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It has been cutting through all the rain and any cloud that dares to stand in its way341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNt9zzqz0U
ever since it departed from the Human palace, the seat of all Human power, with a341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8xfqCFl98
stunning roar provided by the three powerful engines on its rear that propel the aircraft341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZu0oQTuGm
with unprecedented Human technology. For this mission, top speed is its concern, not341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRNGwm3qRj
concealment, and so it was likely many saw it sharply cut through the skies on its way341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfxvYVnF1w
here. It is indeed quite the feat, a technological prowess on a league of its own and341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8pg5XvARj
most likely capable of stunning even the Nharkim. The Beriheim Mountain is to be341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYueR2yQWBs
its destination and to get there the Bolt Lander quickly flew over the Great Northern341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWxiIqD4i5
Gate, over the marshes of Pantaan and the spiked stones of Cabero Valley where many341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXq076DDMSx
great battles have been decided. Something easily deduced by all the bones of many341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdj7hlP6Ea
giants and other long-gone things. A dry place as it must remain eternally bound to341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7WvpI4ATr
the sun and its wrath, forever a slave to its scolding will. After those yellowed sights,341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM30PZuwxS0
green starts to sprout again and shortly after, if one is flying that is, the Beriheim341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Cvc5QZosA
region becomes finally within reach. The advent of flying was mostly made possible341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0IUOqbejN
to avoid setting foot in such desolated places like Cabero Valley, although there have341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKP28qEsVS
always been those stubborn caravans marching through it. Especially when Beriheim341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yE8X6iHSF
was not a region best avoided but was sought out instead. It was once fertile, and a few341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZhR1oF5ET
happy settlements could be found there. All of that belongs to the past now...341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xXcgErnNo
The mountain was finally in sight of that tired pilot. It reached his old eyes after341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUwTNQqe8e
yet another, albeit bigger than usual, thunderclap - one as if announcing their arrival.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtHeRRL5an
No amount of clouds or threatening thunders could keep it hidden anymore, and the341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbv5PMTjArP
sounds of those struggling engines had no choice but to make themselves even louder.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcA7A25n5EC
They grew desperate as the Bolt Lander’s efforts against that punishing storm kept341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFt60ILAHQp
increasing; an effort that did not go unnoticed by its cargo. The force of five sent...341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQ3f61HuXH
“Boss...” called out one of the four calmly sitting with a beautiful, elegant sword341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73LM2fOYIl
stationed between his legs “and you didn’t want us to tag along this time.”341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqNpKGSeUN
“Keep it shut.” said the one sitting in front of him; a female whose voluptuous341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡju3Mz4KIk5
curves were a gift that no shadow could ever hope to conceal. “What, and miss out on341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsMPM7QR00
all this?” he insisted as he spun around that sword a couple of times.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6qyahj6gB
“Yeah captain,” another joined in; also feminine, with a calm and collected voice341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OsWK0HoPR
“Why didn’t you want us to come along this time?” she asked while her fingers kept341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDMObpokUc
drumming one of her thighs... The one standing up said nothing...341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKykjDPr3k5
“Capt’n? Capt’n can ya hear me?” a voice rustling through a small box on the wall,341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlmUshuVBC
they were words from the pilot, and they are struggling to reach the five waiting341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZ6QNIaEol
patiently.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAC6mLzj1px
“We hear you Sheiska.” the one standing up finally spoke, “Give us the good news.”341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBzHThZaeV
“Sir, she can’t take it for much longer...” the obvious difficulty the pilot was having341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLFer9omf1
easily discerned from all that increasing static “We have to make the drop-off now...”341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuK8t321Oh
“How far are we from that mountain?” the captain of the Hand asked while looking341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaD5imsQh3
at the rest. “We will soon be flying over Brosse...”341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6Qbpj7uIP
“Is there no way she can bring us any closer?” the captain’s right hand already waving341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGHpfLi4k4
to the rest as an indication to make themselves ready “Sheiska?”341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZGNhKauHi
“No sir, I don’t... God darn it... all...” a louder sound than usual was heard this time341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRvUbEBlw3
coming not from the speaker box but the pilot’s cabinet. “I guess not...” the captain341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsAdGGEGlI
murmured... “Sorry sir... lost the reading on the instruments for a while there” things341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLzmEasw4y
resumed to just how bad they were previously “So what say you, captain?”341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIbNAFNFka
“It’s not like we have much choice,” the captain looked behind him and saw the341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNVE2R5tQi
other four already fully prepared and waiting “open it up for us when you are ready.”341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVff7j21uQ
“Aye, sir...” the sound of a heavy lock was heard as mechanical noises capable of341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqsgYonVma
distinguishing themselves, even with such a storm running rampant outside, were341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYkOFqKTRD
heard heading to the back of the aircraft. Their eyes followed and then the way for341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1T0EzSDWp
them to jump unfurled. “Sir I would strongly advise for a halo jump with this nasty341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpr6XeB52xg
weather and all.”341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWwRuu96df
“Alright you heard the man...” the captain’s words placed all five in a single file341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyPKeQTS5R
“We dive straight down to get away from these clouds as fast as possible and once we341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJg6pMq6CF
are in the clear I will signal you all to deploy the parachutes. Now gear up and let’s go.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOEMfaeSQb
Rhim, you go first.”341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFQspxtMc1
