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Chapter Two407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9rwOoI4eZ
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIW1ZV35nmW
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KqXn5GCN6
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2BXaVlj48
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYSZUMHoeL
travel anywhere undetected.407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJ6P7ff4Ku
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMgC2x7pMO
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0waEevNsF
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZcB53EuZo
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhgRD2w4u6
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcD9g1NqK1
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLZqkG3itl
getting closer.407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheJlQnBfIv
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfHqu9vsOx
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuJRNcZsoa
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkW0wcS2j7
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JKJ9ypxrQ
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcusooIhDZ6
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMwkOlPRGS
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bIg9UqeZi
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlsFokhCgM
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xjmYRseZ9
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFs7kzZ8OiE
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gilu7KGAO
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2SFyg7u6L
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqu5KNYi9I
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqB98wp91A
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHhHuBNMvd
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLjIngCP4e
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5q3p84Yvm
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMY5DG3dvvk
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaAfRXhOF9
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdO47jxSIEw
sorts of preposterous scenarios.407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZUuZW5udQ
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcOSenNESF
failed their king, not once.407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6f5Fpc3rA
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKWsu4P7dp
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSeoTtw0w1
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIy5JELerK5
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxPhPYrwwt
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcubn2IOTnb
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrWew6ToWv
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9675s00J4Q
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgokDfSBVw1
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqg6EMT00Tx
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXEDO8clvR
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaz4WaOq5N
while making sure it never arrives in second place.407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMK8pYa2d81
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is407Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGF9JffUnh0
its best quality.
