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Chapter Two396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBjdOsqNP2
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcky8f9848e
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EwsKBtnLq
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhiYPvUHH7
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3cAmVgWll
travel anywhere undetected.396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7dF5o3AWz
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlrxEqmmSC
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhu1h3d8QnD
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEeB8c5Y1A
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtX8B4TxQ7D
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa005zH3E06
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvuLc6nyYI
getting closer.396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ioHPK3bBz
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dF8YWuWS0
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwpkkUz8si
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQ2R0WQVrk
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKS4rDR8iZ
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRgf06GuTU
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPG0ZtjLRN
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYQrMjHpVD
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu210drWpAP
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6Xyb5ZI87
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqd7J0l1mP
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOwOBvVdOW
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcc2dQbewx
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbF2eyUA7c
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLbi8P98FO
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWtjnFPpxq
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuSwZrpntg
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrUT1W55wt
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveC0pCorof
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86SeV8ZP36
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5ai33Hjq5
sorts of preposterous scenarios.396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpnq2vaH5L
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEqXxxLYyt
failed their king, not once.396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQ5KcMbM8W
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpRPn5TvIW
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84n81Wo9Gs
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypILFQMrCl
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1SnfGeiAb
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkonqMxlJx
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoN9IttkR0
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyNBncnyHJ
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBb55rEHHJ
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZwsOwW7Uc
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBoNDeLTx8
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqnQxFyF8g
while making sure it never arrives in second place.396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOHAq7VgGV
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is396Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaREEV9Mfx
its best quality.
