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Chapter Two323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zFPqQ6KZf
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqbfOLx2Vh
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFfv8Efjdl
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OnP7kNnUj
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWokeRGGfOH
travel anywhere undetected.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RexqScfue
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUc654wc875
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cWquexhC7
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gmzHdyTi7
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIkk6p5ZMT
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTT6WGbWhbT
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlrMPwvP44
getting closer.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZYAoeiiXB
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYqZAzCzJL
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XahrZW4Mb
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIh3SK4OAfL
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfW29JiU0Y
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHdTGQzhJy
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZ1EBXHO2X
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJYZqTghSA
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtRlUC8rKT
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFibPGHmDjx
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnu7WFHpwuI
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOXz1SnfWT
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4z2ysQ31h
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwsxnMJ46V
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYRQZOkQlp
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxznpM83ct
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJ0KRujANI
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTt1txCF0c
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwnuJwJFFw
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfi9cymlK5M
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7Gq7TzKel
sorts of preposterous scenarios.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwauSpLRuSC
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaGFFUwg8S
failed their king, not once.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4QO6TrnNl
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSaRmp6NBx
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoWzhARqv9
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfASOvIJSIR
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FKpTZl1yJ
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwpQ8bqZ8U
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywzdB0Azym
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CXoHXyE4m
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAR3sDjmnlZ
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aetJd4lY6
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguS3HOy3cs
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQdPtox6fK
while making sure it never arrives in second place.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmF0yVzIzk
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKbOO6v4PA
its best quality.
