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Chapter Three282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjHeOfZmvK
“The Five Fingers of Hervies”
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Five of the most dedicated enforcers are marching across Brosse, they are the282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOHNjiIUaz
elite force of the Human Kingdom and for years they have unrelentingly282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6ROKEcd8A
served its interests or what their king deems those to be. This most special of282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0KPmMyjZu
all task units were formed as soon as the, back then, noticeably young King Hervies282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSvtvZp1MP
first took the throne.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjV0BahN6q
It was one of his very first acts as a sovereign, the creation of this Hervies Hand.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMpqypDODs
The young king wanted from the very start to secure all sorts of advantages possible282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyGRbFZYM2
to him. Not many ever questioned its purpose as it was always somewhat guessed by282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOmuFFUUAX
all. Hervies had always been fascinated by anything Centra even as a young prince, and282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDLy5JoPhV
so when the time came to finally bury his father and take the reins of the kingdom for282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lp1K8BOIA
himself, most people already had a very good idea of the direction things were about282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOAg2iLspq
to take. Sparing no cost or effort he hastily spread all the Human resources over the282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocGUHf8eNp
known charts, even more so than any of his predecessors. He quickly revealed a Centra282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9IovHJkYo
obsession far greater than any other before him, with even larger amounts of capital282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMjYYt4rCB
being invested in digs and all sorts of research.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6kqoCTBCS
So, in the first few years under his rule, Human civilization had discovered more282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4nXLKB9h1
and advanced further than under any other ruler but it would not end just there.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ib7yLNxo0
As soon as he took the throne, he initiated what would later be named the Hervies282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5q0rIec10
Hand. It was one of his pet projects, one that he would in the end so proudly bestow282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojmNGDanqp
upon his own name; a special project to achieve what was to some to be unthinkable.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnUuAIdOqj
The creation of a special unit to go where no other could and reach what anyone else282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfHQnBbLfI
would be afraid of, both horizontally and vertically. To reach into the far edges of the282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLS2NKeqpPE
unknown charts if need be, where even the mighty Nharkim and their machinery282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsSx8XKAxK
dare not venture or if their king wills it deep into the roots of the underground worlds282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2T4ZDdf0bk
where even the Twinkledinnes are afraid to set foot.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMP1L10GfZ4
And to achieve all of that, they had to be carefully chosen and overwhelmingly282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4w2CbFiQx
prepared, not only physically but mentally as well. They ought to be able to beat the282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReUr6zXKJe
best combatants and teach some of the best scholars. They should be able to stand282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72HXG34fDk
against all conceivable threats and understand all possible scenarios and so, with this282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaymxTHy1S
in mind, King Hervies charged all of his best instructors in all sorts of fields to go out282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0RTyffSg0
there and find these soon to be chosen elite.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynpGmB65Y4
Each of the five warlords, soldiers of great worth, famous across the land since the282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCGfqlVzFS
times of the young king’s father, were charged to travel the world and find, recruit and282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybCB8WmJof
train, one worthy of the task. They were specifically instructed to disregard sex or race,282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14TzxGLltc
even age or the original will to join or the lack of, of those they would deem suitable,282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmiHwxfTSel
and so they did. Who knows how far they travelled till finally each one of the five had282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cntJz6An4
an apprentice under its wing, and what these forced their newfound chosen to face in282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqRHbMTZQ4
the year that was given to them to accomplish this?282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyRAwPWtbM
Adventures, all worthy of their telling no doubt.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf39PqcOKF
One year finally came to pass and all five finally made their return to the capital282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdArHnRMogV
and, as they knelt before the throne and crown, they revealed to their king the fruits282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9Nus24co7
of their efforts. These five younglings were presented, the very first, thus beginning in282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXxugfuppN
this manner the five-warrior tradition.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8DmkyS0z6
Five to be specialists, one for each finger of a human hand, someone amongst the282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkmQgCMLGz
royal court pointed out.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNJpf2bg00
And so, with that in mind, it wasn’t hard for Hervies to finally name the group282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpQSeei67v
accordingly and for the last ten years, they have served him successfully.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudsvAXNyau
Always five they are, no matter the weather, with only very few replacements ever282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2xqOPfRha
taking place during all this time.
