Chapter 31 The shadow of the religion of order
The timeline of Assassin's Creed Odyssey is in the 5th century BC, in which even the predecessors of Assassins and the Templars, the Invisible and the Ancient Orders, have not yet appeared.
However, the battle between order and chaos runs through the entire Assassin's Creed series' worldview.
Even though the ancient order preservationists were far from formally established, the organizations that were founders of order have long appeared.
They are the largest mastermind behind the Order Cult, Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
This secret sect named order pursues extreme order and control, which is in line with the ideas of the ancient Order and the Knights Templar.
As the opposite of order, the Chaos Force did not appear directly in the territory of ancient Greece.
It may be that the climate has not yet formed, or it may be that it has long been defeated by the powerful Order God Cult.
In the original Odyssey, it was the legendary mercenary who took on the mission of destroying the Order God Cult, known as the Hawk Trainer.
But the reason why Cassandra was hostile to the Church of Order was not for justice and justice, and it was not entirely true.
The main reason why she tried to destroy the Order God was that this secret organization threatened her mother and cultivated her blood brother into a murder tool to obey the instructions of the God God.
Since the Hawk Trainer will sooner or later come into contact with the Order God Cult, Xin Sheng simply uses this opportunity to guide Kassandra to meet them... It just so happens that he can attract some attention.
The ships needed for Xinsheng off the island were seized in the Kriptos Bay in southeastern Kefalonia, and the captain and crew were also captured by the one-eyed man.
The captain of Adristiya was very pious to the faith of the gods and was very loyal to people.
As long as Xin Sheng rescues the captain and crew from the one-eyed man, there should be a high probability that he will get his reward.
Xin Sheng did not force the other party to accept his head and bowed his ship to him. That was a special treatment that Feng Ao genius like Kassandra had.
But it was just asking the captain to send him a ride, and it should be no problem to leave Kefalonia and go to the Greek inland.
But before that, Cassandra should have to spend some time dealing with the bullshits between her and Marcos.
Xin Sheng plans to take advantage of this time to go out to sea to Isaki Island opposite Kefalonia Island, search for the holy wraps of Penelope and determine its ingredients.
After separating from Kassandra and Natiya, Xin Sheng returned to Sami Town along the original route and borrowed a small boat for fishing from the enthusiastic fisherman who returned from the fishing.
Xin Sheng had been on a boat before, but this was the first time he rowed himself.
Under the guidance of the fisherman, he clumsily controlled the paddle and rowed. After adapting for a while, he learned how to control the boat and move forward according to his own wishes.
Isaki Island is very close to Kefalonia Island, and there are no strong winds and waves between the two islands.
If the body is strong enough and the water is good enough, you can even swim by it.
Xin Sheng is not a landslide, but he is definitely not very good at living in the city. The option of swimming is first ruled out.
According to the method taught by the fisherman, Xin Sheng stopped the oars at a distance of dozens of meters away from the beach of Isaki Island, and allowed the inertia and waves to send the boat to the shore.
Tied the boat on the trees, and Xin Sheng stepped on the white beach to move towards the island.
The Isaki Kingdom, which Odysseus once ruled, had long been destroyed under the erosion of time. Only some of the ruins of the Isaki Palace were left on the island. The originally majestic palace complex had long been dilapidated.
Xin Sheng, who was prepared in his heart, found the traces of robbers on the island without any surprise. They searched and dug around the ruins of the palace, as if they were looking for something.
There were many corpses of simple-dressed villagers lying around the ruins, and they should have been killed by these robbers.
Xin Sheng couldn't help frowning when he saw this scene.
'robber……'
Isaki Island has been abandoned for centuries and this island has always been rarely visited.
These robbers obviously did not come spontaneously, but were ordered to find something at the Palace of Odysseus.
Using the dense bushes on the island to hide traces, Xin Sheng held the hunting bow in his hand and began to move silently.
This time he was not facing the Night Demon with outstanding physical fitness but slightly lower intelligence, but a living human being like him.
Xin Sheng had never killed anyone before. When he aimed the arrow at the head of a robber who was dozing off fish, his movements paused slightly, and his expression seemed a little hesitant.
‘Do you really have to start? Once you have a bow, there will be no turning back.’
There is only a difference between zero and countless times of killing. Once you pass this threshold, it will be difficult to look back in the future.
'call……'
Xin Sheng lowered his frequency and took deep breaths, and hypnotized himself, saying in his mind, "These robbers are evil bad guys. Killing them can save more innocent lives in disguise."
"Swoosh!"
“Uh~”
The arrows flying out of the bushes accurately shot through the neck of the slaughter bandit.
The robber whose trachea was blocked could not make any sound and fell to the ground in pain to welcome death.
In many film and television dramas, the protagonist's bow and arrow always shoots his head.
But in fact, the human skull is very hard and it is not so easy to be shot through.
The heart is also protected by the ribs of the chest cavity. If the arrows are strong enough, it is not impossible to penetrate the relatively fragile ribs and the center of the life, but it is not that easy to kill one arrow.
In contrast, the cervical artery and trachea do not have much protection, and Xin Sheng has always liked to choose this part to snipe.
Because of his previous experience in killing the humanoid Night Demon, Xin Sheng only adjusted his mind slightly and calmed down.
It was already dusk, and because of the dimmering light, the other robbers could not notice the companion who fell to the ground by the arrow.
This is also the goal that Xin Sheng chose after observation.
The robber's location was just in the blind spot of other companions' sight. If no one came over specifically, it would be impossible to find the body.
The terrain of the ruins of the Odysseus Palace is relatively complex and has many covers. It is difficult to kill all enemies by relying entirely on bows and arrows.
This is the limitation that most ranged weapons have, and they have high requirements for vision. Once they enter this environment with too much occlusion, the role that the bow and arrow can play will be greatly reduced.
"Swoosh!Swoosh!"
Xin Sheng shot several robbers patrolling the periphery one by one. Most of these unlucky guys stood on very eye-catching high places and flat ground without bunkers, like a group of living targets.
Through communication with Daedalus, Xin Sheng learned that there were 29 robbers in the Odysseus palace.
Among them, 12 people were shot and killed by Xin Sheng one after another, and the remaining 17 people were distributed in every corner of the ruins, and they could not be captured from the outside.
‘There’s no way, just sneak in.’
"Rhubarb, you stay outside."
"Woo!"
It is not convenient to sneak into a camp where humans gather to assassinate with a hunting dog, and the animal smell on the body of Dahuang may be exposed.
Pull out the hunting knife from the scabbard on the outside of the thigh, Xin Sheng temporarily left the hunting dog outside the ruins, quietly approaching the inside of the palace through the cleaned area, and dragged the more eye-catching corpses into the shadow along the way.
Xin Sheng does not have any skills related to the assassin. His infiltration method is very bad, but it is barely enough to deal with this group of low-alert robbers.
Robbers are not soldiers and do not have such high obedience and discipline.
In places where the leader could not see, most of the robbers did not work very actively, but instead squatted in the corner to fish and rest, chatting and spanking in groups of three or two.
"Hehe! Hehe!"
Avoiding the ribs from behind, stabbing the hunting knife into the enemy's heart. Xin Sheng covered the other party's mouth with his left hand to prevent him from making a sound during his struggle before his death.
The blood sprayed onto the handle of the knife gradually became sticky, and Xin Sheng could clearly feel the smoothness when holding the knife.
Throwing off the blood from the knife, Xin Sheng calmly continued to move forward.
‘The fifth one, there are 12 left.’
The lonely enemy was executed one by one by Xin Sheng using his poor infiltration assassination technique, and the remaining 12 people were each in groups.
One of them was wearing simple leather armor and was surrounded by four people, suspected to be the leader.
"Dig quickly!"
The robber leader pointed at his feet excitedly: "The target must be here!"
"This time the employer made a lot of money to complete the business, and we have received enough Dracma for a long time."
"Everyone cheer me up!"
"oh!"
When he arrived here, it was no longer realistic to think of silent assassination. Xin Sheng retracted his hunting knife and took out the bow and arrow, moved his fingers and prepared to enter rapid fire mode.
Chapter completed!