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Chapter Three324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfOaiqAMnb
“The Five Fingers of Hervies”
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Five of the most dedicated enforcers are marching across Brosse, they are the324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUc6QWwszp
elite force of the Human Kingdom and for years they have unrelentingly324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwd6uTaz8sb
served its interests or what their king deems those to be. This most special of324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnfifdiq6O
all task units were formed as soon as the, back then, noticeably young King Hervies324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡez3z1uCbHh
first took the throne.324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡld76BeDITK
It was one of his very first acts as a sovereign, the creation of this Hervies Hand.324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQISwmgNkb
The young king wanted from the very start to secure all sorts of advantages possible324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmClhEcdJ3v
to him. Not many ever questioned its purpose as it was always somewhat guessed by324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjy9p5cRmN
all. Hervies had always been fascinated by anything Centra even as a young prince, and324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiIn5m1Trp
so when the time came to finally bury his father and take the reins of the kingdom for324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10hotcMP6P
himself, most people already had a very good idea of the direction things were about324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLhlMmC0Os
to take. Sparing no cost or effort he hastily spread all the Human resources over the324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTQrjZ7jTX
known charts, even more so than any of his predecessors. He quickly revealed a Centra324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJtXWZE5A9
obsession far greater than any other before him, with even larger amounts of capital324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUImsl0GGLC
being invested in digs and all sorts of research.324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ynCr2oSaQ
So, in the first few years under his rule, Human civilization had discovered more324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdy29wmvUJc
and advanced further than under any other ruler but it would not end just there.324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCPrdbgbDM
As soon as he took the throne, he initiated what would later be named the Hervies324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBlIfwe13O
Hand. It was one of his pet projects, one that he would in the end so proudly bestow324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWFXB3qrDE
upon his own name; a special project to achieve what was to some to be unthinkable.324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7mjidJGph
The creation of a special unit to go where no other could and reach what anyone else324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3sH9cIgXE
would be afraid of, both horizontally and vertically. To reach into the far edges of the324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fqTqfYrHX
unknown charts if need be, where even the mighty Nharkim and their machinery324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CTJ9GfOQ6
dare not venture or if their king wills it deep into the roots of the underground worlds324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAL9vAnAgsv
where even the Twinkledinnes are afraid to set foot.324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMtlFoHGJk
And to achieve all of that, they had to be carefully chosen and overwhelmingly324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOjBl02QuT
prepared, not only physically but mentally as well. They ought to be able to beat the324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmEG6DzYIb
best combatants and teach some of the best scholars. They should be able to stand324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRHpq3vZvT
against all conceivable threats and understand all possible scenarios and so, with this324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQXczpqGed
in mind, King Hervies charged all of his best instructors in all sorts of fields to go out324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPdhbnoWYH
there and find these soon to be chosen elite.324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlR86pEiJgw
Each of the five warlords, soldiers of great worth, famous across the land since the324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JB8CsFyQn
times of the young king’s father, were charged to travel the world and find, recruit and324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJcHY3ex4N
train, one worthy of the task. They were specifically instructed to disregard sex or race,324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwPObV0rbr
even age or the original will to join or the lack of, of those they would deem suitable,324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6OROvNvCb
and so they did. Who knows how far they travelled till finally each one of the five had324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBmjRlFRne
an apprentice under its wing, and what these forced their newfound chosen to face in324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitx4e2fuHM
the year that was given to them to accomplish this?324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwMcHAUYiS
Adventures, all worthy of their telling no doubt.324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwhDu1vJ2F
One year finally came to pass and all five finally made their return to the capital324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXltNYwHHd
and, as they knelt before the throne and crown, they revealed to their king the fruits324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhPXIykWkQ
of their efforts. These five younglings were presented, the very first, thus beginning in324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcere6YyJdC
this manner the five-warrior tradition.324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCFcN26nTd
Five to be specialists, one for each finger of a human hand, someone amongst the324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fVzBRIjbs
royal court pointed out.324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpnzRQgbd0
And so, with that in mind, it wasn’t hard for Hervies to finally name the group324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEMYBmgeKi
accordingly and for the last ten years, they have served him successfully.324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AjM0IoUUl
Always five they are, no matter the weather, with only very few replacements ever324Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2byKug05d
taking place during all this time.
