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Chapter Two409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqOO2rG3jm
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLXNpZEhE7
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOXWQLTOOU
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwoLflglr5
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkI0g5QrDq1
travel anywhere undetected.409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDkIbXpz0S
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBxJlhQabr
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsBSDeMnVo
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SgP6DvViO
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZadCkH3qB
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZP629fLKKi
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAX5vwzy5E8
getting closer.409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9qrCVkg5G
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhxKu1T7zS
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhhyUCfqmX
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTp4QBqX2m
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvH0onhIZjE
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghViYS3Z1d
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GcNQf8HiR
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgX0Z13K9JN
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8diWhTGaf2
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIDalhcv6s
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgZHLq85Vl
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ThvnbOoQn
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMzAh4Km8m
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYxOnT7sRi
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPykmHjMHj
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3RgJcfdNM
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUVSvGPPpd
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NwPvhX444
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82htv8XALC
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30jpJnFkW6
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1HbdfvPsj
sorts of preposterous scenarios.409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiREzkBK9R
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mVyIuS01T
failed their king, not once.409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfm8h1Ri3j
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEgoAAJCcJ
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXrTUi8KF7
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjHcymqRBt
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKivz7faMAs
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSdU5k0MMD
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbXO9ZVgrD
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7mW1orYsG
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5Tmizwb5c
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5uI1oN0p0
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblnmO2ylaU
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2N7sQhRUx
while making sure it never arrives in second place.409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7fCQwaXka
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFZbo71Lig
its best quality.
