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Chapter Three429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWyOKIvWN2
“The Five Fingers of Hervies”
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Five of the most dedicated enforcers are marching across Brosse, they are the429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKcRil2upj
elite force of the Human Kingdom and for years they have unrelentingly429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWg9mH82nwy
served its interests or what their king deems those to be. This most special of429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPxdmD3dst
all task units were formed as soon as the, back then, noticeably young King Hervies429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSoTD4AZcX
first took the throne.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0m8RfgG4P2
It was one of his very first acts as a sovereign, the creation of this Hervies Hand.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUzvK3FFCM
The young king wanted from the very start to secure all sorts of advantages possible429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqotrnub4q
to him. Not many ever questioned its purpose as it was always somewhat guessed by429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgiqYu1qvG
all. Hervies had always been fascinated by anything Centra even as a young prince, and429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTZEK0ohze
so when the time came to finally bury his father and take the reins of the kingdom for429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFaeaBRQqu
himself, most people already had a very good idea of the direction things were about429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvntXKWoE2
to take. Sparing no cost or effort he hastily spread all the Human resources over the429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2cwXLvnZ4
known charts, even more so than any of his predecessors. He quickly revealed a Centra429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwn2FLO0p8L
obsession far greater than any other before him, with even larger amounts of capital429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMUJo2w8k8
being invested in digs and all sorts of research.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aW0TeXwJL
So, in the first few years under his rule, Human civilization had discovered more429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1edg2R2Yq
and advanced further than under any other ruler but it would not end just there.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXLl9DagcT
As soon as he took the throne, he initiated what would later be named the Hervies429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVl26mC8H8
Hand. It was one of his pet projects, one that he would in the end so proudly bestow429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBQYFQNNS6
upon his own name; a special project to achieve what was to some to be unthinkable.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvngVMhUeM
The creation of a special unit to go where no other could and reach what anyone else429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv40gdQcdMQ
would be afraid of, both horizontally and vertically. To reach into the far edges of the429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrunB4clgr
unknown charts if need be, where even the mighty Nharkim and their machinery429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CgUCbqy2j
dare not venture or if their king wills it deep into the roots of the underground worlds429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9ijhlxiYv
where even the Twinkledinnes are afraid to set foot.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqYPJUVyQb
And to achieve all of that, they had to be carefully chosen and overwhelmingly429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukwvtDpW5J
prepared, not only physically but mentally as well. They ought to be able to beat the429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hplb8QuEK
best combatants and teach some of the best scholars. They should be able to stand429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7g76ftXNS8
against all conceivable threats and understand all possible scenarios and so, with this429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPqn7w9wbU
in mind, King Hervies charged all of his best instructors in all sorts of fields to go out429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgeAEmR4Hu
there and find these soon to be chosen elite.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveVzLcbmNr
Each of the five warlords, soldiers of great worth, famous across the land since the429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJaJ7IYIEd
times of the young king’s father, were charged to travel the world and find, recruit and429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnNzZdenac
train, one worthy of the task. They were specifically instructed to disregard sex or race,429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60BYDK9gqd
even age or the original will to join or the lack of, of those they would deem suitable,429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWOZOwcquq
and so they did. Who knows how far they travelled till finally each one of the five had429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKjeAPs718
an apprentice under its wing, and what these forced their newfound chosen to face in429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmK8fhd9X1p
the year that was given to them to accomplish this?429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsb9jc4lWI
Adventures, all worthy of their telling no doubt.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswclojyyjL
One year finally came to pass and all five finally made their return to the capital429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkjprBOuyB
and, as they knelt before the throne and crown, they revealed to their king the fruits429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMKKZ1LG51
of their efforts. These five younglings were presented, the very first, thus beginning in429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahR4WEYsej
this manner the five-warrior tradition.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEs6Y5u69Eq
Five to be specialists, one for each finger of a human hand, someone amongst the429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbtM3b4PQY
royal court pointed out.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3QnmFUpA9
And so, with that in mind, it wasn’t hard for Hervies to finally name the group429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNia9nBeM7o
accordingly and for the last ten years, they have served him successfully.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFRryMxSIj
Always five they are, no matter the weather, with only very few replacements ever429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZgLWMhbD5
taking place during all this time.
