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Chapter Two379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOxZuff4IO
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6w7a3jrOts
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovGmcZKukq
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRq8P6tOTuP
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfetmUzxp1K
travel anywhere undetected.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLFt2YCqxi
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKWYQt8Yxi
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCZRsCum0f
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQKuXRp8S5
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9IbJSctOJ
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkc1Vizum4
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJGuTA7IEN
getting closer.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu81Vj7Qvqn
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0wRpZq8Zo
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSl0RMaqKBB
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwztPvIWemA
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsWUVAFESq
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpD6BRqbroX
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9V8ETFLjZv
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbN7qQSkkl5
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90kHK3hoO5
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DYbfRl2yQ
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLqHLzbWKD
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvwLTQbaSC
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvxh5NdK4p
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RnR7RWssp
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdL3vpbyX3x
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8wPGCYWLY
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNxHcOEnZS
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCpxwrCGsk
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YOLZOvxTO
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡall8FwqxG2
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yKqbgQqPo
sorts of preposterous scenarios.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVdAfPFYgE
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4CZpRhDC3
failed their king, not once.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTV4AaDs0xL
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeL9OOcKqM
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWZ9ieZGvw
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFYKVKMO6H
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9gToMluhF
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBPKVBgoj7
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNaXf4GqEvI
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaQTbQ0ihC
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgc0FeieObJ
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDq5Z8RYkX
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFF5wOsLFnd
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYeNalpuFd
while making sure it never arrives in second place.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IrcB1ZrRw
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPevwZA472
its best quality.
