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Chapter Two322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtuDfpJ93m
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEB3mUsFUn
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVNsLWX26E
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRC4AHyILY
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzetZ3HnhHt
travel anywhere undetected.322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSM6yeS2Uao
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0BUHFSRBA
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AYdknpfb2
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpcYjYbYwY
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAONYgK0vK0
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuLUuiXBAK
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiKKRkWnN8
getting closer.322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqpJ0nj5UL
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIG5GiBDY0a
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFbL4hMUd0
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ967ZEfqg0D
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF27aO6o2lH
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrO5B4ag3R
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGJ4r8aS66
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxfp6CtmRK
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70hgNgyoJx
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMw2OGFkHYO
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lbVEGMTHi
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrwCPx5nvg
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vqN2vQlEn
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgM8Lhz7is
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jo09JPyz1
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRZHSYjMOe
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQWktReSgA
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rA4oUIa08
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptRT0ynd2P
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mOueFCLle
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXGVk3k5Uy
sorts of preposterous scenarios.322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvypIURk6F
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSohX7CmyJX
failed their king, not once.322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3E0ULeXjD
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QhdJPDSgk
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSJLZanFei
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzDmzcVj4g
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwv22lq4d5
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaN9op6nztM
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMXyU5IrsB
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVizimwhES
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjK8HQo0v7s
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNfICjUR9i
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVahwzN3BF
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6d0AHQEX6
while making sure it never arrives in second place.322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZx5VuWbwDl
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwz1X7Zpzzd
its best quality.
