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Chapter Three387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYUtEWqeo8
“The Five Fingers of Hervies”
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Five of the most dedicated enforcers are marching across Brosse, they are the387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFACJIPbuy
elite force of the Human Kingdom and for years they have unrelentingly387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9e47dQvWl
served its interests or what their king deems those to be. This most special of387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07Al2W7CJ5
all task units were formed as soon as the, back then, noticeably young King Hervies387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83zNyVJ97A
first took the throne.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8VgEecM0s
It was one of his very first acts as a sovereign, the creation of this Hervies Hand.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGsV6GdUtA
The young king wanted from the very start to secure all sorts of advantages possible387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqi8Oqs5EEF
to him. Not many ever questioned its purpose as it was always somewhat guessed by387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42yeqXQSMo
all. Hervies had always been fascinated by anything Centra even as a young prince, and387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RPrEcwGpP
so when the time came to finally bury his father and take the reins of the kingdom for387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01IdYRj2Na
himself, most people already had a very good idea of the direction things were about387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8Q7tzgAaJ
to take. Sparing no cost or effort he hastily spread all the Human resources over the387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbFFD2Mvle
known charts, even more so than any of his predecessors. He quickly revealed a Centra387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hvULhdm9D
obsession far greater than any other before him, with even larger amounts of capital387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AUR5i7w18
being invested in digs and all sorts of research.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneTM3rhMLf
So, in the first few years under his rule, Human civilization had discovered more387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNaF1uAr7Gn
and advanced further than under any other ruler but it would not end just there.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AF0TlQtyx
As soon as he took the throne, he initiated what would later be named the Hervies387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPEkuRh8EZ
Hand. It was one of his pet projects, one that he would in the end so proudly bestow387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiLarNauvg
upon his own name; a special project to achieve what was to some to be unthinkable.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqv5FEqjkUI
The creation of a special unit to go where no other could and reach what anyone else387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT46FV3cULi
would be afraid of, both horizontally and vertically. To reach into the far edges of the387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOlczALTc1
unknown charts if need be, where even the mighty Nharkim and their machinery387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZbwyfAyw8
dare not venture or if their king wills it deep into the roots of the underground worlds387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoLn5GviLD
where even the Twinkledinnes are afraid to set foot.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvhxO3xBl6
And to achieve all of that, they had to be carefully chosen and overwhelmingly387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfyj5NtNcG
prepared, not only physically but mentally as well. They ought to be able to beat the387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlO7BtCSwzc
best combatants and teach some of the best scholars. They should be able to stand387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykDD7ghUJY
against all conceivable threats and understand all possible scenarios and so, with this387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtjwwnvZfS
in mind, King Hervies charged all of his best instructors in all sorts of fields to go out387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlRXM0Z64G
there and find these soon to be chosen elite.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGcaZ61QcK
Each of the five warlords, soldiers of great worth, famous across the land since the387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeHBgrxUvG
times of the young king’s father, were charged to travel the world and find, recruit and387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtL0QI11C5z
train, one worthy of the task. They were specifically instructed to disregard sex or race,387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgc5QJ9GyF4
even age or the original will to join or the lack of, of those they would deem suitable,387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8l9L7VUSth
and so they did. Who knows how far they travelled till finally each one of the five had387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83eA8h8wVI
an apprentice under its wing, and what these forced their newfound chosen to face in387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOa1OWDwzBj
the year that was given to them to accomplish this?387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAKu25MEjd
Adventures, all worthy of their telling no doubt.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHhRsgXtI5
One year finally came to pass and all five finally made their return to the capital387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBb5Eaq4mb
and, as they knelt before the throne and crown, they revealed to their king the fruits387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsWqEuTbRz
of their efforts. These five younglings were presented, the very first, thus beginning in387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRudWSq9GHz
this manner the five-warrior tradition.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUb0mnXOXeI
Five to be specialists, one for each finger of a human hand, someone amongst the387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUztTjYIbf
royal court pointed out.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Zj8JCa9At
And so, with that in mind, it wasn’t hard for Hervies to finally name the group387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnviVjOj74L
accordingly and for the last ten years, they have served him successfully.387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgwdwN45Jd
Always five they are, no matter the weather, with only very few replacements ever387Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjy0p2zoQnf
taking place during all this time.
