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Chapter Two345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19sY3nVgqc
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQd3hYppoj
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CE9V0EEAn
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmSgthkt4B
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTq69hDMXy2
travel anywhere undetected.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO41bWuzC0Y
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVLlgcuKOn
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnaCV3iJp2
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡan2KFASNJe
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4otyOSHLBj
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEZrwysiNR
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82TxsH302N
getting closer.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfDnJC1vtQ
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGDCkUAhOo
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwLmwHBKWN
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVIMpu40qE
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNm1B0eyp6
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgpuDAyIvi
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6w4yd21Ecf
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9shdVZ6zN
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9qiCCgUAv
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCKgpRdsD6
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDlU1A5Bc0
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjeOI7ogbQ
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgLzoZKnJR
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKJ7uV6nqM
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQKzbsnKYq
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPvNhcAh8T
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvvRCPLnX4
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJT8OMa9qZ
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAfCfv3r4v
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkFQgNVnSx
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FaQtxWWQH
sorts of preposterous scenarios.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJWM3u6n5u
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopmLHt6oOb
failed their king, not once.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvmz087nsZ
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrUBbIjXNM
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHXzp0kcoM
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrp02lb6yn
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTB5H6Y2W3
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgWCFIH7OA
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrzYqhjw9K
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGN534jAR8k
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmOF7AsCHd
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8qHIVMeae
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjY62gPDsU
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWvH66qUf2
while making sure it never arrives in second place.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyIUm0gi80
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBgXEk66Jp
its best quality.
