
Chapter Two315Please respect copyright.PENANAhlqVIqMWeg
“Landfall”
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Thunderclaps amidst all the heavy rain announce to those aboard the315Please respect copyright.PENANAOFxRsnflAB
strange-looking aircraft stubbornly making its way across the sky, that they315Please respect copyright.PENANAUXW1vEneUB
have just entered Beriheim. It is the UX-Rg31 prototype; also known by few315Please respect copyright.PENANA6alZZ4VGVT
as the ´Bolt Lander´, a most unique aircraft amongst its peers as its main purpose is to315Please respect copyright.PENANAoBrHlRRQ7i
travel anywhere undetected.315Please respect copyright.PENANA3YwkKNDNN5
But not tonight though, for tonight stealth must be sacrificed for haste, and so315Please respect copyright.PENANADQ1S70xUbq
nothing will be able to hide it and its sounds of fury as it makes its way across the skies.315Please respect copyright.PENANAK6bvUWbsFN
It departed from the Human Capital not even two hours ago, and has been cutting315Please respect copyright.PENANAtOAd6zpg45
clouds and deafening anyone caught under it since it took to the skies. It is headed315Please respect copyright.PENANAvUbeEa1p9A
towards the top of the Beriheim Mountain and the large flashes of white light now315Please respect copyright.PENANAKxTau2wO9E
pouring through those thick glassed windows let everyone aboard know that they are315Please respect copyright.PENANAxHxVgMqEpa
getting closer.315Please respect copyright.PENANAP3zPGcPLW9
An old man is confidently taking the pilot seat, his face is spent and his wrinkly315Please respect copyright.PENANAl0k9ybicCU
hairy hands shaky, but he is still the best pilot on the continent. His eyes are not what315Please respect copyright.PENANARSQeYAWS5B
they used to be, but Airman Sheiska has always displayed an uncanny knack for flying315Please respect copyright.PENANA4lvQ5lPkId
as he keeps demonstrating with his almost purely intuitive manoeuvres between one315Please respect copyright.PENANAKzdUDBStmb
lighting strike and the next. It is imperative that he brings those five men as close to315Please respect copyright.PENANAeofto5m6or
that Mountain as possible. Four figures sitting in the dark, two on each side of that315Please respect copyright.PENANA4wAhGgKxvA
cargo hold and with their silhouettes barely visible, except for now and again when315Please respect copyright.PENANATV53pc6d8f
those flashes of light storming the outside manage to break in. And a fifth who refuses315Please respect copyright.PENANAtaWACquZns
his seat preferring instead to stand proud between them; he is holding himself to a315Please respect copyright.PENANA3wam5rUmgJ
metal bar right above his head as the entire aircraft keeps shaking. Every single time315Please respect copyright.PENANAvERNcWUzlQ
a big flash of white dumps its light through those small windows, a thunderous roar315Please respect copyright.PENANAS6TrlnG8Iq
and a violent shake immediately follow. It is quickly growing worse as all six aboard315Please respect copyright.PENANAWsZfTZpcL8
can easily tell. These five are its cargo, for the Bolt Lander is transporting, as it usually315Please respect copyright.PENANAWh82PKkc5G
does, the very best of all the Human forces. The elite team that King Hervies deploys315Please respect copyright.PENANAM9p2BMitDZ
when he needs something taken care of quickly and surely.315Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0vxW27lU0
They are the “Hervies Hand” for they always operate as a team of five and they315Please respect copyright.PENANAF2iGCSxbEs
are the most trusted and capable of all at the Human king’s disposal. They are the315Please respect copyright.PENANAbGEgclzWs6
best. Five elite soldiers; capable of all sorts of tasks that their king might ask of them,315Please respect copyright.PENANAayPmfw2KcU
including most of all, combat. Time and again have they survived what no one else315Please respect copyright.PENANAyrtFJrauws
would and just as often have they fought and vanquished all sorts of enemies in all315Please respect copyright.PENANAjyJF20Urrq
sorts of preposterous scenarios.315Please respect copyright.PENANAq2KSTP1TeC
They go in and they come out successfully, that is what they do, and they have never315Please respect copyright.PENANAzGAtcyg7fg
failed their king, not once.315Please respect copyright.PENANAhTMolGwWg6
Everyone knows that the Hand is only called to serve during states of emergency.315Please respect copyright.PENANA5Wv5cjFpIr
Their work is few and far between, but it is always impactful, and many times has the315Please respect copyright.PENANAeojd2a9xli
outcome of their missions changed the course of Human history. They are preparing315Please respect copyright.PENANAzcpwnZ22yh
themselves to accomplish yet another important mission for their majesty and no315Please respect copyright.PENANAZK825cL6JP
amount of rain or thunder is going to shake them. Fast has the Bolt Lander traversed315Please respect copyright.PENANA722NNkGv4M
the lands, faster than any other aircraft can, but this is the rarest occurrence for very315Please respect copyright.PENANAufrZ8AbD7T
seldom is she called to serve in the first place and when she is, it is to make use of her315Please respect copyright.PENANAX0ol0TSx57
more cunning and stealthy capabilities. She can fly in almost complete silence unlike315Please respect copyright.PENANADXz2aMWu96
most noisy and smoky propellers plaguing the lands and it is often able to drop the315Please respect copyright.PENANA7OfEeRixiB
Hand real close to their target without any realisation of those not involved. Covert315Please respect copyright.PENANA7L1WBADKYA
infiltration it’s usually her main focus, for it is an aircraft designed to remain unaware315Please respect copyright.PENANAvgwBNTEAvx
while making sure it never arrives in second place.315Please respect copyright.PENANAA1uOuiLbD3
Tonight, however, the Bolt Lander’s bold nickname is to be tested, as its speed is315Please respect copyright.PENANA5RRn8dJciB
its best quality.