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Chapter Two305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfXVvpWUnA
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXO84QFqRCf
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0Ud9X9qYg
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpWxWuRQyR
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6jym8hlCp
travel anywhere undetected.305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlklz4UQkpC
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERc3uFi32X
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbEttKuxUr
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BC6kPbsgG
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7ZbkGYXKh
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqwqqznCOn
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC40hkzaTgP
getting closer.305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizTKRlECBQ
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQYDcGn3Z3
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxNk8UnBji
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQcj1oHGut
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArWy3suZUM
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXYfv4fpus
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnYlIkR9UU
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNTQ2BWp2W
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNlEWs37EL
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZPa1Hj67X
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9fNcok7DM
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zmEQ9skiy
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIDv57U4hy
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXUwVvwyrV
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbtCa8MzAK
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbfdkEz6Nt
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhkDUfQDGc
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lptykvP1o
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTs84wl8TSt
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzugp2dWUNB
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA36AdQm1Gv
sorts of preposterous scenarios.305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ufLkIn6lG
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUu9naJgZ0
failed their king, not once.305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwch1GiosNA
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp08szoo3C7
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamyYmwiWLl
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xruDn8KLU
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdSM31S7lZ
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpAtkNPv9X
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJ9TWKiGwO
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEGS0UJ2If
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaB419PK9I0
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmawhNCyO0
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYP3Vu4HkX4
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsM6E8r7P0
while making sure it never arrives in second place.305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xDuLgaYR7
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIzlY4300H
its best quality.
