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Chapter Two222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAOrgaTJH1
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsGXp2SK1A
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01DRJqUp6d
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePNose6tEU
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkw57IMvbZ2
travel anywhere undetected.222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRiZrsfOc5
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5yGrYAjaD
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0UNPkzdw6
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lIpQav7Xy
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLMH0W3m9x
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5BiioM9ZH
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqsmwTXDic
getting closer.222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7ag8RYRHs
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQ4hJXnVLe
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTFdj0tAlB
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ826vLatM9D
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0NHMs8iY8
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSWJJMbvK9
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqymEERRfpe
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFh5ZHMc2Dx
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfv9A0Z8Ltm
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFr4fuiYDW
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqV3dS3tEmd
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrj688nFobO
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGsa8CHpMb
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡym237ibXYL
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1ZeNiUyGu
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITJF9hNCtf
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3Qoy9t6sy
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sHvD4xVTr
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9ssOiSRf4
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yRmYI6Lph
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdG0aVHxpd
sorts of preposterous scenarios.222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAuaBGBfYj
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp81IPDSLRy
failed their king, not once.222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlbL1h9Dhm
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGw6TRjBxyo
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjrDhzfhll
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOKf0W4WD0
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJrbsa8RPz
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4NilyzyuR
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZym1qiVpq
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50rXlBWhal
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLncTMDatj
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugBJezUc68
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8rzyymx7h
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFT6mWG40UC
while making sure it never arrives in second place.222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQXNyZScLZ
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is222Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkWfKzldU7
its best quality.
