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Chapter Three406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iJPrGfceQ
“The Five Fingers of Hervies”
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Five of the most dedicated enforcers are marching across Brosse, they are the406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7gvJI8x4E
elite force of the Human Kingdom and for years they have unrelentingly406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWBdl03Mxb
served its interests or what their king deems those to be. This most special of406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjKjKGGpuX
all task units were formed as soon as the, back then, noticeably young King Hervies406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQfibOTsd4
first took the throne.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuluQXL6r8
It was one of his very first acts as a sovereign, the creation of this Hervies Hand.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9ihzkcCCB
The young king wanted from the very start to secure all sorts of advantages possible406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguOmzTdMUJ
to him. Not many ever questioned its purpose as it was always somewhat guessed by406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPo7Way71w
all. Hervies had always been fascinated by anything Centra even as a young prince, and406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiTgYJROBY
so when the time came to finally bury his father and take the reins of the kingdom for406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ84JjXCR8O
himself, most people already had a very good idea of the direction things were about406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaUbTOu1oG
to take. Sparing no cost or effort he hastily spread all the Human resources over the406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IUkIf9FTB
known charts, even more so than any of his predecessors. He quickly revealed a Centra406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmq7aFt1sep
obsession far greater than any other before him, with even larger amounts of capital406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mH3SwssQE
being invested in digs and all sorts of research.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UXGnvLbGY
So, in the first few years under his rule, Human civilization had discovered more406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAes77xc00
and advanced further than under any other ruler but it would not end just there.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFC26fiEhHp
As soon as he took the throne, he initiated what would later be named the Hervies406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesBt1goTm6
Hand. It was one of his pet projects, one that he would in the end so proudly bestow406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMa9BEMIAF
upon his own name; a special project to achieve what was to some to be unthinkable.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6T8eUls38
The creation of a special unit to go where no other could and reach what anyone else406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRAheJzXyh
would be afraid of, both horizontally and vertically. To reach into the far edges of the406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAz642VeWB
unknown charts if need be, where even the mighty Nharkim and their machinery406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwdiKfkFCS
dare not venture or if their king wills it deep into the roots of the underground worlds406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQL1FSrvIE8
where even the Twinkledinnes are afraid to set foot.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mk18mkoqU
And to achieve all of that, they had to be carefully chosen and overwhelmingly406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5dUedTUzb
prepared, not only physically but mentally as well. They ought to be able to beat the406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5WNUqUjAr
best combatants and teach some of the best scholars. They should be able to stand406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xj6KUZBhk
against all conceivable threats and understand all possible scenarios and so, with this406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaXs3wGbzh
in mind, King Hervies charged all of his best instructors in all sorts of fields to go out406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVhNOgpw6X
there and find these soon to be chosen elite.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tlGloGNkk
Each of the five warlords, soldiers of great worth, famous across the land since the406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9YFhb4qWT
times of the young king’s father, were charged to travel the world and find, recruit and406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtYEhT274n
train, one worthy of the task. They were specifically instructed to disregard sex or race,406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYSj4OxqtP
even age or the original will to join or the lack of, of those they would deem suitable,406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJ8aFfwMQq
and so they did. Who knows how far they travelled till finally each one of the five had406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphoOYSHuSP
an apprentice under its wing, and what these forced their newfound chosen to face in406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUW048RaYe
the year that was given to them to accomplish this?406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfyayuJ18C
Adventures, all worthy of their telling no doubt.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktO4k2KIcz
One year finally came to pass and all five finally made their return to the capital406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zpHPEENgr
and, as they knelt before the throne and crown, they revealed to their king the fruits406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoviS9gr0h
of their efforts. These five younglings were presented, the very first, thus beginning in406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDHH1jEurE
this manner the five-warrior tradition.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBLfQUP9qK
Five to be specialists, one for each finger of a human hand, someone amongst the406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3CktgtOEd
royal court pointed out.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqK1DX8OqPY
And so, with that in mind, it wasn’t hard for Hervies to finally name the group406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8JdLwavcp
accordingly and for the last ten years, they have served him successfully.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiInnO3DKCh
Always five they are, no matter the weather, with only very few replacements ever406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnLXhryAqC
taking place during all this time.
