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Chapter Two391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wdGZDnGqZ
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1OpUdpFJj
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6nS2yonsW
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnMHipv5CB
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIHDjaccub
travel anywhere undetected.391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwqmzgsmzK
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyb7HnfxSEv
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoe8mrCxfAM
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJK5M4bnzVl
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkX355Tnj4Y
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLO4zq8wYf
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6n30qF8wjg
getting closer.391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRSFrGKWeL
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40SbMbgUj9
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRdelBKpbV
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLJB2qKBoM
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtN79uz7Fd
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SHw7wQVgt
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQjqsSJ7a6
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeAYL5qXoD
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6haKGt7Iju
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aUaZpDTXb
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVIXcwP4Mt
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOS3GPcwXKy
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYqvmSjobk
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4q5KaOMalH
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjE5op7npC
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlo4B2c6pN2
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmvPJQwx71
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqB9onRuaFw
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZiIXW4bjp
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXASRn0V05
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgABh3aMpmv
sorts of preposterous scenarios.391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwRL9ZyddI
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1fzvmdGm6
failed their king, not once.391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1UwQYY0cy
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Reyaql8AM
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLFAyechH1
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKq2F0Qi0lG
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKPHxQJiOl
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLdVe7z7XX
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPKNF8PkQl
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EGp9zqjIk
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPVVlVA9th
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPslEKicTg
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2rgbU07xk
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6X0y5V2gK
while making sure it never arrives in second place.391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjuUiZHshS
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is391Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1aUVwf5fW
its best quality.
