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Chapter Two291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDXEvoKhKX
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDQ1VdvIOV
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7URVxpKZ2I
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCP5EkfS1l
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwUVLrmzpF
travel anywhere undetected.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoV5YPzyxE
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRJyNzL2Zd
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbj61oioAZN
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwfNOTr6Nv
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHF5LPVEhdn
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6souxZO6Lr
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxjRzefErX
getting closer.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QHg40pxXQ
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1hSmWmHer
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2iDhOgPaI
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvgKWPptTT
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrDRgX9vch
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1f6tgwtQ9M
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnwoqpsoPn
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBe7baMGrO
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bqUOfAFHE
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qzwDORndy
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKYmtRCHR7
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUeV6trpPF
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9U9EnhxtC
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUA2POvJvu
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3k0cg7ccD
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLGxDmXHqV
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiyz2lY7TA
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5E1DoGf8w
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqBvjnEaYo
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHWPG9oEUD
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27RlcNU6VZ
sorts of preposterous scenarios.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZ47bAAbRb
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsv484S5FB9
failed their king, not once.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhmbD0NYno
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4Vkd72Eda
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlHTRq1Cq5
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rS8u14S1R
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WYSG8epbi
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwldMlOl8a
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlbT8pamCg
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpf9BCosU8r
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmYNeeR5qd
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpfeUUPiF2
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB15ET1nfef
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMT7w9UvaAa
while making sure it never arrives in second place.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ595cE5wsub
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWvXoWSvCF
its best quality.
