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Chapter Two376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡap9eNeNCv9
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJmdJ0Iahc
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sckEueDU5
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsosjCgqemT
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5knLqvnWZr
travel anywhere undetected.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12AYQGa5qx
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMJmCgfyhD
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabK0c0n6Al
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbrrcRvPOf
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaDCxQsg0p
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvynVwqw0Tt
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuwUKMJdKa
getting closer.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvblf70LI2r
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0RyauQ25k
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxgD6A5FUg
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7shmN5TvS
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVIkSu773g
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXP22BeLR2u
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbplTNL4ffP
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTQoyRvfQ6
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPkXTvPfjy
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iShUocb3v
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fEpX7UxHA
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWb63JR2NE4
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGZS0yQ9E1
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RJujpymxo
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQK6OL7QGHV
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZB8FRTpxJK
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvUiyXaJRI
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4c61Q4c6y
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOSCA1sUhx
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglEOL8C1Uc
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThmNrtnbzu
sorts of preposterous scenarios.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApQXM3b7jh
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcTonGOO0B
failed their king, not once.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1CgUKTwEk
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSDA0SaLXp
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcN8hgWk9Q
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudz2pCnz66
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFprq3n9hC7
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20OX9CQQDH
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyZcTyRAWP
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzsoO2cgx6
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgRMGvxVBj
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtKqi3LJC0
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoL7McvtSLz
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIwXQU8SuH
while making sure it never arrives in second place.376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tuT1ZWPuf
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is376Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdi4ht7Veiu
its best quality.
