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Chapter Three431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiS0Styttg
“The Five Fingers of Hervies”
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Five of the most dedicated enforcers are marching across Brosse, they are the431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0OgJniCo7
elite force of the Human Kingdom and for years they have unrelentingly431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxKtzhIP62
served its interests or what their king deems those to be. This most special of431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGFf4RngcA
all task units were formed as soon as the, back then, noticeably young King Hervies431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSlqXkcYiE
first took the throne.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBz8sAxifr
It was one of his very first acts as a sovereign, the creation of this Hervies Hand.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZqbCzNERH
The young king wanted from the very start to secure all sorts of advantages possible431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqljIv66Iv
to him. Not many ever questioned its purpose as it was always somewhat guessed by431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ta09ovFUO
all. Hervies had always been fascinated by anything Centra even as a young prince, and431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eeE21KMfV
so when the time came to finally bury his father and take the reins of the kingdom for431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9haEYugL8
himself, most people already had a very good idea of the direction things were about431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLibc3TAPc
to take. Sparing no cost or effort he hastily spread all the Human resources over the431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhd1FLvJWvm
known charts, even more so than any of his predecessors. He quickly revealed a Centra431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGRwolNmMV
obsession far greater than any other before him, with even larger amounts of capital431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4yn25KScB
being invested in digs and all sorts of research.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2Ai3jZMS0
So, in the first few years under his rule, Human civilization had discovered more431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKLuFlNNTz
and advanced further than under any other ruler but it would not end just there.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEe0rTxhhh2
As soon as he took the throne, he initiated what would later be named the Hervies431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXI8LWyMMVs
Hand. It was one of his pet projects, one that he would in the end so proudly bestow431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDi7wQcsJz5
upon his own name; a special project to achieve what was to some to be unthinkable.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckuicz1nvc
The creation of a special unit to go where no other could and reach what anyone else431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2BPlC1HH1
would be afraid of, both horizontally and vertically. To reach into the far edges of the431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjzi7rcXcx
unknown charts if need be, where even the mighty Nharkim and their machinery431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAEKTAxODT
dare not venture or if their king wills it deep into the roots of the underground worlds431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZ2T1vYSCD
where even the Twinkledinnes are afraid to set foot.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthZPKIiBwI
And to achieve all of that, they had to be carefully chosen and overwhelmingly431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWf7vrTkJES
prepared, not only physically but mentally as well. They ought to be able to beat the431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLrwGbdoSM
best combatants and teach some of the best scholars. They should be able to stand431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmw1O39uwu
against all conceivable threats and understand all possible scenarios and so, with this431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7S3kyDNmP
in mind, King Hervies charged all of his best instructors in all sorts of fields to go out431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNWf6ezQow
there and find these soon to be chosen elite.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMf7dRkvfD
Each of the five warlords, soldiers of great worth, famous across the land since the431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZ8sglK2P6
times of the young king’s father, were charged to travel the world and find, recruit and431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5dw3w3cGf
train, one worthy of the task. They were specifically instructed to disregard sex or race,431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkab4WYxYy
even age or the original will to join or the lack of, of those they would deem suitable,431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpTvc3QfNN
and so they did. Who knows how far they travelled till finally each one of the five had431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB21SKlOv47
an apprentice under its wing, and what these forced their newfound chosen to face in431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAK9OvI7wei
the year that was given to them to accomplish this?431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyTkp5x8hq
Adventures, all worthy of their telling no doubt.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBDg8GS009
One year finally came to pass and all five finally made their return to the capital431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8g9ez46gs
and, as they knelt before the throne and crown, they revealed to their king the fruits431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqojPnBVXKG
of their efforts. These five younglings were presented, the very first, thus beginning in431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00xxzroElw
this manner the five-warrior tradition.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeHZYhm1SV
Five to be specialists, one for each finger of a human hand, someone amongst the431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIVFNMTQMG
royal court pointed out.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDf3ffD6igb
And so, with that in mind, it wasn’t hard for Hervies to finally name the group431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XyzgAvuFQ
accordingly and for the last ten years, they have served him successfully.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTX2ve0lt5
Always five they are, no matter the weather, with only very few replacements ever431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5ilhUP0w7
taking place during all this time.
