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Chapter Two299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5lmteOHY1
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YlMjAFbBf
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GB10vICX5
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhNRQA1nOd
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNKGWSxCMU
travel anywhere undetected.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunfwn0Eb4b
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6lx5ZeoGl
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKetQSKEvy
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxz04CNtB0
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhfcLqZFbO
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSRQvh2cMp
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVjnW2HOe8
getting closer.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDguZvUTIOe
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByCDPMA4XQ
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclTphFNOBg
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWYGmarI4t
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeN5CscIrb8
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAJkJwWFsR
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4xP7JhOMo
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgTJhQRqvd
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRRVSGPz5s
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRVApmPi2q
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvHZ1uA6DX
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdNkXbgWbQ
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UWmMn5cbt
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGPPSjWX8j
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCHeEtgehO
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GUnoAaQBV
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xxZgLlrI8
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0s3tzP3pYR
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvRrfcSolp
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQxlguHhCj
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fdHoZvZwh
sorts of preposterous scenarios.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ218G0Wal8N
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupxX2UplHH
failed their king, not once.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsSI5vomwd
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2OJF6T0g8
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pNfzvaRIG
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPijCMKd90
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwsGajARRk
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvIN6g7pN1
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfM2kDbrTqF
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgn2bKs1sLh
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDiLaRVSk6
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGc2rrSUyy
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeNd6rLr31
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2R4g4qNkM
while making sure it never arrives in second place.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwUBecsod0
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjP6giuzorW
its best quality.
