Recruitment of new assassins

Carters POV

4 weeks have passed since I became an assassin, Sophia was happy that she learned to use a weapon effectively, it was not uncommon for Noble women to learn the use of arms but they need to defend them selves from robbers and bandits while they are traveling with their husbands.

It was 10 o'clock in the morning and I just made a successful attempt to take back one of our dens captured by the Templar's, after I captured the den I set up defenses against a Templar attack, the Templar's came in hard and fast, it was successfully repelled but the casualties weren't good for us as well, I went up to a fellow assassin who fought with me was inspecting the den with 2 of his team mates.

"We have got them on the run Jonathan."

"I know but we lost many men fighting and this is no good."

"I know, so many death this conflict, but have your nobles ever recruited any men for wars and the crusades?"

"I have a small experience in it but I can do it, but isn't jobs suppose to be inherited?"

"Usually it is inherited and family given, but on rare occasions we sometimes recruit new assassins like Louise did with you, let's try to put up our charm on these poor peasant, they can be from any where, either from England, Spain, Byzantium, the Holly Roman Empire, the holly-lands, Norway, and the Muslim lands, so sometimes we travel at every place we can go and recruit new assassins from every place we go."

"So we actually recruit people from other places as well?"

"Technically yes, but these recruits can be your own team if you want to, but they have to 6 of them"

"All right I will."

And so I decided to start my travel to the countries, it feels like I'm going on a crusade of my own so I started to go to England, they were known for their archery skills so probably I will come to an 1st class archer my self. I started at the port village, as I came to a cage I noticed a young man beckoning me to come to him, I don't know what he want but there is guilt in his eyes, he looks fit for a criminal but young and even with his age they are more fit than any other man.

"Excuse me sir I happened to steal a piece of bread to merchant that I admit was wrong, but can you find the officer who has the key key to this cage and I will reward you."

"Wait here."

"Obviously."

I went on searching for the officer, after a few minutes I came up to an officer and he held the keys to the cage that the man is, as I got close to him I snatched the keys and went on the roof tops, I was lucky not to get seen by him, but I need to give get the man in the cage free. Minutes pass by and I arrived at the cage and set him free.

"Thank you sir now I will go to the man I robbed and and give him an apology."

"You are an honest man and you want to be more honest, to be an honest man he needs honest work so why don't you join the assassins we could use a man like you, you have some skill with a bow is that right?"

"That I have, my grand father was an archer in the army of Duke William of Normandy when he conquered England, I was taught by my father when I was a child, though I have nothing to repay you with so I will join your cause."

"Good, once your done meet me at port, I'm leaving for Norway."

"Yes sir."

And so he left, he went of to to man he robbed and will give him an apology. Hours came by and he came back with his longbow and quiver of arrows, it is a strong bow and I can almost barley pull it, I taught him how to use our blades and he was a quick learner. We arrived at Norway where they are renowned for their skill will the long sword, they are the masters and the elites of the swords man, but their ancestors were fearsome pagant barbarians warriors that once brought terror through all over the continent, but now they are civilized men but still they are skill full warriors.

I was walking in the village until I found a ring of men around and there was a public fight that was probably meant for money, and they were using blunt swords that are probably made of whale bone, but the bulkiest man was an expert and he seems to makes his opponents look like a beginner, I suddenly got a very crazy idea, I went to the ring and joined the fight but as I got in he started to shout silly remarks.

"Well my man you think that you would take me down huh? or are you just a coward like every one else?"

"I am a skilled warrior and your ancestor are a bunch of drunks that are easy be swept."\

"(Angry) Why you no good son of a- your going down."

His anger was enough to get me to get him, but as he got to me he started to hack at me with fast and hard blows, his skill was better than those of the knights so I have to change tactics, so wait till he tires and after an hour I started to go at him and he was easily taken down, but as I got him down he surrendered, as I pulled him up he was more gentle.

"You were a good opponent sir, most of the opponents I took are good swords men but I better than most."

"Then why don't you use these skills for better use, fight for a cause instead of money we could use a swords man like you, you will find find it more interesting than this."

"Uh that seems like an excellent offer, but if you insist I accept cause after all this seems to be getting boring after all, but let me get my sons, they are looking for work and he will join you as well as I will."

3 weeks passed and we arrived in Genoa, the city is more advanced than any other city I have seen, the reason why I came here is because the Genoies are the best crossbowmen in the world using the most powerful crossbows and are fast with them, they are great shots and extremely fast, as I got to the city I saw peasant yelling at some men armed with swords and pikes and he was only armed with a crossbow and he was on top of a building, the men-at-arms were holding 3 hostages, 2 very young girls and and woman, and the man was telling them to let go of his wife and daughters, the only thing that I had to was I charged at the men and I started to fight them, as I got to them I started killing them men back and forth until they were all dead, then the man came down and I believed that he has come down to thank me.

"Thank you my lord, I don't know how I could repay you, my family lost every thing, these men have tear down my shop to the ground."

"You could rebuild your lives why not join the assassins, fight for an honorable cause mon ami not just your life."

"If I could help other as you have helped me most certainly will."

So he joined me along with his family, and we sailed to Constantinople the capitol of the Byzantine empire and the cross roads of the world, the connection between the mysterious east and west, but the empire is now weakening because of the wars that going on with the Persians and Muslims, but it its a beautiful city and their are so many wonders to see, I don't know how a city will look so beautiful and advanced than any other place, but I am not here to go for a tourist sight seeing I am here to recruit new assassins, the man who I found is a former chariot racer and he has skill with the daggers.

Journey after journey, men after men I finally recruited about 54 assassins , 23 of them were part of a caravan that were trading, and they were abused lowly paid and often raided by bandits, they were working men with families, the rest are just men looking for work with families.

After my long journey I went home and I can finally rest at home but first Louise came to me, he must have heard of my success with my recruitment cause he was smiling with pride.

"You have done well carter, you recruited more men than I did, I can't believe that you did so good."

"Thank you but now I must rest."

As I came to my chambers and switched to my sleeping cloths, as I collapsed with exhaustion Sophia came in wearing her night gown that she uses for sleeping, she came to bed and lay down next to me and got her hands to my cheeks.

"I have heard what you did over the past few weeks and I missed you so much."

"It was tiring journey but at leased I'm home now."

She started to kiss me and I responded to her, she is so frisky now and so am I, so we started to make love very hard, as she started to throw the covers over us and we are now together with each other again