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Chapter Two231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6d5byA2vx
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkT6Bmk0jhB
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJ09Jn1F2H
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYsYG5wqEb
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5XEKYDLxZ
travel anywhere undetected.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGm5cNefnGO
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOxwzvqult
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNCQGHZM80
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyf3NMSKF9K
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjITFDG368
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfo4F2c1vUE
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQSB2crJPj
getting closer.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4XsUbrkSs
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4e3AHVIZox
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNEQSOQqv9
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIMGaiy8I1
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuKiFlJgxn
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCA7QOBDfGj
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiumCquaBd
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBu1P7jRHN
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yTjfH1VdK
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGD1b0NPnAp
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0hioR3WA5
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iXWQdxzTP
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrl3M8CysX
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJaKwnk1fq
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AWC2oomfV
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TPO2F8YxJ
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOb2OpaHOR
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8h11wxK7DF
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDupbbkA2dW
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYHDlNKJsr
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49xVRaHK9R
sorts of preposterous scenarios.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogqKycGtKD
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwknhkT0XYr
failed their king, not once.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUKhKFlq4l
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLuxTY9idH
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHdEEsP6dw
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCGQt6apcM
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX66zPBiIT4
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjcFiEV1qC
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBrZMD7rZI
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriu4nREwO5
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtMxgcQvI5
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqFvlHC7DX
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBjSxo5Cqq
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Bf7GjaSt5
while making sure it never arrives in second place.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlRsZh96Ep
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxon66pFw7
its best quality.
