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Here precious seconds were wasted while a check was made of the credentials the man carried, then he was sent through to the Council Room. And he, too, stood on that exact spot where the other scout, but a few weeks before, had stood and vanished. Waiting, it seemed, were four councilors and the new Sthanto, Thalt. "What news, Scout?" asked the Sthanto.
This could not be great but we know she told the truth, and we know their power is great. She told the truth, for we could determine when she lied, by mental action, of course. "But more we could not learn. The man died without telling anything, merely cursing. He knew nothing anyway, as we already had determined," concluded the scout. Silently the Sthanto sat in thought for some moments.
Men entered, men apparently emerged. But they were different men. "It seems," said the Sthanto softly, after the scout had left, "that we will have little difficulty, for they are, we know, vulnerable to the triple ray. And if we can but once destroy their driving units they will be helpless on our world. I doubt that wild tale of their using no fuel.
He agreed, in his heart, but he loved life too well to tell the Sthanto what to do, and he had no intention of sacrificing himself for the possible good of the race. So they prepared for another attack of the Thought, and waited.
"Our cause is lost, which is by far the least of our troubles. Thett is in danger. We cannot hope to combat that ship." "Thalt what means have we. Can we not better them?" demanded Sthanto of his chief scientist.
But there were places for more than two dozen. "A scout from the colony? What news?" demanded the leader. His voice was a growl, deep and throaty. "Oh mighty Sthanto, I bring news of resistance. We waited too long, in our explorations, and those men of World 3769-8482730-3 have learned too much. We were wrong.
"Great Sthanto, we know that such a substance can be made when pressure can be brought to bear on cosmic rays under the influence of field 24-7649-321, but that field cannot be produced, because no sufficient concentration of energy is available. Energy cannot be released rapidly enough to replace the losses when the field is developing.
Then he raised his head, and looked at the scout once more. "You have done well. You secured some information of import, which was more than we had dared hope for. But you managed things poorly. The woman should not have died so soon. We can only guess. "The radiation of the suns of space hmmm " Sthanto Thalt's brow wrinkled in thought. "The radiation of the suns of space.
Can you do it?" "I can, Oh Sthanto, if but a sufficient number of powerful minds may be brought to aid me," replied the youngest of the four councilmen. "And you, Ranstud, are the stations ready?" asked the ruler. "We are ready."
"No, the effect is even more terrific. It explodes into powder," replied the scout. "And what happens to worlds that the magnetic ray touches?" inquired the scientist. "A corner of it touched the world we fought over, and the world shook," replied the colonist. "And the last weapon?" asked Sthanto, his voice soft now. "It seems a ghost.
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