracy from the beginning. Ezio has learned a lot of things.

Uberto is also a typical example of the struggle of a small man, a well-known lawyer who won most of his legal battles, despite his self-taught legal skills.

But he had actually hated Giovanni for some time, and it was a little unimaginable.

When he was still a lawyer, Giovanni, the administrator of the Medici Bank, expelled his son, which filled his heart with fear and revenge for Giovanni and the Medici family.

Although it is largely possible that his son did something wrong, this result is also unbearable for him.

He began to make contact with the Templars, who promised to do what he wanted in exchange for his cooperation. Uberto agreed to cooperate, often plotting with them after his victory and entering politics, and building relationships with the Medici family.

He rose to prominence, becoming the Consul of Florence and a member of the Holy Jury, thanks to the Medici family and the Paladins!

But he never forgot his hatred, and he wanted to avenge his son!

The death of Giovanni and the Ezio brothers was just the beginning. This is also the beginning of Ezio's revenge, after obtaining Uberto's whereabouts from Paola, he follows Uberto all the way to the Basilica of Santa Croce, where an art exhibition is about to begin.

Ezio was calm, and even though the anger of revenge had been burning in his heart, he didn't rush straight to it in the first place.

He knew that he wouldn't be able to kill this guy if he did this, but he was definitely dead, so he decided to get rid of the patrolling guards first.

Relying on the skills he learned from Paola, Ezio managed to hide in the crowd and then slowly approached Uberto.

Unfortunately, the crowd didn't seem willing to stop Uberto's direction, so Ezio had to find a corner and sit down, quietly observing everything.

He was observing the pattern of the guards' patrols, and finally he didn't know how long he had waited, and he noticed that the guards had just walked out, and he knew that his opportunity had come.

Not intending to suppress his anger, he stood up and walked straight in the direction of Uberto, who was chatting with the nobles who flattered him.

"So, tell us what it's like to be a hero?"

"Please don't call me that, as an archon, this is what I have to do to ensure that Florence maintains the indicators of justice. As long as I am in power, evil will not take root here. ”

Uberto was smiling at the nobles, but the next moment he suddenly saw a man dressed in white with a face completely shrouded in a hood walking towards him.

At that moment, it was as if he had met Giovanni, and he had often seen him dressed like this when he had met Giovanni before.

But he knew that it was definitely not Giovanni, because that person had already been killed by him! He immediately guessed that this person should be the same assassin as Giovanni, or simply Giovanni's only surviving son, Ezio.

"You!"

Uberto was so shocked that he wanted to shout but found that he couldn't make any noise because of the excessive shock!

He could only watch as the mysterious man walked in front of him, and then watched as the Hidden Blade suddenly appeared under his palm, stabbing into his chest fiercely!

Pain, sharp pain followed the Hidden Blade that kept piercing into his chest, and Uberto felt his life pass quickly. He slowly fell behind him, and the assassin helped him to slowly crouch down, and at this moment Uberto finally saw the assassin's face clearly, he was Ezio.

"You will do the same to save your loved ones." As if to explain something, these were Uberto's last words before he died.

"Yes, I will. And I've already done it! ”

After killing Uberto, Ezio wanted to cry very much, he was avenging his family.

But he knew that now was not the time to shed tears and sighs, for what he had done had already caused the nobles in the hall to scream, and at the same time attracted the attention of the guards, and he knew he had to leave.

However, before leaving, he still angrily shouted at these nobles who regarded his family as traitors: "The Auditore family has not perished! I'm alive, right here! I! Ezio Auditore! ”

After reaching out for a letter from Uberto's arms, Ezio fled immediately. Although he became the most wanted man in the whole of Florence, he did not regret it, and he avenged his brother and father!

For some time afterward, he went into hiding and began to plot his departure from Florence. His chosen place of escape was Monteriggioni, a remote town in Siena, where his uncle is now located.

However, because his wanted level was too high, Ezio had to take some action.

He took the initiative to bribe some heralds with the stolen money, although the process was not very peaceful, and he even encountered some strict or greedy guys, but it was a good result.

The heralds who accepted Ezio's bribes began to modify Ezio's appearance, such as his more obvious features, intentionally or unintentionally, which greatly reduced the likelihood of Ezio being caught.

At the same time, with Paula's help, Ezio continued to tear up some wanted notices.

This may seem very naΓ―ve now, but it was a very effective practice in its time.

In this way, it took Ezio almost half a month, and it felt like it was enough, because he walked face to face with a group of soldiers on the street, and was not detected.

In fact, Ezio was very nervous at the time, and he could see that the soldiers were all looking at him very vigilantly.

However, the captain of the soldiers then took out a portrait and compared it with it, and then let Ezio go, which made Ezio breathe a sigh of relief and feel that the time had come.

At sunset, Ezio took his sister and his mother, who was still a little sluggish, into the carriage that left Florence. It all seemed to be going very smoothly, even if he was stopped and interrogated when he was out of the city, there was no danger in the end.

Florence is not far from Siena, and even a horse-drawn carriage ride takes only a few hours.

The journey went smoothly, and it relieved Ezio's nervousness, knowing that it would take them some time to reach Monteriggioni, his uncle's territory.

But what Ezio didn't expect was that he had overlooked one thing, and that was the guy named Vieri! As they galloped down the road, Ezio noticed that a group of soldiers on horseback had appeared on his way, and Vieri was the leader!

"Hell!"

Ezio was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

The opponent has too many men, and although Ezio has killed people, his fighting skills are actually no different from those of a bear child, and he can only choose to run away in the face of this situation.

But alas, maybe God is joking. They rode in a carriage, and it was impossible for them to outrun each other's horses alone. Soon their carriage was overtaken and stopped, and Ezio had no choice.

Either he dies with his mother and sister, or he resists.

As a man, Ezio knew how to choose, even if he was unarmed, he had to protect his family, and he had to try even in despair.

Looking at the soldiers rushing towards him, Ezio was ready to fight to the death.

He let out a roar of rage, and was about to lunge towards the soldiers, but at that moment a ghostly figure suddenly appeared, and the sprinting soldiers had already fallen before they could react.

It was only when everyone noticed that between Vieri and Ezio, there stood a man dressed in black robes, with several corpses lying at his feet, and at this moment this mysterious man looked like a grim reaper.

Moreover, he wears an iron eagle mask on his face.