Chapter Two150Please respect copyright.PENANAR7537hHxut
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the150Please respect copyright.PENANAyp4fpt5VaR
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they150Please respect copyright.PENANA1feFdydY3X
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few150Please respect copyright.PENANAnGlzUaA7Wd
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to150Please respect copyright.PENANAMH6xD9Syqk
travel anywhere undetected.150Please respect copyright.PENANAoWai0wqz7b
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so150Please respect copyright.PENANAoLpTe4jSlc
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.150Please respect copyright.PENANAnVE6DFhwbr
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting150Please respect copyright.PENANAe8Y6i2iUuJ
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed150Please respect copyright.PENANA6d2dFnGUC1
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now150Please respect copyright.PENANAvcB32LbGTO
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are150Please respect copyright.PENANALDrOwClTjd
getting closer.150Please respect copyright.PENANAHwuK7qKPE7
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly150Please respect copyright.PENANAUcKhGNRa2X
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what150Please respect copyright.PENANAdDv7lugXSn
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying150Please respect copyright.PENANAnNQtikdiHC
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one150Please respect copyright.PENANA462qWNl37y
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to150Please respect copyright.PENANAuhf59At6Jq
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that150Please respect copyright.PENANAVh49imkB7c
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when150Please respect copyright.PENANAlBXlNh2zYF
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses150Please respect copyright.PENANAL5R0vg7ojT
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a150Please respect copyright.PENANAulm8ONIHBd
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time150Please respect copyright.PENANApDwfD8yRzV
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar150Please respect copyright.PENANAuNRrbx4Pcw
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard150Please respect copyright.PENANAktqTHr46pM
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually150Please respect copyright.PENANAV3qgYet8pO
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys150Please respect copyright.PENANAEfMQBCOs8P
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.150Please respect copyright.PENANAl2vHSj4RVc
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they150Please respect copyright.PENANA9lfO6mKvN9
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the150Please respect copyright.PENANAcNlvYNNh9R
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,150Please respect copyright.PENANA9xONHP55DR
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else150Please respect copyright.PENANA7P4kBTQmbw
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all150Please respect copyright.PENANAItBOxnowWC
sorts of preposterous scenarios.150Please respect copyright.PENANANpJK0A3gL6
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never150Please respect copyright.PENANAXAfo9N9fTK
failed their king, not once.150Please respect copyright.PENANAOrLyici3Z5
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.150Please respect copyright.PENANAsrcDoCvtsr
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the150Please respect copyright.PENANAzPaqfFVhNx
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing150Please respect copyright.PENANA8wrCpi2OnD
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no150Please respect copyright.PENANA4O5fVfTuLU
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed150Please respect copyright.PENANAdshCk33gdZ
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very150Please respect copyright.PENANAz0fTD2faoa
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her150Please respect copyright.PENANAMP841Eh6OQ
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike150Please respect copyright.PENANAXT30fHyNkU
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the150Please respect copyright.PENANAPNUrgMKQJa
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert150Please respect copyright.PENANAYg70kywmpm
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware150Please respect copyright.PENANAZmjUvvM8zS
while making sure it never arrives in second place.150Please respect copyright.PENANA8jlVeyw9Hd
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is150Please respect copyright.PENANAfgyT1U8gmE
its best quality.