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It has been cutting through all the rain and any cloud that dares to stand in its way299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnvxqNYYwt
ever since it departed from the Human palace, the seat of all Human power, with a299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizITUWosmz
stunning roar provided by the three powerful engines on its rear that propel the aircraft299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsmrtk9uBw
with unprecedented Human technology. For this mission, top speed is its concern, not299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrqSqUIcLc
concealment, and so it was likely many saw it sharply cut through the skies on its way299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YGJlBZwEh
here. It is indeed quite the feat, a technological prowess on a league of its own and299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9234Brfag
most likely capable of stunning even the Nharkim. The Beriheim Mountain is to be299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw35Al846eN
its destination and to get there the Bolt Lander quickly flew over the Great Northern299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZbvd9eYl3
Gate, over the marshes of Pantaan and the spiked stones of Cabero Valley where many299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7o0cLA63W
great battles have been decided. Something easily deduced by all the bones of many299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMikEFEFubw
giants and other long-gone things. A dry place as it must remain eternally bound to299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnitDvCokn
the sun and its wrath, forever a slave to its scolding will. After those yellowed sights,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP89KgeNGHe
green starts to sprout again and shortly after, if one is flying that is, the Beriheim299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhbkYR717R
region becomes finally within reach. The advent of flying was mostly made possible299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXluE1QzDD
to avoid setting foot in such desolated places like Cabero Valley, although there have299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjB9RhR7mPt
always been those stubborn caravans marching through it. Especially when Beriheim299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRIcwLLncV
was not a region best avoided but was sought out instead. It was once fertile, and a few299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4B7nbFHnkp
happy settlements could be found there. All of that belongs to the past now...299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrpsJy5I7L
The mountain was finally in sight of that tired pilot. It reached his old eyes after299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dAMbs92pQ
yet another, albeit bigger than usual, thunderclap - one as if announcing their arrival.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfELsaepJh7
No amount of clouds or threatening thunders could keep it hidden anymore, and the299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kUiJS1YUx
sounds of those struggling engines had no choice but to make themselves even louder.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjHHheNuGh
They grew desperate as the Bolt Lander’s efforts against that punishing storm kept299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbYwncCS8G
increasing; an effort that did not go unnoticed by its cargo. The force of five sent...299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6MJpvwAFo
“Boss...” called out one of the four calmly sitting with a beautiful, elegant sword299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepEXdcIfpz
stationed between his legs “and you didn’t want us to tag along this time.”299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiR0CbOqliJ
“Keep it shut.” said the one sitting in front of him; a female whose voluptuous299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtxYBrUJYc
curves were a gift that no shadow could ever hope to conceal. “What, and miss out on299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RjG9eMl6F
all this?” he insisted as he spun around that sword a couple of times.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgvngpWzgW
“Yeah captain,” another joined in; also feminine, with a calm and collected voice299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5Qwa55Nyf
“Why didn’t you want us to come along this time?” she asked while her fingers kept299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiX9pjE4Oc
drumming one of her thighs... The one standing up said nothing...299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfX2JxCbJs
“Capt’n? Capt’n can ya hear me?” a voice rustling through a small box on the wall,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIbjIuaFxA
they were words from the pilot, and they are struggling to reach the five waiting299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjf0YdksYM
patiently.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4WAm3iv9O
“We hear you Sheiska.” the one standing up finally spoke, “Give us the good news.”299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeJRChYd3w
“Sir, she can’t take it for much longer...” the obvious difficulty the pilot was having299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7g5BjgB0M
easily discerned from all that increasing static “We have to make the drop-off now...”299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9y7eh84Jz0
“How far are we from that mountain?” the captain of the Hand asked while looking299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYM6MgUwiDV
at the rest. “We will soon be flying over Brosse...”299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5HLF0l4G3
“Is there no way she can bring us any closer?” the captain’s right hand already waving299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZciD9pNX4v
to the rest as an indication to make themselves ready “Sheiska?”299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlv644w4NCE
“No sir, I don’t... God darn it... all...” a louder sound than usual was heard this time299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNGiKzSsUL
coming not from the speaker box but the pilot’s cabinet. “I guess not...” the captain299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKY7jBtQeM
murmured... “Sorry sir... lost the reading on the instruments for a while there” things299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCK2TZgJAYU
resumed to just how bad they were previously “So what say you, captain?”299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoi6Z3XKZU
“It’s not like we have much choice,” the captain looked behind him and saw the299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXfbjgMfsR
other four already fully prepared and waiting “open it up for us when you are ready.”299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVGsox3Ssj
“Aye, sir...” the sound of a heavy lock was heard as mechanical noises capable of299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrisldG2VUc
distinguishing themselves, even with such a storm running rampant outside, were299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ovDCZV09d
heard heading to the back of the aircraft. Their eyes followed and then the way for299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBH58xsZS4K
them to jump unfurled. “Sir I would strongly advise for a halo jump with this nasty299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYtVSy93D3
weather and all.”299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGL1kQMwEnB
“Alright you heard the man...” the captain’s words placed all five in a single file299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2YT4P0nJH
“We dive straight down to get away from these clouds as fast as possible and once we299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JghnJmESJ
are in the clear I will signal you all to deploy the parachutes. Now gear up and let’s go.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAZ1I0LmYP
Rhim, you go first.”299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToUuSXWJd3
