
Chapter Two367Please respect copyright.PENANAjYwHi8GB2J
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the367Please respect copyright.PENANAAdO3k1EqNl
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they367Please respect copyright.PENANA3oEvu6sR7Y
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few367Please respect copyright.PENANAOlkEFBtgXx
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to367Please respect copyright.PENANAKsEC6KsCES
travel anywhere undetected.367Please respect copyright.PENANAmdcZlTRkOc
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so367Please respect copyright.PENANAGznPlyMaNJ
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.367Please respect copyright.PENANASbDpKJxbTC
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting367Please respect copyright.PENANAGvtBTbYjbt
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed367Please respect copyright.PENANAKDFwOq7bbZ
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now367Please respect copyright.PENANAC7o0dpi428
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are367Please respect copyright.PENANANhXfWxEJIt
getting closer.367Please respect copyright.PENANAIoyqeOG2Gi
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly367Please respect copyright.PENANAnj5iEpRr52
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what367Please respect copyright.PENANAVSWpHJdrqM
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying367Please respect copyright.PENANAPdXvqbDMfD
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one367Please respect copyright.PENANA1xZx0eQlRq
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to367Please respect copyright.PENANAhmKHT0iEAe
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that367Please respect copyright.PENANAXqfRU2XLHQ
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when367Please respect copyright.PENANAF0xilJumeZ
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses367Please respect copyright.PENANA0KPVaWaULA
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a367Please respect copyright.PENANAKrww1u4fFx
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time367Please respect copyright.PENANATWXarGK1RN
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar367Please respect copyright.PENANAFkDGPpsinZ
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard367Please respect copyright.PENANA4FrM4lxSkC
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually367Please respect copyright.PENANANVXgBYQXI2
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys367Please respect copyright.PENANA8jh0DtceLH
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.367Please respect copyright.PENANAOSVVYXILHf
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they367Please respect copyright.PENANASq36pSjWbH
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the367Please respect copyright.PENANAjy00RzmRd3
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,367Please respect copyright.PENANA2ONDmhskUy
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else367Please respect copyright.PENANAeBIPkaW2bF
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all367Please respect copyright.PENANAdMPubfjXXs
sorts of preposterous scenarios.367Please respect copyright.PENANAya5p1kgssS
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never367Please respect copyright.PENANAulwk2Q2HmS
failed their king, not once.367Please respect copyright.PENANAH9iTMh7lxK
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.367Please respect copyright.PENANAddsjpTWXHT
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the367Please respect copyright.PENANART4eiX6Ysy
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing367Please respect copyright.PENANAa3ZrpQn7Um
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no367Please respect copyright.PENANAHInV3Sppjz
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed367Please respect copyright.PENANArVOog223JB
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very367Please respect copyright.PENANA7uJOFZLUc8
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her367Please respect copyright.PENANASxOXWIMUcT
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike367Please respect copyright.PENANACc2QZb3v9c
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the367Please respect copyright.PENANAYfUnbMITxy
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert367Please respect copyright.PENANA0pY3qCya5q
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware367Please respect copyright.PENANAMwRBmDnPQJ
while making sure it never arrives in second place.367Please respect copyright.PENANAdHTtRlhDTC
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is367Please respect copyright.PENANAzOR4dJfgNZ
its best quality.