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Chapter Two381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNCwr5fRtK
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiKpQk36SM
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5egROVLn1
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1odz6jVwaa
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgf6w6dLBf8
travel anywhere undetected.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Tr8PLr2Er
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgMzETjNBt
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsc7Tv64Jo
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzItr2GepnF
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwV6xKn5hM
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDRruyqx6g
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZC6sqh5sP
getting closer.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtcCsTkFjX
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgnoHiDz1i
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBc9Nn5DxSI
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYPEJBBQsI
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGYHwZ7UU6
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAnlwXk8Y3
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYYcPLefwK
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZqtmow2m6
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBy8jku02KY
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6HkmuIgUZ
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYhNCn5cny
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSkO8N0tIU
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZG28bqZjbX
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBgjAU7by6
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhpQIJU5UX
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvFdij7JXG
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrzCalV0ZA
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7K59Kqr4W
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOSlO3JLmd
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3hjoHOkHM
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIn1QYpOyDR
sorts of preposterous scenarios.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxrz2V13Wo
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0ZmHIHoQT
failed their king, not once.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfb8yD69KR
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAbphDe20t
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgdQLdyjOn
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhnFAj9ZfL
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLs11SQ9ySH
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurqhmZoPuH
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTEkBXAfEh
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9f95iWo50J
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrflMP9z44
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLE9vnMpSo7
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgp8lZUj1ne
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPkpEPTt4w
while making sure it never arrives in second place.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4g3EPWybyM
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUy6FMTasgX
its best quality.
