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It has been cutting through all the rain and any cloud that dares to stand in its way259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanDmlJc9Wi
ever since it departed from the Human palace, the seat of all Human power, with a259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgaKyRZF38
stunning roar provided by the three powerful engines on its rear that propel the aircraft259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIURZORReN
with unprecedented Human technology. For this mission, top speed is its concern, not259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3JlVQ7AwQ
concealment, and so it was likely many saw it sharply cut through the skies on its way259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2tYADGtP1
here. It is indeed quite the feat, a technological prowess on a league of its own and259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFsqyJC0Zm
most likely capable of stunning even the Nharkim. The Beriheim Mountain is to be259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRQiNKX43g
its destination and to get there the Bolt Lander quickly flew over the Great Northern259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDB6lE0WRi
Gate, over the marshes of Pantaan and the spiked stones of Cabero Valley where many259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRnH2G77nD
great battles have been decided. Something easily deduced by all the bones of many259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1DIyNCcM4
giants and other long-gone things. A dry place as it must remain eternally bound to259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIWKwqu6lc
the sun and its wrath, forever a slave to its scolding will. After those yellowed sights,259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbkCoJVgMG
green starts to sprout again and shortly after, if one is flying that is, the Beriheim259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0Y1x5vKfx
region becomes finally within reach. The advent of flying was mostly made possible259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZu1zJuHwx
to avoid setting foot in such desolated places like Cabero Valley, although there have259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PpgcLo8XB
always been those stubborn caravans marching through it. Especially when Beriheim259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG71UhgTnPF
was not a region best avoided but was sought out instead. It was once fertile, and a few259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2gyyXv7oc
happy settlements could be found there. All of that belongs to the past now...259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjyxySn7P2
The mountain was finally in sight of that tired pilot. It reached his old eyes after259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL31aHz8dz9
yet another, albeit bigger than usual, thunderclap - one as if announcing their arrival.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbNSUTeQiT
No amount of clouds or threatening thunders could keep it hidden anymore, and the259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48kTRsYMZd
sounds of those struggling engines had no choice but to make themselves even louder.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJBCLz0Fhr
They grew desperate as the Bolt Lander’s efforts against that punishing storm kept259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWABaYYXNx
increasing; an effort that did not go unnoticed by its cargo. The force of five sent...259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDY8NAvAS74
“Boss...” called out one of the four calmly sitting with a beautiful, elegant sword259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFT8jyMQlA4
stationed between his legs “and you didn’t want us to tag along this time.”259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJwxNhWsLH
“Keep it shut.” said the one sitting in front of him; a female whose voluptuous259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCPRDn3qu5
curves were a gift that no shadow could ever hope to conceal. “What, and miss out on259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbaGnXyUkL
all this?” he insisted as he spun around that sword a couple of times.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HWOcNmLcA
“Yeah captain,” another joined in; also feminine, with a calm and collected voice259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0LGEHp3w0
“Why didn’t you want us to come along this time?” she asked while her fingers kept259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIReShS63U
drumming one of her thighs... The one standing up said nothing...259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Mg3XJup1f
“Capt’n? Capt’n can ya hear me?” a voice rustling through a small box on the wall,259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxYFGbzqKj
they were words from the pilot, and they are struggling to reach the five waiting259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBMiDmGLiY
patiently.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPmTkz3KrN
“We hear you Sheiska.” the one standing up finally spoke, “Give us the good news.”259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCln2WgpCNK
“Sir, she can’t take it for much longer...” the obvious difficulty the pilot was having259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUP44nkWMJ
easily discerned from all that increasing static “We have to make the drop-off now...”259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITz8sxcWUz
“How far are we from that mountain?” the captain of the Hand asked while looking259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡII0egCO5FC
at the rest. “We will soon be flying over Brosse...”259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiKBfTdgCw
“Is there no way she can bring us any closer?” the captain’s right hand already waving259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRUit8Ln8L
to the rest as an indication to make themselves ready “Sheiska?”259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWs1xCaDQuk
“No sir, I don’t... God darn it... all...” a louder sound than usual was heard this time259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMjVBEu7IL
coming not from the speaker box but the pilot’s cabinet. “I guess not...” the captain259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsvc50TUKO
murmured... “Sorry sir... lost the reading on the instruments for a while there” things259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPMxcTf6TT
resumed to just how bad they were previously “So what say you, captain?”259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdfavupeJJ
“It’s not like we have much choice,” the captain looked behind him and saw the259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8ftnsbNv7
other four already fully prepared and waiting “open it up for us when you are ready.”259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWYCX6z7qo
“Aye, sir...” the sound of a heavy lock was heard as mechanical noises capable of259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDa8sQpgyX
distinguishing themselves, even with such a storm running rampant outside, were259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVghzaXS7JX
heard heading to the back of the aircraft. Their eyes followed and then the way for259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBoQna10ly
them to jump unfurled. “Sir I would strongly advise for a halo jump with this nasty259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKKuWQrMDr
weather and all.”259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRO4aDTefch
“Alright you heard the man...” the captain’s words placed all five in a single file259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsUgoIjwfO
“We dive straight down to get away from these clouds as fast as possible and once we259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkudyPABhs
are in the clear I will signal you all to deploy the parachutes. Now gear up and let’s go.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxAX8v9UWU
Rhim, you go first.”259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOfkw2ynek
