Chapter 154: Unbowed by Threats, the Gambit Paid Off

"Stefan Zimmerman, if you want me to let them go, fine-kneel, right now!" At that moment, Jacob Kenion felt lucky he had planned ahead and seized the people around Stefan; otherwise he would already have been a corpse. He wore a confident smile. He believed he held absolute leverage; Stefan would hesitate, maybe even submit. The next second his smile twisted into pain, and a howl tore from his throat. Splat, splat, splat! Blood sprayed from Jacob as ten Flying Swords punched through him, each...