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Chapter Two386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0cirJn0O6
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsF0jS5UTa
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQ3Max0du3
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7XxQWcPkk
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IXFHfVGrW
travel anywhere undetected.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XrJHh99Sv
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgaushpOLv
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3wgQtNA9s
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGHs3pbwCi
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Dxg5VNgvm
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLsm5y4c0I
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHkD3KDuua
getting closer.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWw8ie5GwHU
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrQQ5Eofhm
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZy0sGcgRNY
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRM9dpUbRVJ
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdhF92uSsK
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBMb4SfEc5
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZomGPleTe
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCerqd07R4
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcD1ndjZt3h
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7aqxCDiEt
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScH0hZjIgj
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFD3wj4Jsj
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaqcgT5rQ9
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8mig2atEp
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzg40NtSO3U
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbTg2rFdXC
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqcn08KIgm
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVbeFcw8bB
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTqgpZDOp5
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QaDXOt8R5
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhna20L2Ubk
sorts of preposterous scenarios.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5Bfklb6eU
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZSztzPvr6
failed their king, not once.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjY7EgAD5xD
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoMPHStDez
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XBlsy6hpA
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPje915Zn9
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDs1x1PZqn
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOnAv1xMgi
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSsmPGXszY
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVgiQW5lAu
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoweEhttF6G
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1A5cX6RtQA
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfsrd2lbEh
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRmrr7NP6p
while making sure it never arrives in second place.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYp6EaIl6ic
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLwKORYkar
its best quality.
