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Chapter Two293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABYCAPO7YV
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqZmHkRkIN
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWUp3GWR7i
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZW0XftDXm
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoATMLPfh3
travel anywhere undetected.293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjIS9a4bwY
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZmsceCQ6g
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0RbPbZlHt
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0aUYHwGuA
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKpFLGtgPt
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dO3JkkEAj
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOIqjmIfCF
getting closer.293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTxVBc2j71
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3jYmCYfhC
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rSKmcmSHC
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwbLyPC0F4
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPFvupWG61
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8xJrQV9S4
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQqu6wzGzO
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡek1nWqT4Lf
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybZlW9ubEB
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqQlFrq9Hs
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Adm6Ui9PH
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytIPM51SrO
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PDvm87JQR
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPfCdu1Z7k
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoLOBaHfoR
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjr1THcZZGN
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIr7s4sjl31
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xeokReR92
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLlQN682lq
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeh54iARdNF
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXm6ZHhUGVg
sorts of preposterous scenarios.293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fdilQC8sd
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJxBMQ87Wr
failed their king, not once.293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2HweKjWGA
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIbHylcNMs
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggY6z5sUyQ
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKP67fjlv5
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVBNoFNSAk
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0urtnMnFUM
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3Lqi9n9XE
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGWIVBck0R
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniBokVllAZ
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWRmi5T0i1
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ldXfHTobz
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGHREOGfMq
while making sure it never arrives in second place.293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHgR9Kl9vQ
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3oiF6ZZg2
its best quality.
