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Chapter Two333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs82wztFOL2
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZjNYzvFfK
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SY9ZlNhMd
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeRBP6tHDF
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo28HXMTiQA
travel anywhere undetected.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHHIbfEBfO
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHLZlonkio
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmG9t61h3Z
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLQehZ8dyF
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJx1ADmW6z
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkxna3HXy4
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCxcq2qwvb
getting closer.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxN5dShfNKa
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQm30xm3Tq
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKF7oXYc1aU
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs51XOmZP23
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSPVzQxVBr
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoidFwcRyn
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lhIwK5Src
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKzhz9EUU6
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXFgTUNl45
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRA0mLgx1h
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzFGUlgMxK
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxkrNQnAgI
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxJUwDcYec
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsi6BbMT2h7
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJBkXqXQTB
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMkVrmk5bv
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZd7fKUgATx
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxh9qwZpew
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9R6cLHHYo
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUAaJkWvrM
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs71zB2s1b9
sorts of preposterous scenarios.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhUCyXDITt
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LLQorcgJg
failed their king, not once.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uK8SvvfaW
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcN7PmKaB3
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHKMW9KAIr
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHSFJAOqa9
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTTb0gSgCr
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8X4XrDpit
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNhWDVoNxB
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVaAyCbm7p
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2u1QNpeYrL
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf05YnSFJ73
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnktidgaBQp
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3UA22MhE8
while making sure it never arrives in second place.333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2RgZFc984
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is333Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6x5P9u9mw
its best quality.
