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Chapter Three347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡab9ft9bDlM
“The Five Fingers of Hervies”
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Five of the most dedicated enforcers are marching across Brosse, they are the347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCmBidBOyu
elite force of the Human Kingdom and for years they have unrelentingly347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9QnI241gk
served its interests or what their king deems those to be. This most special of347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnx00gRCwpn
all task units were formed as soon as the, back then, noticeably young King Hervies347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUXUft2yAa
first took the throne.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3GfSBClmY
It was one of his very first acts as a sovereign, the creation of this Hervies Hand.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGulzEBJ3v
The young king wanted from the very start to secure all sorts of advantages possible347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaP4VQPp70Q
to him. Not many ever questioned its purpose as it was always somewhat guessed by347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwukGZFnZGP
all. Hervies had always been fascinated by anything Centra even as a young prince, and347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡud6GhZuTnm
so when the time came to finally bury his father and take the reins of the kingdom for347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVT78PGhHf
himself, most people already had a very good idea of the direction things were about347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCUakDBGz5
to take. Sparing no cost or effort he hastily spread all the Human resources over the347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGDnLi13V7
known charts, even more so than any of his predecessors. He quickly revealed a Centra347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhzbhv3Tvi
obsession far greater than any other before him, with even larger amounts of capital347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EPOKZZcWx
being invested in digs and all sorts of research.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsAm2hkn3Z
So, in the first few years under his rule, Human civilization had discovered more347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbUwHSXtKU
and advanced further than under any other ruler but it would not end just there.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNhv3rzvWD
As soon as he took the throne, he initiated what would later be named the Hervies347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6p9zgcf3Bs
Hand. It was one of his pet projects, one that he would in the end so proudly bestow347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXq5oCnK2Z1
upon his own name; a special project to achieve what was to some to be unthinkable.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJG2KGMb0PG
The creation of a special unit to go where no other could and reach what anyone else347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4xCt1U5TZ
would be afraid of, both horizontally and vertically. To reach into the far edges of the347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ySJuv2GqD
unknown charts if need be, where even the mighty Nharkim and their machinery347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubEN7PuKOE
dare not venture or if their king wills it deep into the roots of the underground worlds347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrGEg8Ujdj
where even the Twinkledinnes are afraid to set foot.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mHPrYaaIu
And to achieve all of that, they had to be carefully chosen and overwhelmingly347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsy1s5FbQ3
prepared, not only physically but mentally as well. They ought to be able to beat the347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsi02T4goOS
best combatants and teach some of the best scholars. They should be able to stand347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQ9CEiRYHh
against all conceivable threats and understand all possible scenarios and so, with this347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEnL9kkUPX
in mind, King Hervies charged all of his best instructors in all sorts of fields to go out347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwjKupEiAL
there and find these soon to be chosen elite.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxim49rA3IZ
Each of the five warlords, soldiers of great worth, famous across the land since the347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ005s5WqoAr
times of the young king’s father, were charged to travel the world and find, recruit and347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1KuktZIzD
train, one worthy of the task. They were specifically instructed to disregard sex or race,347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBg5DfL1Yv
even age or the original will to join or the lack of, of those they would deem suitable,347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnGxLfIBPl
and so they did. Who knows how far they travelled till finally each one of the five had347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZtLHFHwlc
an apprentice under its wing, and what these forced their newfound chosen to face in347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuzdnAe7Rw
the year that was given to them to accomplish this?347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyea2zm1dB3
Adventures, all worthy of their telling no doubt.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7R0fBZAubd
One year finally came to pass and all five finally made their return to the capital347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MjxvtSU8m
and, as they knelt before the throne and crown, they revealed to their king the fruits347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPdWWZ0YNS
of their efforts. These five younglings were presented, the very first, thus beginning in347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUSNfym7Nx
this manner the five-warrior tradition.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJqDBfa1I1
Five to be specialists, one for each finger of a human hand, someone amongst the347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePfz9OkWtr
royal court pointed out.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZ92iBoZAT
And so, with that in mind, it wasn’t hard for Hervies to finally name the group347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4mmYipQeN
accordingly and for the last ten years, they have served him successfully.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBywuHkCYm
Always five they are, no matter the weather, with only very few replacements ever347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6R7XSaEorh
taking place during all this time.
