All this meant that when Jake made himself known, everyone noticed and turned around in shock. Most of them had seen him before and instantly backed away. The ones who hadn’t seen him before backed away even more than the others due to the fear of an unknown, powerful person.
Jake’s eyes were trained on the thief as he used One Step Mile and appeared in the middle of the crowd. Before anyone could react, Jake grasped the guy by his robe and hoisted him up until his feet no longer touched the ground. He even made sure to wrap a few strings of arcane mana around the man, as Jake knew he was the slippery sort.
"You stole from me. Hand it back," Jake said, looking into the eyes of the thief.
The thief, appearing to have some balls, proclaimed his innocence. "Wha!? You have the wrong person!
