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Chapter Two213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVHnGC66PO
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1NTedCLiN
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KiVpz4Nb0
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNp7FEdBgE8
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuYz4vPUca
travel anywhere undetected.213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs47t3SpboI
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SsNBkvFse
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqBv4reDO4
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE89BjHV3qq
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gl6DWmMem
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwQvEf5JBU
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuOdDUOy9V
getting closer.213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePTX9QM9mQ
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbOVIGU5rY
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeYI3t5KCS
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMHiyFfEgt
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mJl8bklNS
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZiTTOKOVY
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUO1UX9xmIM
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMBvlQNS3A
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaHgjMeUeN
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzlqJwcKkW
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5r5YzVzKI
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnyoatswrv
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDYDetd7Sm
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyOMV1yzR2
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomCQJ7nmnL
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAGdn6CvbU
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8fPoWKBF4
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFzowUNzQH
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwHy3jKeJM
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUAkcGtklt
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIkWfDx0An
sorts of preposterous scenarios.213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFMyeRTT1I
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhNOZLvbOF
failed their king, not once.213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGCmsq6Y8A
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfxy0svAsk
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMy0Jl26kBY
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgD9Tlt71FE
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhb90XK7DB
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMmcTllLxe
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjg8B1l7ew
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qnA5cpHyp
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCDG41SBor
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbJO9A3ZfF
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5W3MhyeyQL
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg46iBAapQh
while making sure it never arrives in second place.213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqpQFZVikt
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPWJeWYrqy
its best quality.
