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Chapter Two253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJ1SOvCVdt
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnS8cSi7Bu
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzWYEFTnUY
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3XFSGgRnk
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogaNMnDLIK
travel anywhere undetected.253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5cID31Ykd
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvfIbzPNv5
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxme11aayKp
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCgfAZX0oY
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIM8fuTBNg
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4uDTIMfgK
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCxtOW5udU
getting closer.253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XmcRkUPWX
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyptfTxuIo
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPwKkW1qgS
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1z4OfGOpN
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCLMLXJcWP
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46e5HXH5iY
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jj0hviaZ9
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOW7wIZBRd
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYNtKtQ7GT
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWuNmA5EzF
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNR6PP53JM
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4haWcq4fp
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLvo2RL00N
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTlrGMayQb
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1kvU2nQXs
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIr2Ufzm16X
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3Vq8SB742
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhlyeRxLaE
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRNCf5ohgu
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkoHlhMHpP
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNn9Ivnp2Xj
sorts of preposterous scenarios.253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXwFEtGt78
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vlkDNKW83
failed their king, not once.253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMWgmYP2B3
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wV5PVmk0s
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xEqmezbEk
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLroXI0J5ko
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3a53DxZSGs
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3z3t70w5E
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36PirtV8gh
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVMjGbqboR
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmqLZeiIU6
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiF3YXaBm9P
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCEkdMQFUc
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOczPSwYTHj
while making sure it never arrives in second place.253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYg6Z7vkVmo
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZyQwtpsD0
its best quality.
