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Chapter Two332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycN8DHOmNL
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqzIQ6cf4H
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdw0ro0uXCB
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrY2KMOz0cd
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwdug0WyPZ
travel anywhere undetected.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GveQRrOzo
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqnVJVlwEW
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBb4v8IvhTd
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4E7GXvzss
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5geoY6mBY
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIU0xwccVa
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalj8OpgA1t
getting closer.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmAhZMYzk7
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQMCQYlrWg
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wTARq3Jqe
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3V1rYshqQ
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7Zh5Ux6fQ
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhHw5A70ii
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bG59ITxmG
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bd2PUEbcY
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0A0Vqpl2k
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhho5CN67Pn
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcIJmL3wot
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGvxIfQqiy
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrIjpHxN5B
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6eGBNEWeF
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BATSjUOk9
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQkCOmfRjm
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaxoUYCuVM
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFJ9s8o4fb
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkBP6hTMum
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0WLKqmgue
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xVrzSzRYU
sorts of preposterous scenarios.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8vC4NeAoj
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQwklZJiFy
failed their king, not once.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26mc8q1YKN
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUp4WIzZBR
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Gjd8Ms2oF
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERgGBUxltI
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXD832770o
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ltGkuZCl7
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHBIdwUB1S
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1VUajIfpG
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziQy0PQz0a
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXETSMQRrzv
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7HdwQN1CX
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveXFQLyjOP
while making sure it never arrives in second place.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkqSu3ufzS
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUljgKpCTYo
its best quality.
