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Chapter Three269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAniGNgqymF
“The Five Fingers of Hervies”
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Five of the most dedicated enforcers are marching across Brosse, they are the269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtHmuKzfDu
elite force of the Human Kingdom and for years they have unrelentingly269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWTexPHSoz
served its interests or what their king deems those to be. This most special of269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCQA1qa0g8
all task units were formed as soon as the, back then, noticeably young King Hervies269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZDfqXYvVS
first took the throne.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIITEV4vTX4
It was one of his very first acts as a sovereign, the creation of this Hervies Hand.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPeWXwbQF0
The young king wanted from the very start to secure all sorts of advantages possible269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeXYnzdBy3
to him. Not many ever questioned its purpose as it was always somewhat guessed by269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vVyZeyJw2
all. Hervies had always been fascinated by anything Centra even as a young prince, and269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpuhxNGYev
so when the time came to finally bury his father and take the reins of the kingdom for269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBiemRftWZ
himself, most people already had a very good idea of the direction things were about269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rprBylkmG
to take. Sparing no cost or effort he hastily spread all the Human resources over the269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgk4Pf1s1SO
known charts, even more so than any of his predecessors. He quickly revealed a Centra269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGQySht5ZS
obsession far greater than any other before him, with even larger amounts of capital269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVGrzkPNpm
being invested in digs and all sorts of research.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcJsOBggaT
So, in the first few years under his rule, Human civilization had discovered more269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOV8RefEEY
and advanced further than under any other ruler but it would not end just there.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Gr9mqkzRl
As soon as he took the throne, he initiated what would later be named the Hervies269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArw3L4Z7WJ
Hand. It was one of his pet projects, one that he would in the end so proudly bestow269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YAK249sKP
upon his own name; a special project to achieve what was to some to be unthinkable.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGLfPcLYUb
The creation of a special unit to go where no other could and reach what anyone else269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPVbzz4yH8
would be afraid of, both horizontally and vertically. To reach into the far edges of the269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWl0xBESw4Z
unknown charts if need be, where even the mighty Nharkim and their machinery269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4dN1aA9x7
dare not venture or if their king wills it deep into the roots of the underground worlds269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUdexXvPYW
where even the Twinkledinnes are afraid to set foot.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hsvhee00f
And to achieve all of that, they had to be carefully chosen and overwhelmingly269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IXDVp7IaH
prepared, not only physically but mentally as well. They ought to be able to beat the269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyFtKR49dW
best combatants and teach some of the best scholars. They should be able to stand269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1Kklqgxmw
against all conceivable threats and understand all possible scenarios and so, with this269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNOEajYxA2
in mind, King Hervies charged all of his best instructors in all sorts of fields to go out269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpOFGNKE2r
there and find these soon to be chosen elite.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PYYGMrfv0
Each of the five warlords, soldiers of great worth, famous across the land since the269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfigPpQ7sOV
times of the young king’s father, were charged to travel the world and find, recruit and269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYiPNqStnk
train, one worthy of the task. They were specifically instructed to disregard sex or race,269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuA5Ux4gNE
even age or the original will to join or the lack of, of those they would deem suitable,269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrH92QMXX6j
and so they did. Who knows how far they travelled till finally each one of the five had269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZv8Dtc1SC
an apprentice under its wing, and what these forced their newfound chosen to face in269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGKrJ96qFR
the year that was given to them to accomplish this?269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1VelT7wkW
Adventures, all worthy of their telling no doubt.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBY4eBNCH3k
One year finally came to pass and all five finally made their return to the capital269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6z0xggTKd
and, as they knelt before the throne and crown, they revealed to their king the fruits269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnI7EUyzaFu
of their efforts. These five younglings were presented, the very first, thus beginning in269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlWPp84Kv0
this manner the five-warrior tradition.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM773QckirE
Five to be specialists, one for each finger of a human hand, someone amongst the269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgYmY2DeAB
royal court pointed out.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ13T2aY4mU
And so, with that in mind, it wasn’t hard for Hervies to finally name the group269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEQqxHz9RY
accordingly and for the last ten years, they have served him successfully.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1QHdONXma
Always five they are, no matter the weather, with only very few replacements ever269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAliXY4tDD
taking place during all this time.
