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Chapter Two406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVJLEDY64k
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYfMWxXhuL
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHaLNuB2xk
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cEZGqUJOY
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzN2tn4zGHU
travel anywhere undetected.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRe0cueSLxj
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDDaUDyngb
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmpj5zYgTw
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZO60FucqJ
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNm9fuNyhW
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8sFWxwNipl
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8wqp1tAA3
getting closer.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuUo5agEho
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhlbnl4QQ8
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNieCEPzM0N
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMGzkFMc7Z
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGCEsa2BI5
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45ZvBjArHp
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAeVrCNWio
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOrnPtxtwB
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoP0BbpkG3i
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TcuK8wrD6
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQHpAbOpar
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLDhKjHLXk
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6V2p1Oecbe
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmi12CIUfXR
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvH0g1Gofz
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Wqpfo6dAd
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjx3IxkOby
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJ9j6FsLYa
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRl6iAKmuT
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHPmczTLBq
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VVB5IPs4Z
sorts of preposterous scenarios.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2bOgQDrPX
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KaTU7nFWG
failed their king, not once.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthZO3ktOS8
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjSNb8nBUs
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXhq3zdyVe
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vvzKIyFL5
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KNfyxHG7E
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwpl4BVWr7
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1msrGkFLXU
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrD1mDLbq1
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRVSpyeOQQ
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPFWQee1yA
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAoLSCqD5g
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Yoe0XymhY
while making sure it never arrives in second place.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkTLu1z1WR
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRP7Jvg3U4a
its best quality.
