He already knew the guilty ones—watched them as they slipped their hands into the pile, thinking themselves unseen. Fools.
As he had been there the entire time. He had teleported away, then returned wearing the Cloak of Mild Invisibility and kept an eye on every single one of them.
Before doing anything, he had decided to give them a chance to come clean on their own. Even if they didn't, he would still punish them—no matter what circumstances they had before.
His voice was still enhanced by mana.
"Listen well. You have one chance—step forward now, or suffer later. There will not be another."
"If you don't step forward now, don't blame me for what comes next. This will be the only time I offer this chance. In the future, there will be none."
