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Chapter Two326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaeTIvoWTa
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCM9HZZ9Gxx
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1e3WOyfK1
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oIeiZwOcV
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTt8fscVgil
travel anywhere undetected.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2R1SlX55v
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtLwyxRI4C
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoV8GthqM9A
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKjaJ9qRQ1
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbabJmpopW
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtNZ86iita
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9Ay3Z6Pz4
getting closer.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FZVAFYVdb
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZGCHSzjH1
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmR3SqvRja8
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrV1MQ570D7
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGtTu2TMCh
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVV2JbUG1H
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJPI5Xvb0b
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwCaKK0S8G
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeETLPFT4p
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YxY0obbQc
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUydLKkXadj
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpC1W5VWkF
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4CgPrdStd
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMMz4LivB8
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TJ0E6s2Md
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxscZwkBWI
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEKcVt2l20
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarFTrJsgUA
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ri0Xoii62
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6xAVN9keQ
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLPctaqLwX
sorts of preposterous scenarios.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8pVp1EIc9
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcQeX5zu8h
failed their king, not once.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4kkvenRx2
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RiBaCXq1P
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc12I6jilDQ
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVidevBa12
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMf4E6rVsfA
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRjEIY7Zan
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbfcZfLuMp
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZX9GFxtLO
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TuQp0QMJB
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JsJHHOTct
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQZWEjx6Gd
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72l30N3YKI
while making sure it never arrives in second place.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgOjxkKNp4
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKIP57TY1D
its best quality.
