Chapter Two612Please respect copyright.PENANArRKrjL8fEH
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the612Please respect copyright.PENANAHWW75oGaTX
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they612Please respect copyright.PENANABwkyz1kEmY
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few612Please respect copyright.PENANAc1SkuaAIsF
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to612Please respect copyright.PENANAi6in5uaB0s
travel anywhere undetected.612Please respect copyright.PENANAvnAHZrR92c
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so612Please respect copyright.PENANAlHTPhrohrZ
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.612Please respect copyright.PENANA1KG1TH4m6Y
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting612Please respect copyright.PENANAshWQkBARBT
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed612Please respect copyright.PENANASV2ypuVmpZ
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now612Please respect copyright.PENANAGxuXknBTPE
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are612Please respect copyright.PENANAAV1FWWjJuP
getting closer.612Please respect copyright.PENANAheV8YjxmBD
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly612Please respect copyright.PENANAUJicm2y29V
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what612Please respect copyright.PENANA47ryi37q3Y
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying612Please respect copyright.PENANAI1ceiQQLZN
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one612Please respect copyright.PENANA7sOEkgVs2U
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to612Please respect copyright.PENANA3auAAmn3Qc
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that612Please respect copyright.PENANAy30FjJWUfr
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when612Please respect copyright.PENANAGcxJjJANzm
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses612Please respect copyright.PENANAk7l2H9wqFx
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a612Please respect copyright.PENANAVo08esn6oH
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time612Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8bDHba5uT
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar612Please respect copyright.PENANAH9s38eb9Vy
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard612Please respect copyright.PENANAxtHrtkuKAE
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually612Please respect copyright.PENANATysrIYRs6j
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys612Please respect copyright.PENANA8sK8EDvYFz
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.612Please respect copyright.PENANAPoEYGcj4nr
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they612Please respect copyright.PENANAcYU4u4wtx7
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the612Please respect copyright.PENANAhfpu1hEdGo
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,612Please respect copyright.PENANAhMY8gUPMHm
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else612Please respect copyright.PENANAVQKmkSqp49
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all612Please respect copyright.PENANAQpuj40lizP
sorts of preposterous scenarios.612Please respect copyright.PENANAVkgmN8kvqb
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never612Please respect copyright.PENANApO89o0dPjd
failed their king, not once.612Please respect copyright.PENANAVzTN8JUZT3
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.612Please respect copyright.PENANAqfmBqORQ0o
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the612Please respect copyright.PENANAAiEeZU3n1L
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing612Please respect copyright.PENANA9Mb2wdNh5x
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no612Please respect copyright.PENANAnZyYoYMZRq
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed612Please respect copyright.PENANAMSEauzLW7o
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very612Please respect copyright.PENANAGaGZnxYwzt
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her612Please respect copyright.PENANAVY6zkj9xbv
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike612Please respect copyright.PENANAfbKmWqpjyc
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the612Please respect copyright.PENANADoCUgppbvu
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert612Please respect copyright.PENANAEog7NLeCzq
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware612Please respect copyright.PENANAIZeWn2dY4X
while making sure it never arrives in second place.612Please respect copyright.PENANAjNkSwzKJWu
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is612Please respect copyright.PENANAz6ppCVqGvP
its best quality.


