"Enough?" he gritted.
The Venusian nodded.
"Next time you bother Xintel you die," Barry warned.
Czerki got to his feet.
"Look out!" Xintel screamed, just as the Chosen One's hand flashed to his belt.
Barry leapt. His right hand, straight-arming, jolted the Venusian's head back, and at the same instant his left whipped a deadly palm-edge judo chop to Czerki's neck.
There was a sound like the breaking of a dry twig. Czerki's body jerked once and the dart of his tube-weapon plowed into the bottom.
With a gesture of revulsion the Earthman dropped the limp body and stepped back.
He looked about for Komso, angry enough now to force an immediate showdown, but the priest had prudently withdrawn.
Xintel took his arm and smiled proudly for all to see.