x
Chapter Three248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6UwAOkjbX
“The Five Fingers of Hervies”
248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDWq7Cen4r
Five of the most dedicated enforcers are marching across Brosse, they are the248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTCYfE55qw
elite force of the Human Kingdom and for years they have unrelentingly248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7BUfmtzEG
served its interests or what their king deems those to be. This most special of248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9gZsm7IGt
all task units were formed as soon as the, back then, noticeably young King Hervies248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMNoYPT0bq
first took the throne.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrr7opDSwes
It was one of his very first acts as a sovereign, the creation of this Hervies Hand.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQtrq34UX2
The young king wanted from the very start to secure all sorts of advantages possible248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCCySSe29F
to him. Not many ever questioned its purpose as it was always somewhat guessed by248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdX62hG9DWH
all. Hervies had always been fascinated by anything Centra even as a young prince, and248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWEZPBmkgm
so when the time came to finally bury his father and take the reins of the kingdom for248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0j33UMSeTj
himself, most people already had a very good idea of the direction things were about248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xQfjDfUqU
to take. Sparing no cost or effort he hastily spread all the Human resources over the248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3v4AhkkG6w
known charts, even more so than any of his predecessors. He quickly revealed a Centra248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyT7ke8QVTc
obsession far greater than any other before him, with even larger amounts of capital248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGSL2owTIl
being invested in digs and all sorts of research.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0cS3HR2Pq
So, in the first few years under his rule, Human civilization had discovered more248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlrXIFntbw
and advanced further than under any other ruler but it would not end just there.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LGNWxDpw9
As soon as he took the throne, he initiated what would later be named the Hervies248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbo5RDxk9l
Hand. It was one of his pet projects, one that he would in the end so proudly bestow248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXmnfAvN2m
upon his own name; a special project to achieve what was to some to be unthinkable.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnK1qa7dUx
The creation of a special unit to go where no other could and reach what anyone else248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGLTewwkWE
would be afraid of, both horizontally and vertically. To reach into the far edges of the248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPJIJg0FEy
unknown charts if need be, where even the mighty Nharkim and their machinery248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgC3fBzwOV6
dare not venture or if their king wills it deep into the roots of the underground worlds248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrOpe3CfS5
where even the Twinkledinnes are afraid to set foot.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5q5DTBHab
And to achieve all of that, they had to be carefully chosen and overwhelmingly248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNaJUSigq0
prepared, not only physically but mentally as well. They ought to be able to beat the248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRJkwmnGWX
best combatants and teach some of the best scholars. They should be able to stand248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQ2d6RdlHX
against all conceivable threats and understand all possible scenarios and so, with this248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMjwPOt43f
in mind, King Hervies charged all of his best instructors in all sorts of fields to go out248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxCtetJkck
there and find these soon to be chosen elite.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpnGm2z7de
Each of the five warlords, soldiers of great worth, famous across the land since the248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xxNHleVB2
times of the young king’s father, were charged to travel the world and find, recruit and248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoN9ptXeLhl
train, one worthy of the task. They were specifically instructed to disregard sex or race,248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlXlSn2r1e
even age or the original will to join or the lack of, of those they would deem suitable,248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl40UhO8RiQ
and so they did. Who knows how far they travelled till finally each one of the five had248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEdjKXKtEl
an apprentice under its wing, and what these forced their newfound chosen to face in248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9tyolyzR8
the year that was given to them to accomplish this?248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIxjPtVg4v
Adventures, all worthy of their telling no doubt.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQdVgIcX5N
One year finally came to pass and all five finally made their return to the capital248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxr9KjRkQu
and, as they knelt before the throne and crown, they revealed to their king the fruits248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTKbT6ywsy
of their efforts. These five younglings were presented, the very first, thus beginning in248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxfer0XS52
this manner the five-warrior tradition.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIVQpjGxq3
Five to be specialists, one for each finger of a human hand, someone amongst the248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7mKrgQxUm
royal court pointed out.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlfN6pq8d4
And so, with that in mind, it wasn’t hard for Hervies to finally name the group248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX52dQ3764T
accordingly and for the last ten years, they have served him successfully.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxAANcNPou
Always five they are, no matter the weather, with only very few replacements ever248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqfyBWOhTp
taking place during all this time.
