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Chapter Three408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7lbUsd16c
“The Five Fingers of Hervies”
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Five of the most dedicated enforcers are marching across Brosse, they are the408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2h8UrUopl
elite force of the Human Kingdom and for years they have unrelentingly408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFpPD7RXoM
served its interests or what their king deems those to be. This most special of408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4J1d1fvEfu
all task units were formed as soon as the, back then, noticeably young King Hervies408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYqX88lDvV
first took the throne.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyZMqjwJJd
It was one of his very first acts as a sovereign, the creation of this Hervies Hand.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZkQ8ch7v3
The young king wanted from the very start to secure all sorts of advantages possible408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXftG2uO6rG
to him. Not many ever questioned its purpose as it was always somewhat guessed by408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNe21IUMkl9
all. Hervies had always been fascinated by anything Centra even as a young prince, and408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfFmpKnRNF
so when the time came to finally bury his father and take the reins of the kingdom for408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9G6cvK36Tj
himself, most people already had a very good idea of the direction things were about408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyu08mKaFi
to take. Sparing no cost or effort he hastily spread all the Human resources over the408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7ffA9FQPY
known charts, even more so than any of his predecessors. He quickly revealed a Centra408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgURLEzIiBE
obsession far greater than any other before him, with even larger amounts of capital408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtoE8NLdgf
being invested in digs and all sorts of research.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbv71OL8pvP
So, in the first few years under his rule, Human civilization had discovered more408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0VUSl5jw7
and advanced further than under any other ruler but it would not end just there.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBu2Onmr0n
As soon as he took the throne, he initiated what would later be named the Hervies408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TyPagd67s
Hand. It was one of his pet projects, one that he would in the end so proudly bestow408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkuWX8fqcv
upon his own name; a special project to achieve what was to some to be unthinkable.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV62rOtqh86
The creation of a special unit to go where no other could and reach what anyone else408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphdkdDWeLt
would be afraid of, both horizontally and vertically. To reach into the far edges of the408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGMzu3ugnB
unknown charts if need be, where even the mighty Nharkim and their machinery408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpQRi16Wh5
dare not venture or if their king wills it deep into the roots of the underground worlds408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwg6Egah9po
where even the Twinkledinnes are afraid to set foot.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ByUWxUtSU
And to achieve all of that, they had to be carefully chosen and overwhelmingly408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSltjk4uIck
prepared, not only physically but mentally as well. They ought to be able to beat the408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPQW5vuLUn
best combatants and teach some of the best scholars. They should be able to stand408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdN0FXZgoo
against all conceivable threats and understand all possible scenarios and so, with this408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7CxI0AAYN
in mind, King Hervies charged all of his best instructors in all sorts of fields to go out408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxWl12uilm
there and find these soon to be chosen elite.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89iHnnnIeG
Each of the five warlords, soldiers of great worth, famous across the land since the408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvpk4tkW4R
times of the young king’s father, were charged to travel the world and find, recruit and408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYK7cY49CJ7
train, one worthy of the task. They were specifically instructed to disregard sex or race,408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pl7Kp5nXJ
even age or the original will to join or the lack of, of those they would deem suitable,408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAhbeZELpy
and so they did. Who knows how far they travelled till finally each one of the five had408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5fdjOY90e
an apprentice under its wing, and what these forced their newfound chosen to face in408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsKs6nYGLf
the year that was given to them to accomplish this?408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwhPGbVky0
Adventures, all worthy of their telling no doubt.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVJnsUAW0J
One year finally came to pass and all five finally made their return to the capital408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjayIgaoqA
and, as they knelt before the throne and crown, they revealed to their king the fruits408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5ulFutlnX
of their efforts. These five younglings were presented, the very first, thus beginning in408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxe6tHp3XVe
this manner the five-warrior tradition.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2t6DpQ73D
Five to be specialists, one for each finger of a human hand, someone amongst the408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mAuc3gSxN
royal court pointed out.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuedZ7c4Kq
And so, with that in mind, it wasn’t hard for Hervies to finally name the group408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRs4GfhxwjR
accordingly and for the last ten years, they have served him successfully.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCveTbu8Azd
Always five they are, no matter the weather, with only very few replacements ever408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwbEveAtcX
taking place during all this time.
