" Perry Rhodan 0099 - (91) Friend to Mankind" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Rhodan)

"Are you guys trying to wreck the house?"

Several harassed men appeared at the hatch to see why he bawled them out and the lieutenant growled
in disgust.

"Is this the right place, sir?" Tuncher inquired.

"Yes," Rhodan confirmed. "You can put it down here."

Suspended on a steel cable, the prefabricated building was slowly lowered to the beach, accompanied
by a constant stream of threats and epithets by Tuncher. Finally it touched the sand in perfect condition.

"How do you like it?" Rhodan asked Khrest.

"It looks much too luxurious," Khrest observed with a smile. "I imagine you didn’t try to economize."

Rhodan replied sadly. "It’s a tiny house and we can never compensate you for what you have done for
my people."

"Whatever I have done I did gladly and of my own free will," Khrest answered with a fleeting sparkle in
his reddish eyes. "Only few beings are fortunate enough to further the advance of a great race. The
Earthlings were always like children to me who had to be protected and guided. But this phase has
ended. Humanity has outgrown its infantile stage and taken its place among the stars. I am confident that
a great future awaits this race if it acts as in the past and there are always men like you, Perry."

"Let’s take a look at your new home," Rhodan suggested, changing the subject. "You have a modern
spacejet with hyper-propulsion system and hyperradio at your disposal. You will be left here without
physicians to help you in case you need medical care. So you have the possibility of returning to Earth at
any time or call for help. In addition I’m going to leave 2 combat robots with you. The probability that
intelligent aliens would land here is extremely slight but I don’t want to neglect taking it into consideration.
However, in case this should happen, you must try to keep the spacejet from falling into the wrong hands.
It contains the latest propulsion system and electronic equipment which are vital to the Solar Fleet and
must be kept secret from hostile alien powers at all cost."

"I promise you I will guard the flying disk with my life," Khrest assured him. "You won’t have to worry
about it."

They went together to the house. Khrest walked with a slight stoop, breathing rather heavily. His white
hair flowed down to his shoulders. Despite his age he was still a very impressive figure.

When they reached the building, Rhodan explained with an inviting gesture: "The door opens
automatically as soon as you approach it."

They entered the building and were immediately surrounded by its cozy warmth.

"Here I will sit in the evening and look out at the lake," Khrest said quietly as he stepped to the large
window. "My eyes will be here but my thoughts will be elsewhere."

"Are there any thoughts on which you haven’t pondered?" Rhodan asked in the same quiet tone.