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Chapter Two286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyrl8ce9Xz
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGX8UMCqlN
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqWoMa4JCB
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJBszVhOsC
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNeQVYutoX
travel anywhere undetected.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMH1AwpkcZ
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oKjGE3Ddd
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9PClblRvW
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3F4fliMRg7
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNsT8BhyxS
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2a4lQj6PGn
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTroBRA4hq
getting closer.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdGk2yPyWS
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gsPmYM4ia
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdykf8wVRU
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxeI6xLx0m
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbw6rydA91Y
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSDiu0KSv0
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSIbmGlvUX
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EFWB1C9FM
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheI0vZz8AS
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaSG9TFO3w
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsQ0OtxBys
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2heBTbOcup
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWP6DZR9l6W
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCHs0zro67
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuiEYvMyJJ
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nUmbtVda9
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97dihTT6Mk
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpBkQl4n6j
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ygMnakKno
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHv70XaPAU
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93DNxRHDDA
sorts of preposterous scenarios.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYR9krC6VFt
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGWhZmRIhM
failed their king, not once.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQ7yZjNu7w
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdGBry4zW6
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtbgdIDO6V
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgnzGzGlqB
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTYUF1xLmN
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwyoVwzAZM
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaGZIvRLMo
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8FcczGLwX
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXap0mxpatn
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lK0zy5qmG
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oUTXr4EAX
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkyV7VlGl5
while making sure it never arrives in second place.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXeHieXCSz
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2a8pH8xfQ
its best quality.
