
Chapter Two358Please respect copyright.PENANAL0C2UracGO
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the358Please respect copyright.PENANAzfWhMA6V5e
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they358Please respect copyright.PENANAqQBuP0HlgG
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few358Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZDD1pgOj0
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to358Please respect copyright.PENANA5FMdWHixJY
travel anywhere undetected.358Please respect copyright.PENANAqISadjGcp4
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so358Please respect copyright.PENANA1y1egRirYP
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.358Please respect copyright.PENANAYW8EmrPeLX
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting358Please respect copyright.PENANA6Droh2zal8
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed358Please respect copyright.PENANAjmug1no331
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now358Please respect copyright.PENANA7xcidlFeXn
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are358Please respect copyright.PENANAiJPFeLSXPX
getting closer.358Please respect copyright.PENANA45t5OXgOgF
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly358Please respect copyright.PENANAbbRQY0ukGO
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what358Please respect copyright.PENANA5vGw1JgBcf
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying358Please respect copyright.PENANA4cgkBgOVjI
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one358Please respect copyright.PENANA7gg4PHeT4P
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to358Please respect copyright.PENANAxJIRZMUGq0
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that358Please respect copyright.PENANAHUZeQktAnz
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when358Please respect copyright.PENANAwNKhZDjcyr
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses358Please respect copyright.PENANAQiiEOBNEAm
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a358Please respect copyright.PENANAgDBcwqLE5h
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time358Please respect copyright.PENANA4DMWOwmhvd
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar358Please respect copyright.PENANAnICOFblIBO
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard358Please respect copyright.PENANASEZbL8rArF
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually358Please respect copyright.PENANAVm8QuFJ5XL
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys358Please respect copyright.PENANAWXDkYQe30B
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.358Please respect copyright.PENANATnuZVlyoVs
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they358Please respect copyright.PENANADDwAEeg4fD
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the358Please respect copyright.PENANA6xC2AqgPBW
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,358Please respect copyright.PENANAQ00gyQBlt2
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else358Please respect copyright.PENANA5b7nkw5RnG
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all358Please respect copyright.PENANAdMDYvxofeU
sorts of preposterous scenarios.358Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0yN8tH4XX
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never358Please respect copyright.PENANAh6c0V6I85P
failed their king, not once.358Please respect copyright.PENANADqR3Z8hW5m
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.358Please respect copyright.PENANAftZDayoLgz
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the358Please respect copyright.PENANA53LvQDoUzK
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing358Please respect copyright.PENANAd7yOgxAXUv
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no358Please respect copyright.PENANAwbSGVDdkRv
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed358Please respect copyright.PENANAnJuX5j2uNt
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very358Please respect copyright.PENANAiPJ8vD3Iou
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her358Please respect copyright.PENANADEwsZVcJks
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike358Please respect copyright.PENANAOj1EvVgzje
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the358Please respect copyright.PENANAmj2o0ynqHp
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert358Please respect copyright.PENANAxZoWjmITwf
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware358Please respect copyright.PENANApebGznhESL
while making sure it never arrives in second place.358Please respect copyright.PENANAImSE2rtWvT
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is358Please respect copyright.PENANAsglfIZZWLK
its best quality.