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Ac the secret crusade5/14/2023 ‘… conquered the Holy Land?’ prompted Altaïr. Once we … Once we …’ He was fading fast now. ‘A blockade by sea,’ Sibrand told him, ‘to keep the fool kings and queens from sending reinforcements. ‘Linger a while longer, then,’ pressed Altaïr, ‘and tell me of the part you were to play.’ ‘How could I, given what I know? What I’ve seen. Was it true? Sibrand had no faith? No God? ‘Have my brothers taught you nothing? I know what waits for me. ‘But you’ll be safe now,’ he said, ‘held in the arms of your God …’ ‘Of course I am,’ said Sibrand, as though addressing a dolt.Īltaïr thought back to Sibrand’s callousness before the priest. ‘Please … don’t do this,’ he said, as he folded to the deck with Altaïr’s blade in his neck. He had died as much from his own fear, though he was too stupid to know it. Sibrand was a dead man, thought Altaïr, as he crept up behind him. He waited until Sibrand’s back was turned then pulled himself on to the deck, now just a few feet away from the Grand Master of the Knights Teutonic, who was prowling the deck, shouting threats to the empty sea, hurling insults and orders at his guards, who hurried about below. He waited, clinging to the hull, hearing Sibrand’s panicked shouts from above. A promotion to whoever brings me the head of the Assassin.’Īltaïr leaped from the platform to the ship, landing with a slight thump that seemed to resonate around the area of still water. ‘On your guard, men,’ shouted Sibrand, to the lower decks.
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