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Chapter Three278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfg627M8WzA
“The Five Fingers of Hervies”
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Five of the most dedicated enforcers are marching across Brosse, they are the278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAA7UDccxT3
elite force of the Human Kingdom and for years they have unrelentingly278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXg1HTIcdGQ
served its interests or what their king deems those to be. This most special of278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctQPU6Fsku
all task units were formed as soon as the, back then, noticeably young King Hervies278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrtiTA0Qjc
first took the throne.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQ0vcZ3mVx
It was one of his very first acts as a sovereign, the creation of this Hervies Hand.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaDelzHSP5
The young king wanted from the very start to secure all sorts of advantages possible278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH72xopt4tB
to him. Not many ever questioned its purpose as it was always somewhat guessed by278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9uqiYqV07
all. Hervies had always been fascinated by anything Centra even as a young prince, and278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8b6I9jfipS
so when the time came to finally bury his father and take the reins of the kingdom for278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAF3pA8BMy
himself, most people already had a very good idea of the direction things were about278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXZIYog6sI
to take. Sparing no cost or effort he hastily spread all the Human resources over the278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVrFXPwZfA
known charts, even more so than any of his predecessors. He quickly revealed a Centra278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzc9NnYJGB
obsession far greater than any other before him, with even larger amounts of capital278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtT9l9ZZ7Ri
being invested in digs and all sorts of research.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyhQT2Evnj
So, in the first few years under his rule, Human civilization had discovered more278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡul1KUK2TCx
and advanced further than under any other ruler but it would not end just there.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwFe0Qgdlz
As soon as he took the throne, he initiated what would later be named the Hervies278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXos6L3dml
Hand. It was one of his pet projects, one that he would in the end so proudly bestow278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiggINxix7a
upon his own name; a special project to achieve what was to some to be unthinkable.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOMi6ToSia
The creation of a special unit to go where no other could and reach what anyone else278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGgq8EnaRY
would be afraid of, both horizontally and vertically. To reach into the far edges of the278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzfXZdDPhy
unknown charts if need be, where even the mighty Nharkim and their machinery278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQO2GfXY6A
dare not venture or if their king wills it deep into the roots of the underground worlds278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2s4TGKlDE
where even the Twinkledinnes are afraid to set foot.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSloRs9cxlt
And to achieve all of that, they had to be carefully chosen and overwhelmingly278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGMEhaeDNl
prepared, not only physically but mentally as well. They ought to be able to beat the278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRl0bzViNg
best combatants and teach some of the best scholars. They should be able to stand278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeG4oh4Aej
against all conceivable threats and understand all possible scenarios and so, with this278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJrbPEpD7n
in mind, King Hervies charged all of his best instructors in all sorts of fields to go out278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNPQXmElED
there and find these soon to be chosen elite.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqoUu5PY6l
Each of the five warlords, soldiers of great worth, famous across the land since the278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQ8aOL4YU3
times of the young king’s father, were charged to travel the world and find, recruit and278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3UGScAghW
train, one worthy of the task. They were specifically instructed to disregard sex or race,278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxm9Sf22yoH
even age or the original will to join or the lack of, of those they would deem suitable,278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwA4hn18gX
and so they did. Who knows how far they travelled till finally each one of the five had278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTtevTCSci
an apprentice under its wing, and what these forced their newfound chosen to face in278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2394aLH1dq
the year that was given to them to accomplish this?278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGD51Zk61O
Adventures, all worthy of their telling no doubt.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsYnzN1kTR
One year finally came to pass and all five finally made their return to the capital278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyeV1KdD3d
and, as they knelt before the throne and crown, they revealed to their king the fruits278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdy3JBeHo0
of their efforts. These five younglings were presented, the very first, thus beginning in278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfuX7w3bs2
this manner the five-warrior tradition.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eOTs1g6pQ
Five to be specialists, one for each finger of a human hand, someone amongst the278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCxCWmvwnK
royal court pointed out.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2bpCI6zlQ
And so, with that in mind, it wasn’t hard for Hervies to finally name the group278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcnzyPWLcJ
accordingly and for the last ten years, they have served him successfully.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAMV6o9CjP
Always five they are, no matter the weather, with only very few replacements ever278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2r8ys1ngod
taking place during all this time.
