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It has been cutting through all the rain and any cloud that dares to stand in its way111Please respect copyright.PENANAIINkJ8A0EC
ever since it departed from the Human palace, the seat of all Human power, with a111Please respect copyright.PENANADL3Xjl17EE
stunning roar provided by the three powerful engines on its rear that propel the aircraft111Please respect copyright.PENANAGbiOcBaMnr
with unprecedented Human technology. For this mission, top speed is its concern, not111Please respect copyright.PENANA26oxw4ZOS8
concealment, and so it was likely many saw it sharply cut through the skies on its way111Please respect copyright.PENANAYG8xuQt8UV
here. It is indeed quite the feat, a technological prowess on a league of its own and111Please respect copyright.PENANAiYkL5Raiyn
most likely capable of stunning even the Nharkim. The Beriheim Mountain is to be111Please respect copyright.PENANAGMoyhEsbpb
its destination and to get there the Bolt Lander quickly flew over the Great Northern111Please respect copyright.PENANAvbmMrWe1jz
Gate, over the marshes of Pantaan and the spiked stones of Cabero Valley where many111Please respect copyright.PENANAAxPnFLSO6O
great battles have been decided. Something easily deduced by all the bones of many111Please respect copyright.PENANAhC09PiBeLj
giants and other long-gone things. A dry place as it must remain eternally bound to111Please respect copyright.PENANAuSiBXIVSj0
the sun and its wrath, forever a slave to its scolding will. After those yellowed sights,111Please respect copyright.PENANAOqe851czKI
green starts to sprout again and shortly after, if one is flying that is, the Beriheim111Please respect copyright.PENANAmrDS4Um2oB
region becomes finally within reach. The advent of flying was mostly made possible111Please respect copyright.PENANARxWsfXxGoE
to avoid setting foot in such desolated places like Cabero Valley, although there have111Please respect copyright.PENANAJOWf8pJ6mY
always been those stubborn caravans marching through it. Especially when Beriheim111Please respect copyright.PENANA7HkgCw9GTX
was not a region best avoided but was sought out instead. It was once fertile, and a few111Please respect copyright.PENANAQkvAp6e3IB
happy settlements could be found there. All of that belongs to the past now...111Please respect copyright.PENANAC7LjqSejte
The mountain was finally in sight of that tired pilot. It reached his old eyes after111Please respect copyright.PENANApmYt7bC9B6
yet another, albeit bigger than usual, thunderclap - one as if announcing their arrival.111Please respect copyright.PENANAYtF3CETjxY
No amount of clouds or threatening thunders could keep it hidden anymore, and the111Please respect copyright.PENANAcEGidDzygb
sounds of those struggling engines had no choice but to make themselves even louder.111Please respect copyright.PENANAQmqZTp5hta
They grew desperate as the Bolt Lander’s efforts against that punishing storm kept111Please respect copyright.PENANAscxSzYqi8h
increasing; an effort that did not go unnoticed by its cargo. The force of five sent...111Please respect copyright.PENANApEbX31jxaU
“Boss...” called out one of the four calmly sitting with a beautiful, elegant sword111Please respect copyright.PENANAJ56wu1LBto
stationed between his legs “and you didn’t want us to tag along this time.”111Please respect copyright.PENANApTSy1MVkIk
“Keep it shut.” said the one sitting in front of him; a female whose voluptuous111Please respect copyright.PENANA7GMLNQVIXE
curves were a gift that no shadow could ever hope to conceal. “What, and miss out on111Please respect copyright.PENANACA9c4eOENR
all this?” he insisted as he spun around that sword a couple of times.111Please respect copyright.PENANAwPUcI7y1PZ
“Yeah captain,” another joined in; also feminine, with a calm and collected voice111Please respect copyright.PENANAZb9NxbrhUP
“Why didn’t you want us to come along this time?” she asked while her fingers kept111Please respect copyright.PENANARPIQWRzTuH
drumming one of her thighs... The one standing up said nothing...111Please respect copyright.PENANAXx3caA9LYL
“Capt’n? Capt’n can ya hear me?” a voice rustling through a small box on the wall,111Please respect copyright.PENANA0icalXY5LP
they were words from the pilot, and they are struggling to reach the five waiting111Please respect copyright.PENANAJtNy0TmGeZ
patiently.111Please respect copyright.PENANAGAACAnt3GY
“We hear you Sheiska.” the one standing up finally spoke, “Give us the good news.”111Please respect copyright.PENANAuCjftIRb3h
“Sir, she can’t take it for much longer...” the obvious difficulty the pilot was having111Please respect copyright.PENANAFOJdwY9vzB
easily discerned from all that increasing static “We have to make the drop-off now...”111Please respect copyright.PENANAO33UYbZH3q
“How far are we from that mountain?” the captain of the Hand asked while looking111Please respect copyright.PENANACBQ4zIeHhw
at the rest. “We will soon be flying over Brosse...”111Please respect copyright.PENANAL3o6Wd972S
“Is there no way she can bring us any closer?” the captain’s right hand already waving111Please respect copyright.PENANALiO8IAIudZ
to the rest as an indication to make themselves ready “Sheiska?”111Please respect copyright.PENANAepLfmKCnVW
“No sir, I don’t... God darn it... all...” a louder sound than usual was heard this time111Please respect copyright.PENANAAHaW3N7MoK
coming not from the speaker box but the pilot’s cabinet. “I guess not...” the captain111Please respect copyright.PENANAhAOXXMm2Ym
murmured... “Sorry sir... lost the reading on the instruments for a while there” things111Please respect copyright.PENANAYan5ebJQhY
resumed to just how bad they were previously “So what say you, captain?”111Please respect copyright.PENANAtPGGgd57vM
“It’s not like we have much choice,” the captain looked behind him and saw the111Please respect copyright.PENANA1o7ufi75gf
other four already fully prepared and waiting “open it up for us when you are ready.”111Please respect copyright.PENANAwayWP3OuLz
“Aye, sir...” the sound of a heavy lock was heard as mechanical noises capable of111Please respect copyright.PENANAZq4GgnT2CR
distinguishing themselves, even with such a storm running rampant outside, were111Please respect copyright.PENANAUT3CoCRbQR
heard heading to the back of the aircraft. Their eyes followed and then the way for111Please respect copyright.PENANAsMAvzar5A8
them to jump unfurled. “Sir I would strongly advise for a halo jump with this nasty111Please respect copyright.PENANAIsbdf8u71Y
weather and all.”111Please respect copyright.PENANAVWTUWr456F
“Alright you heard the man...” the captain’s words placed all five in a single file111Please respect copyright.PENANAMah8FrrYAa
“We dive straight down to get away from these clouds as fast as possible and once we111Please respect copyright.PENANAoJt3eC7OTu
are in the clear I will signal you all to deploy the parachutes. Now gear up and let’s go.111Please respect copyright.PENANAHnfghTT8Jc
Rhim, you go first.”111Please respect copyright.PENANAdgse2iCGV3