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Chapter Two283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdUUXEqRop
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoiut5TtIA
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7NT8y2gFf
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3kr5dkEqg
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvZ7VxkwVi
travel anywhere undetected.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhZmazLj8H
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgcVfshCXA
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2KPCHaEYf
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0P72KkT1a
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7GEiWhxXr
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGItw60zNX
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDglMPJuO1
getting closer.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCcp83dUke
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU797WyRa6g
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCh2rDLKcC
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPVCo46tSl
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGOnXrFS9C
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkT4L8dj5U
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjc8G1NSBP
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtiJNgJb5i1
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLaEEmtZo3
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YCNgMZlF1
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtj33RKMDWU
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UxnhOc7V2
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVenxKZ07dj
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm770FuZBp3
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxF53fBYdD
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWZzwFzMGp
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmEjGT0NSi
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2TjDuUvwf
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8fvrJSzUp
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUyncXC7V6
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qEoQpsFpe
sorts of preposterous scenarios.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogvRxF38UO
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLqKScMilU
failed their king, not once.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTt0vT0G8Bl
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwB5UOLRUb
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGqmWRQb5w
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YdV8apnIq
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFea17Cz6D
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbETH1ggHGe
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAibDkZgpY
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcn0Ul368Dh
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlC313GJhRn
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcKkx0q6GM
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODgyeWS4mm
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqaMlloM0G
while making sure it never arrives in second place.283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUZ19LjRkl
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61eoKGSW4x
its best quality.
