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I regained my weapon by planting my boot on his chest and wrenching it free. I swung the spike like a club and crushed two heads with a single blow at each. A downward blow served almost to hack a long, clutching arm from an Orconite's body. With four men out of the struggle, I looked to see how my companions were faring, and was assured by a single glance that they were as well off as I.
I realized at once that this did not mean that the set was wholly in order, for the pitch of the squealing arc was too high and too sharp, but I did know that there was hope of establishing communication with Earth soon. And, too, I realized another thing. The moment that shrill, squealing sound impinged upon the Orconite's ears, he jumped and uttered a cry of pain.
All of us then held a hasty conference and decided that since no one was badly in need of rest, LeConte would return to his sending set, Koto would keep a deck watch, and Captain Crane and I would see what we could learn from the prisoner. From the start it had been certain that the Orconite's strength was not to be compared to our earthly powers.
So great was Leider's power that, after disabling us, he had even been able to direct our course so that we had crashed on the beach close to the headquarters he had set up for himself deep in the wilderness, away from the cities of Orcon. The Orconite's free mention of Leider's name and his open admission that the man was king and god in Orcon, made direct inquiry about him easy.
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