"This was placed here a year ago." Hoover walked over and looked at the statue.

With the stone platform, this statue is at least nearly three meters long, and everyone has to look up to him when they come here.

"He was the origin of the Brotherhood, the original Mentor.

The craftsmen carved intermittently for more than half a year, carving very carefully, trying to restore the charm of the mentor as much as possible. ”

Cage nodded, but couldn't help but look at the outline of his face.

He had a good memory, and he was sure that he had definitely seen a similar face.

But it seemed that because it was unfinished, he didn't remember where he had seen it for a while.

The carver was squatting in front of the stone platform at the moment, using a hammer and a chisel to chisel something on the stone platform, which seemed to be a string of words.

"What is he carving?" Cage asked.

"Creed." Hoover whispered, "The creed that all the people of the Brotherhood will carry out to the end is also taught by this mentor. ”

As they entered, there were about twenty or thirty men and women dressed in thorn dresses at the entrance behind them, seven or eight of them standing in a queue, facing the unfinished statue in the middle.

The Assassins who had brought them in stood on either side.

Hoover also pulled Cage aside.

"It's an initiation ceremony." Hoover explained, "The oath of formal membership of the Brotherhood is taken by the mentor. ”

Several Assassins lit all the torches in the chamber, the flickering light of the dimly lit basement red.

Heilang stood in front of them and glanced at the crowd.

"I think that since you have come here, you have broken through many tests and stood in front of me.

You should have no confusion in your heart about your future.

My next words are the instructions given to me by my mentor.

His words are so deep in my heart that they have become our dogma.

I hope that you will also engrave these words in your souls forever and pass them on forever. ”

Heilang's face is very serious, and his words are very clear.

"When others are blindly seeking truth and truth, remember—"

"Everything is empty." The rest of the Assassins around them spoke in unison.

The resonance of the voices of dozens of people makes it seem as if the entire chamber is shaking.

"When others are bound by law and morality, remember—"

"Everything."

"Walk in the Darkness and Serve the Light, We Am"

Everyone, including the members of the group, also answered at this moment.

"Assasin!"

The shadow of the hood obscured their countenance, but those eyes were incomparably clear in the darkness.

"All things are false, all things are allowed"

Cage watched all this in distraction, silently reciting this creed in his heart, and the fire in his heart burned for some reason

"Alright, you guys go up." "Before going to church, do the final imprinting." ”

The newly joined Assassins nodded, and left the place one after the other.

"Helang, I want to join the Brotherhood too."

Cage walked up and said.

Helang wasn't surprised, he smiled and said, "Of course, the Brotherhood welcomes all like-minded people to join.

However, whether or not you can become an Assassin depends on whether you can sustain the rigors of the training. ”

Cage nodded earnestly.

"Then wait, it's all over." Hei Lang muttered softly.

He looked around and several of the main members of the Brotherhood had gathered around.

Heilang began to slowly tell them about his experience, and at the same time recounted Cage's speculation.

Hoover nodded and agreed, "Makes sense."

Mentor, I'll send someone to Lorelei to guard it. ”

"It's too late, I'll take someone myself." Heilang looked at Hoover, "And you, Hoover, you stay on the manor if we don't come back."

And you will continue to recuperate, and keep the spirit of the Brotherhood alive. ”

Hoover was stunned, and when he realized what Heilang was going to do, he said anxiously, "Mentor! ”

"There is no room for maneuver in this matter." Hei Lang whispered.

He looked at Hoover, his bright eyes like candlelight flickering in the wind.

"Your family's land is occupied by the nobility, and you have lost your source of livelihood and have fallen into the abyss.

When I found you, your mother and wife were starving to death.

When I woke you up, you cried and said to me, you don't want to see that again.

Now, is your word still useful? ”

Hoover fell silent, a slight struggle on his face.

"Passing on the creed." Hei Lang solemnly instructed, as if to Hoover, as if to the Assassins around him.

"Until the day when the world no longer needs the Brotherhood."

He looked to the side, "Hagu." ”

"Yes." Hagu stood out from the crowd, one of the three people involved in the Headless Horsemann's Incident and a veteran of the Brotherhood.

"Pick thirty people, and we'll go to Lorelei together."

"Yes!" Hagu nodded again.

Then he turned his head and walked out of the place, ready to arrange the horses.

That night, they hurried to Lorelei.

Lorelei's place was in the middle and upper reaches of the Rhine, so they couldn't get through the waterway, so they had to go by land, so that's why Heran was in such a hurry.

The people of the Order may have been waiting there for a long time, and Cage, who solved the key riddle, naturally followed the team, because he might need to solve the puzzle later.

They rode along the Rhine for several days overnight, and finally reached the vicinity of the slate of Lorelei on the night of the third day.

"Look."

Hagu pointed into the distance, and by the moonlight they could clearly see that on the deserted slate, at some point, many tents had been erected, and a group of men in dark blue cloaks walked among them.

On the river, there are many boats docked, and craftsmen are building a large crane on the shore, which is used to lift the diving bell.

It was a large, heavy, sturdy, bottomless barrel-shaped device that resembled a large clock.

By inserting the diving bell vertically into the water, the air pressure principle keeps the bell out of the water and "traps" enough air for the diver to breathe for a few hours.

This method requires a large boat, a lifting line, and more than three divers operating at the same time with a limited range of motion.

In addition to this, they brought with them a bucket-shaped submersible, an air bucket reinforced with a fur cover, with a glass viewing window, and two gloves.

These are already the most advanced diving equipment of this era.

They lowered their bodies, hid themselves in the grass, slowly approached, and finally stopped not far away.

They looked at the camp not far away and the divers who were constantly diving to find clues to the bottom of the river.

There are many reefs on this side, and the sandbar in the upper reaches of the river makes the river very turbulent, whirlpooled, and the water is very muddy, so diving and searching is actually very difficult.

In fact, in Heilang's eagle eye view, many of those search parties had already died at the bottom of the river.

"Are those the Nightmare Order?" Cage said in a low voice.

Hei Lang nodded solemnly, "Look at that." ”

He pointed to the edge of the camp, standing on top of the slate overlooking the blue-robed man of the diving work.

By the dim moonlight, it was difficult for them to see the man's appearance, but he looked a little fat, bald, and looked to be fifty or sixty years old, and there seemed to be some old age spots on his face.

"Who do you think he looks like?"

Cage frowned and recalled, but he couldn't remember, the night was too hazy.

"One of the cardinals of the Vatican, and probably the best successor to the next pope, Zara Mork." Hagu Road.

Cage's eyes widened slightly.

"Such characters are all their people?" Cage said in some surprise.

"Or rather, he should be the head of the Nightmare Order." Hei Lang muttered softly.

Hagu lowered his voice and said, "What are we going to do?" ”

"They have been searching for this treasure for nearly a hundred years, but this order will definitely not exist to find this treasure.

After finding this treasure, they should have the rest of their purpose in the next stage.

But the purpose may not be very friendly.

We've seen too many of them do anything to achieve their own ends along the way. Hei Lang said with a deep gaze.

"Our purpose is not to find treasures, but to prevent them from finding them.

There are more people on the other side than we are, and our purposes do not have to conflict with them. ”

"You mean sneak in and steal the key?" Hagu said.

"That's what we're good at, isn't it?"

Hagu nodded.

"Don't have too many people." Heilang whispered, "You wait here, I'll sneak in, and if I fail, you will come back to my aid." ”

Heilang's arrangement made sense, so the Assassins nodded approvingly.

Of all the Assassins, the one with the strongest stealth ability was undoubtedly Heilang, especially since he had the only assassin with the Breath Concealment Charm.

Hei Lang lowered his body and hid in the grass towards the camp in the distance, and as he hid the crowd, he turned on his eagle eye.

All the information around him began to appear in his eyes.

All the members of the Nightmare Order were marked red in his eyes, and in these tents, he saw a silhouette that shone gold, and judging by the figure, it was supposed to be a woman.

There is no doubt that it should be Heilang's sister, Huasha.

Heilang's breathing was a little stagnant, it was the first time he had been so close to his sister after all the years he had been investigating.

That is his only relative in this world.

However, as a professional Assassin, he quickly regained his breath.

He knew that he hadn't just come today to take her.

If he just took her, then there would be another family suffering the same as him.

He still needs to take the key.

His eyes searched around and soon found the location of the key.

On the cliff, on the waist of the head of the Order named Zara, the outline of the golden key was incomparably clear in the dark night.

Hei Lang frowned deeply.

Things seemed to be more troublesome than he had imagined.

(End of chapter)