My eyes narrowed beneath the mask. More reinforcements?! There are more?! This was already a losing battle no need to bring in even more. Are you trying to slay a dragon? Even if you were, you wouldn't need this many people.
Could I pretend to be dead? Yes, great idea, that might work. I could let them stab me, then fake my death. What a brilliant plan! But what if they took my body? Would they bother to bury me? Or would they burn it?
"By the way, when your men die, what do you do with their bodies?"
He didn't answer me. He only raised his hand, signaling his soldiers. They all charged at me at once.
***
All the men lunged at Jevan at once. He raised his hand and muttered, "First rule: any weapon that hasn't tasted blood in the last five minutes is forbidden."
As soon as he spoke, transparent chains burst from his leather gloves and wrapped around his enemies' weapons. Under the Law's power every attempt to stab or block him failed.
