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Chapter Three323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKN3QvWdYn
“The Five Fingers of Hervies”
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Five of the most dedicated enforcers are marching across Brosse, they are the323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9G0XdCyPUf
elite force of the Human Kingdom and for years they have unrelentingly323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoakxvxoN3O
served its interests or what their king deems those to be. This most special of323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9io60qX0T
all task units were formed as soon as the, back then, noticeably young King Hervies323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CnC9sOhfi
first took the throne.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVX2FVTS2R
It was one of his very first acts as a sovereign, the creation of this Hervies Hand.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYg0i6RfH2r
The young king wanted from the very start to secure all sorts of advantages possible323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxqutL7T9b
to him. Not many ever questioned its purpose as it was always somewhat guessed by323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRZEzT0Bji
all. Hervies had always been fascinated by anything Centra even as a young prince, and323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzmeMr70hk
so when the time came to finally bury his father and take the reins of the kingdom for323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRFMCJLGcV
himself, most people already had a very good idea of the direction things were about323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcK1qNbX2GO
to take. Sparing no cost or effort he hastily spread all the Human resources over the323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOFH0JZAie
known charts, even more so than any of his predecessors. He quickly revealed a Centra323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5Zf9pKLrE
obsession far greater than any other before him, with even larger amounts of capital323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFSxgwQTRp
being invested in digs and all sorts of research.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJoQ62wBkF
So, in the first few years under his rule, Human civilization had discovered more323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYC7rjC4CxP
and advanced further than under any other ruler but it would not end just there.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5moFJotahP
As soon as he took the throne, he initiated what would later be named the Hervies323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchrylYVRdA
Hand. It was one of his pet projects, one that he would in the end so proudly bestow323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnsI3zigqG
upon his own name; a special project to achieve what was to some to be unthinkable.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WqTv87Tqj
The creation of a special unit to go where no other could and reach what anyone else323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBFKarqbT9
would be afraid of, both horizontally and vertically. To reach into the far edges of the323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPs01zlvQNh
unknown charts if need be, where even the mighty Nharkim and their machinery323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tDDzCSrto
dare not venture or if their king wills it deep into the roots of the underground worlds323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXgEuqKoHJ
where even the Twinkledinnes are afraid to set foot.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡty3O8slheR
And to achieve all of that, they had to be carefully chosen and overwhelmingly323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekZxqgTCLC
prepared, not only physically but mentally as well. They ought to be able to beat the323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9xyAK2Lz8
best combatants and teach some of the best scholars. They should be able to stand323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXFIFd2Cto
against all conceivable threats and understand all possible scenarios and so, with this323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjk3nCwKVs
in mind, King Hervies charged all of his best instructors in all sorts of fields to go out323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9NTDJlYUN
there and find these soon to be chosen elite.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NkYgUppMA
Each of the five warlords, soldiers of great worth, famous across the land since the323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiiUOg8pG2
times of the young king’s father, were charged to travel the world and find, recruit and323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqH0I4D3Fb
train, one worthy of the task. They were specifically instructed to disregard sex or race,323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuiozSGdHj
even age or the original will to join or the lack of, of those they would deem suitable,323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJ7kOWzIKy
and so they did. Who knows how far they travelled till finally each one of the five had323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FNirIsj2J
an apprentice under its wing, and what these forced their newfound chosen to face in323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTK6SbAsmd
the year that was given to them to accomplish this?323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKoD7rwuNIq
Adventures, all worthy of their telling no doubt.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBDOH3jmUt
One year finally came to pass and all five finally made their return to the capital323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmEthVq6F7
and, as they knelt before the throne and crown, they revealed to their king the fruits323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rExMtgPqz
of their efforts. These five younglings were presented, the very first, thus beginning in323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyuRCfNrwr
this manner the five-warrior tradition.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHsJZ7Cxe3
Five to be specialists, one for each finger of a human hand, someone amongst the323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwGqIFKgT6
royal court pointed out.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QMWTnanbt
And so, with that in mind, it wasn’t hard for Hervies to finally name the group323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dGfbvFU8s
accordingly and for the last ten years, they have served him successfully.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmeWscGH8H
Always five they are, no matter the weather, with only very few replacements ever323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMC5jneEQ6
taking place during all this time.
