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Chapter Two320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lSdwIsNNN
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gUIw2UFbD
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvA3MUYbND5
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXQMnBiSRT
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tVkoU7P2I
travel anywhere undetected.320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuV7BixgnW9
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLtK5wKZ9l
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QZUV0GsFt
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHD4DrS1TF
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FSUxdNsNu
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48vOknRONH
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv88xa76JEj
getting closer.320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbQH6rHrPR
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavYmkKNiIY
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eKCzeZ4Tx
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnJ6QSKsWs
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtMF7f6CHW
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9ymrhIv2b
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuPdyD9jZt
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uRgAHpE22
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxF66igRF4
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XM5KeO2KK
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNcAOyfJ61
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBegMfXhEm
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElPDkIyVbb
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwZxUeXpc9
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1VQXuh1XZ
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqBgIoIMVy
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCh4CxinPYg
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlY9RdQXti
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYv4AtD9Se
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCq1FDF2eJ
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFngvQN7VB
sorts of preposterous scenarios.320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIAwoHVwwj
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrLbrpRBej
failed their king, not once.320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarbG5k28PU
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡda4Onzbvjl
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApZXBaSgTA
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKpfnranvb
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiumu262Nl
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9QrQ9lfS2
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHI3Sxok6HK
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0j4w0C4TSN
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmtqEzAXIO
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFx6q1sahP
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJhCJFl7vq
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWd5poyJ9Lo
while making sure it never arrives in second place.320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeEeiNgKei
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXyCfK5UvH
its best quality.
