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Chapter Three202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJ2IDJ2zYv
“The Five Fingers of Hervies”
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Five of the most dedicated enforcers are marching across Brosse, they are the202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5d1I1Fzxcx
elite force of the Human Kingdom and for years they have unrelentingly202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtmKpGTHZo
served its interests or what their king deems those to be. This most special of202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR85vGIgP9l
all task units were formed as soon as the, back then, noticeably young King Hervies202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdSmVeLjLu
first took the throne.202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyzG87sf9n
It was one of his very first acts as a sovereign, the creation of this Hervies Hand.202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDNrXPzKIB
The young king wanted from the very start to secure all sorts of advantages possible202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdCcGeBUMS
to him. Not many ever questioned its purpose as it was always somewhat guessed by202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkCtGzrxuv
all. Hervies had always been fascinated by anything Centra even as a young prince, and202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAwLdFxvRB
so when the time came to finally bury his father and take the reins of the kingdom for202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAYabxKUq5
himself, most people already had a very good idea of the direction things were about202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPJ6ecYcZS
to take. Sparing no cost or effort he hastily spread all the Human resources over the202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcW4gas9zX3
known charts, even more so than any of his predecessors. He quickly revealed a Centra202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28irxdd0K1
obsession far greater than any other before him, with even larger amounts of capital202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyMIZlyyY0
being invested in digs and all sorts of research.202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Q3GuJhiM8
So, in the first few years under his rule, Human civilization had discovered more202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwC7DyG8D7g
and advanced further than under any other ruler but it would not end just there.202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFSTveSDDs
As soon as he took the throne, he initiated what would later be named the Hervies202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFbUxuDN11
Hand. It was one of his pet projects, one that he would in the end so proudly bestow202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvYQYPaHjw
upon his own name; a special project to achieve what was to some to be unthinkable.202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKX2lHb7WO
The creation of a special unit to go where no other could and reach what anyone else202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYWMuagVlw
would be afraid of, both horizontally and vertically. To reach into the far edges of the202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ToLZs5Rd9
unknown charts if need be, where even the mighty Nharkim and their machinery202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdVdEPr4Lo
dare not venture or if their king wills it deep into the roots of the underground worlds202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEnmKcan2R
where even the Twinkledinnes are afraid to set foot.202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lStMu630h
And to achieve all of that, they had to be carefully chosen and overwhelmingly202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOx3UB15yOW
prepared, not only physically but mentally as well. They ought to be able to beat the202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpnX1hGt5N
best combatants and teach some of the best scholars. They should be able to stand202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NRW1nsCO0
against all conceivable threats and understand all possible scenarios and so, with this202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYw3nwMCWt
in mind, King Hervies charged all of his best instructors in all sorts of fields to go out202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4nULm9BQg
there and find these soon to be chosen elite.202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0p44nXUlu
Each of the five warlords, soldiers of great worth, famous across the land since the202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDH9Em22CQ
times of the young king’s father, were charged to travel the world and find, recruit and202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk70Hz2j66j
train, one worthy of the task. They were specifically instructed to disregard sex or race,202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMIbmOjtHs
even age or the original will to join or the lack of, of those they would deem suitable,202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wNiJTyQcI
and so they did. Who knows how far they travelled till finally each one of the five had202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvyoMABFVx
an apprentice under its wing, and what these forced their newfound chosen to face in202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUN1mkpyO0
the year that was given to them to accomplish this?202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuksBJtzWKB
Adventures, all worthy of their telling no doubt.202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TTK9WkY4d
One year finally came to pass and all five finally made their return to the capital202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXwCBHkkwd
and, as they knelt before the throne and crown, they revealed to their king the fruits202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMDNFEHN5o
of their efforts. These five younglings were presented, the very first, thus beginning in202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHH5UaZxuY
this manner the five-warrior tradition.202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7c2Zkf4EU
Five to be specialists, one for each finger of a human hand, someone amongst the202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbKN3FCVft
royal court pointed out.202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWC3i9ATIqI
And so, with that in mind, it wasn’t hard for Hervies to finally name the group202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSz8Q9ZI2J
accordingly and for the last ten years, they have served him successfully.202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfsMyltR1z
Always five they are, no matter the weather, with only very few replacements ever202Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yltMbm4ml
taking place during all this time.
