The Journey of the Demon Hunter

"She plans to go to Italy with me." Ezio patted Zelin on the shoulder. "We set off, before the news of Ahmed's failure here reaches Manuel's ears, if he runs away with the keys, our actions in Constantinople during this period will be wasted. ."

The Templars first found a key, and they learned of the existence of the library. The five key discs must be collected to open Altaïr's library. Thanks to this design, otherwise the Templars might have opened the library and found the secrets inside before the assassins had noticed anything.

Ezio walked towards the ship waiting for them, and Zelin looked back at the magnificent Constantinople. The city left him with a deeper impression than Rome. The Gypsies, Ottomans, Greeks, Serbs, Italians, Seljuk Turks, or Persians from the east, the crossroads of the world. Mouth, here you can see peculiar things and customs from all over the world, from expensive spices to exquisite works of art, or unique but beautiful costumes. He remembered seeing a sentence written on a nautical map in Pirie Reis's studio last night.

The world itself is a rug interwoven with various colors and patterns, and wise people will be pleased with this, rather than trying to tear it down.

Perhaps this is more suitable for his world, humans, dwarves, elves, earth spirits, goblins, halflings, merfolk, tree spirits, dragons, trolls, and various races, even imperials, Northerners, deserters, and islanders may have more things they don't know, just like the great geographic discovery that this world is experiencing, and maybe one day they will discover a larger new continent and new races on it.

Zelin sighed and shook his head. Then he wiped his forehead, facing the rising sun, raised his head towards the ship.

He believes that everything will have a better result, instead of being here alone and meaninglessly worrying.

On the side of the ship's deck, Admiral Piri leaned on the side of the ship, and a gold coin was thrown up from his hand, and then fell back into the palm of his hand. "Prince Suleiman thinks it's best for me to personally ship you. What happened last night caused martial law at the pier, and other people can't take you out quietly."

"Thank you."

Ezio and Pirie shook hands, and Zelin raised his hand to indicate to him. The demon hunter could feel the old admiral's sight staying on him for a few more seconds, especially his strange eyes. He didn't wear the hood of the cloak, because in the shadow of the hood, the bright golden eyes would be more eye-catching.

"And you, friend." Pi Li stretched out his hand to Zelin, the demon hunter held this rough big hand, he used a little force, and the old admiral grinned. "Prince Suleiman knows about your deeds last night. His Royal Highness spoke highly of you. I heard that you didn't join the Brotherhood?"

"He is my friend."

Piri turned his gaze to Ezio, and the Assassin Tutor waved his hand. "We were friends in Rome five years ago. He came to Constantinople this time to help my sister deliver a letter, but the Byzantines took away his employer's goods."

Zelin nodded, indicating that Ezio was right.

"Let's go. The longer the time, the higher the possibility of change. I like to solve the top priorities before thinking about other things."

"I agree with this too."

Pirie waved to the sailors behind him. With a shout, the sailors began to put away the boarding planks, hoisted the anchors, and opened half sails to prepare to leave the port. As Pirie said, no customs officer came to inspect the sailing ship leaving the port. Some captain questioned why the ship was exempt from inspection, but soon he was frightened and shut his mouth.

The decoration in the captain’s room was simple and ordinary. A chart was spread out on the table fixed to the floor. Piri Reis walked around the table to the back of the desk, holding the table with both hands, and took the pen on the chart. Marked a point.

"According to the map provided by Tariq, we will probably sail for a day to get to Cardopasia." Pirie raised his head, Zelin was still on the deck, he looked at Ezio. "If such a big thing happens in the city, the Sudanese army in Tariq will leave one day later. Tomorrow evening, the Sudanese army's fleet will surround the town. They will cause a lot of shock. If you take the key to the Altaïr library unconsciously, you must do it before. It would be better if you could kill Manuel II before the attack."

"I won't be merciful to his men." Ezio shook his head and stared down at the place marked as Cardopacia.

"That friend of yours, is he reliable?"

"When the Roman Brotherhood was in the most crisis and almost collapsed, he stood on our side rather than the Poggia family. He may like gold very much, and sometimes he may feel that he doesn't care about everything. , But he is not someone who can be bought with money and rights, I am sure of this."

"Then I trust your gaze. Only when the storm begins can you know if the ship's ropes are tied tight, and if these masts have been bitten by insects." Pi Li stroked his beard. "I can't send you directly to Cardopasiya. The goal of this ship is too big. You have to walk over land, but when you evacuate, I will drive the ship outside the town to meet you."

"No problem."

Outside, Zelin was leaning against the deck, the salty and wet sea breeze came on, and the sky was cloudless. From time to time, you could see the floating sailing boats and the huge cargo ships preparing to enter the port on the sea. Several fishing boats were rewinding their nets. The fishermen have a good catch. The demon hunter narrowed his eyes slightly, and his eyes were dry as the wind blows. But his thoughts have drifted to other places.

When Ahmed had been defeated in their hands, he did not think that Manuel II had the strength to block their surprise attack. But he still doesn’t know why the Byzantines stole the statue. Since the statue is not in Topkapi Palace, it has nothing to do with Ahmed, otherwise he will put important things by his side instead of handing it over. Manuel II, who looks close to himself, is preserved. This was obviously not the unintentional act of a certain Templar. What they wanted to rob was valuable things, not statues that couldn't see any value. Ezio speculated that this was probably found in the underground labyrinth of Topkapi Palace along with the key to the Masyaf Library.

The journey at sea was a bit boring. Zelin just sat on the side of the ship, looking at the sea, subconsciously wiping his weapons, and repairing his wrist armor with repair tools.

Until the evening sunset, when the setting sun dyed the sea a dark red, a black shadow appeared on the sea level in the distance. The sailor on the mast shouted loudly. "The land ahead is land, we are about to dock!"

This sound was like a basin of cold water in the winter, which made Zelin, who was drowsy under the action of the sea breeze and the sun, aroused, and suddenly came to his senses.

"Did you sleep?"

"Ezio? No, no, I just rested for a while." Zelin rubbed his eyes and yawned. "A little tired, maybe because I haven't slept well for several days. Didn't we go directly to the pier over there?"

"We are going to go around on land." Ezio walked to Zelin, looking at the coast that was getting closer and closer. A towering mountain range lay in front of him. At the foot of the mountain was a small fishing village. There was no trace of the army stationed here. . "You have to be psychologically prepared, Tariq told me that according to the information he got, that city may be different from what you have seen before."

Zelin thought about the city he had seen or was as magnificent as Yanorlund, or the fortress in the mountain like the home of the elves under the lone mountain, so he shrugged, "Don't worry, I think I still have a lot of knowledge."

Chapter 1303 Bird's Eye View of Grottoes

Everything in the unnamed village seemed so ordinary, Ezio put on a gray windbreaker with a Byzantine style, and Zelin was still dressed like a mercenary. The villagers gave short gazes to the strangers who appeared in their villages, and it didn't take long for them to lose interest. This fishing village is built on the hillside, with a natural stone slab stepping up. Going up the mountain along this trail, oncoming is a cave fixed by a mine support. From the outside, there is nothing special about this cave, and it is not large enough to allow five adults to pass side by side.

Zelin looked at this cave, which reminded him of the caves in his own world where the villagers used to store food for the whole village. In summer, the cool cave can ensure that the food that needs to be stored will not rot so quickly, while in winter the cave is It can avoid the loss caused by the collapse of the warehouse due to the accumulation of snow.

A villager appeared behind him, and Zelin realized that he was in the way of others. He quickly stepped away, and the villagers mumbled and walked into the cave.

There was something wrong with this village. The villagers were lifeless, as if they were not interested in anything. It was as if he was a man who had been tired for a day, and he just wanted to sleep in bed after returning home, feeling groggy. Everyone was bent over, their heads downcast, and there was no expression of joy on their faces, even if there were fishing boats on the shore full of a whole boat of catch. It seems that everyone is overwhelmed by the heavy life.

"Cadopasia is here." Ezio looked at the villages scattered on the hillside. The construction of the villages was scattered. There were several low-rise houses with a woman standing in front of the house, combing. The dried fur and fish were laid out on a large piece of cloth, ready to be dried and made into fish fillets. There was a fishy smell in the air, which reminded Zelin some bad memories. "Tariq said that there should be a city here. He had sent a spy before, and the leader was a Turkish woman named Dilara. How did Manuel hide an army here? Is it possible that there is peace here? A catacomb the size of Rome?"

The place where they stood was the best viewing point, and the scene at the foot of the mountain was unobstructed in their eyes. Another villager walked past them and walked into the cave. This time, the villagers did not even look up at the two people looking around on the side of the road. They thought they would encounter tight defenses, or a place similar to the Templar Guard Zone in the city, but in fact, not only is this place unremarkable, there is not even a Byzantine soldier.

But this is normal. Otherwise, in a place only half a day away by boat from Constantinople, a city is divided by the rebels, but the people in the capital are indifferent, which makes people suspicious.

"Can you reach that Dilara?"

"If there is no accident, Dilara should have met me in this fishing village." Ezio frowned slightly. "I didn't see her, I was worried if she was in trouble."

Ze Lin took a deep breath and looked at the strange fishing village in many places, which was normal in all aspects with his hips akimbo. Suddenly, he turned around and looked at the cave at the end of the hillside that he thought was the storage area of ​​the village.

"Wait, how many people have entered this cave?"

The reason why they didn't get close to the cave was because outsiders appeared in the storage area of ​​the village, and they would inevitably be suspected of stealing, and they didn't want to attract extra attention. But now, Zelin suddenly discovered that when they were exploring the village, more than a hundred people had entered and exited the cave, and this small fishing boat with only more than a dozen rough houses obviously couldn't accommodate that much population. This is not an important transportation or an important village and town, and it is impossible for there to be so many outsiders.

Zelin and Ezio looked at each other, Ezio walked directly toward the cave, while the demon hunter stood in place, squinting his eyes slightly, looking at the surrounding environment.

After a while, he heard the whistle behind.

Ezio stood in front of the cave, nodded slightly at him, then turned around and disappeared into the cave again.

The demon hunter stepped on the stone slab ascending step by step and walked towards the cave. A villager just walked out of it. He and Zelin passed by, but he kept his head down and did not show up to a man carrying a sword. Have any questions. The inside of the cave was bright with fire, and two torches were hung on both sides of the wall every five steps. The cave turned a bend in it, and Zelin almost thought that this was a mine that led to the underground. After walking about 20 meters, the tunnel came to an end, and a man-made wooden door separated the tunnel from the inside of the mountain range. This made Zelin thought that when he was in Skyrim, he would make a wooden door in front of the cave to keep out the wind and rain.

Passing through the wooden door, the demon hunter understood why Tariq’s spies would report that the city was a strange place.

Suddenly, Zelin suspected that the interior of this mountain might be a natural void. The entire mountain is a city. The city relies on a towering stone pillar in the middle. The stone pillar is located in the mountain city like a tent. In the middle, sunlight flows in through the gap at the top. With the help of torches that can be seen everywhere in the city, although the light here is dim like the evening, it can still be seen clearly by Zelin, and it looks like a city in Cadopacia. .

"It's unbelievable." Zelin knew that there is no magic in this world. There is only one explanation for this hidden city-such a huge internal space is completely formed by nature. He was in a daze thinking that he was standing in the mountain fortress of the dwarves, but the pedestrians walking around and the bustling people on the street below indicated that this is a human city, which they built with their hands in this natural giant cave. City.

"Beware of the guards." Ezio reminded in a low voice. Two Byzantine soldiers patrolling not far away were approaching here. They immediately looked like ordinary residents, following the steps hewn in the rock towards the city below. Go. The cave is a square depression. Although it is in a mountain range, the ground of the city is unexpectedly flat, and there is not much difference in height.

"Hidden underground, I don't think any savvy spy can think of this." Zelin looked around. He visually estimated that the number of residents here is about two thousand, which is about the size of Livia City. Due to environmental constraints, there are only low bungalows within sight, but this is enough to make people surprised. Manuel II not only hid an army here, but also hid a city.

"That's a good bird's-eye view." Ezio pointed to the top of the central stone pillar, which was surrounded by a circle of scaffolding, and there was exactly a triangular protrusion at the top. "I'll go over there to investigate."

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Chapter 1,304, Cardopacia

If the location of the city can be omitted, Cappadocia is no different from other places.