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Chapter Two408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSFhCvCpwQ
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5m8YHaXTus
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWh2FX9iFC
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Xf3nxyhMq
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaemXMR2sL0
travel anywhere undetected.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XKvpdhZqL
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAFjfLnzHu
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9oOBg3xyC
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9nYBsGEDb
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡph6Qvi5vD0
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrqWJ9gJM6
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkNKym1BeD
getting closer.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wa8rxJXbf
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRk4RnnOXzL
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bKVdANUBp
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Q0D2GzYzz
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZGtRFnHpd
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdbLxmec24
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKfDKLjQ31
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkxf5aEIyq
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4bu3d0QcU
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxdzKwWMkE
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCekg1q4ljL
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtigelbncES
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbP4JENrTp
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38wW6Es4v6
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSsAZifxp0
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SGTP3ABkO
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6xMBueTq2
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkcsAPBKkh
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWwnctrmUo
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2492YMXaa
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2APypHfpOy
sorts of preposterous scenarios.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGztyGgeDh7
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZFhJjg6Rv
failed their king, not once.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmBI0jwRUc
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpg2sb2u2GH
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBs2rp8Ax9
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMVMybujsj
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatcnrxdviB
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbe4dxIxah
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDB50sd4mdO
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBURCwhLF1v
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4y1COFONXS
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hw0tt0EIj
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrapSVb7DGK
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FeyR7R7km
while making sure it never arrives in second place.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wfqnJzwyC
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SQtBG1ADy
its best quality.
