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It has been cutting through all the rain and any cloud that dares to stand in its way386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC70WlFWJaz
ever since it departed from the Human palace, the seat of all Human power, with a386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWJjY2n2xT
stunning roar provided by the three powerful engines on its rear that propel the aircraft386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8eIxnJesg
with unprecedented Human technology. For this mission, top speed is its concern, not386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOYEp97nyf
concealment, and so it was likely many saw it sharply cut through the skies on its way386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡco9CeV5PmS
here. It is indeed quite the feat, a technological prowess on a league of its own and386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCw0gD44Qoq
most likely capable of stunning even the Nharkim. The Beriheim Mountain is to be386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvOQF4A2Fu
its destination and to get there the Bolt Lander quickly flew over the Great Northern386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVfnoWyi06
Gate, over the marshes of Pantaan and the spiked stones of Cabero Valley where many386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JTuDzHlWO
great battles have been decided. Something easily deduced by all the bones of many386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6X1bmuEIxh
giants and other long-gone things. A dry place as it must remain eternally bound to386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQpOoB8SiH
the sun and its wrath, forever a slave to its scolding will. After those yellowed sights,386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmW3Nw32JLS
green starts to sprout again and shortly after, if one is flying that is, the Beriheim386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mhY9u71lA
region becomes finally within reach. The advent of flying was mostly made possible386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEFIScAxXn
to avoid setting foot in such desolated places like Cabero Valley, although there have386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6jXTuiDBQ
always been those stubborn caravans marching through it. Especially when Beriheim386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69hWKD1NZX
was not a region best avoided but was sought out instead. It was once fertile, and a few386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohwES5whSw
happy settlements could be found there. All of that belongs to the past now...386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TrNXu515b
The mountain was finally in sight of that tired pilot. It reached his old eyes after386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tC8dkts5Z
yet another, albeit bigger than usual, thunderclap - one as if announcing their arrival.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN56M5wnExy
No amount of clouds or threatening thunders could keep it hidden anymore, and the386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVu0crUsdtL
sounds of those struggling engines had no choice but to make themselves even louder.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LFQ0z5HbP
They grew desperate as the Bolt Lander’s efforts against that punishing storm kept386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lj7uhKpr2
increasing; an effort that did not go unnoticed by its cargo. The force of five sent...386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOBDrGHLcm
“Boss...” called out one of the four calmly sitting with a beautiful, elegant sword386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3MJ4iaHeY
stationed between his legs “and you didn’t want us to tag along this time.”386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwlaDFxPi3
“Keep it shut.” said the one sitting in front of him; a female whose voluptuous386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNS02maHZ6
curves were a gift that no shadow could ever hope to conceal. “What, and miss out on386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSmuadVt4F
all this?” he insisted as he spun around that sword a couple of times.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98PjJsRXyK
“Yeah captain,” another joined in; also feminine, with a calm and collected voice386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmXIGis96p
“Why didn’t you want us to come along this time?” she asked while her fingers kept386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugdTKnEq9t
drumming one of her thighs... The one standing up said nothing...386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7kiYWjDDF
“Capt’n? Capt’n can ya hear me?” a voice rustling through a small box on the wall,386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HN4r4535b
they were words from the pilot, and they are struggling to reach the five waiting386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiKGth6QlM
patiently.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQxxvSayS2
“We hear you Sheiska.” the one standing up finally spoke, “Give us the good news.”386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvqdv6BAlO
“Sir, she can’t take it for much longer...” the obvious difficulty the pilot was having386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqOo53ZaEj
easily discerned from all that increasing static “We have to make the drop-off now...”386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6SLj4ih0K
“How far are we from that mountain?” the captain of the Hand asked while looking386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMkwNesNxK
at the rest. “We will soon be flying over Brosse...”386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQ2C1W75n6
“Is there no way she can bring us any closer?” the captain’s right hand already waving386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4elbqMTyOc
to the rest as an indication to make themselves ready “Sheiska?”386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCXVIuz1YL
“No sir, I don’t... God darn it... all...” a louder sound than usual was heard this time386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1zP8OCPP4
coming not from the speaker box but the pilot’s cabinet. “I guess not...” the captain386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjj7qXtWLLl
murmured... “Sorry sir... lost the reading on the instruments for a while there” things386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkabGWsKTe8
resumed to just how bad they were previously “So what say you, captain?”386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkHaNyPoP6
“It’s not like we have much choice,” the captain looked behind him and saw the386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7TLbZ6BU7
other four already fully prepared and waiting “open it up for us when you are ready.”386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKJ1NDFa40
“Aye, sir...” the sound of a heavy lock was heard as mechanical noises capable of386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Zj4q6Sh1W
distinguishing themselves, even with such a storm running rampant outside, were386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUfRlwdh2O
heard heading to the back of the aircraft. Their eyes followed and then the way for386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZubFiuUhxw
them to jump unfurled. “Sir I would strongly advise for a halo jump with this nasty386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9W4Rfv7yq
weather and all.”386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQULfLvWXY
“Alright you heard the man...” the captain’s words placed all five in a single file386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrheYqgk2F
“We dive straight down to get away from these clouds as fast as possible and once we386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs978tHqrJC
are in the clear I will signal you all to deploy the parachutes. Now gear up and let’s go.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7IqJDaiVJ
Rhim, you go first.”386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnd5ASH90k
