The Lindberg family looked at Hans' corpse on the floor. They were full of anger, but they no longer dared to say anything.
Akin was infamous in Africa for being a cruel and heartless man. He would be perfectly fine with killing the entire Lindberg family, much less one or two of them.
The Matriarch said helplessly, "Bring him another set of cutlery."
Very quickly, a worker brought Akin a fresh set of cutlery. The younger women of the Lindberg family began serving Akin as well.
The other family members, including the Matriarch, left the table one by one.
Ali and the other well-experienced men under Akin stood their ground behind him with stony faces. Coldly, Ali commanded, "Our warlord told you all to kneel and listen to him."
The Lindberg family slowly grew more and more enraged.
The Matriarch looked at Akin and said with trembling anger in her voice, "Warlord, please do not go over the line.”
Akin smiled coldly. "Did you know? The one thing I hear the most from all my victims is not to 'go over the line'. They often have the same look of fear on their faces. But all of you have no idea that the sole reason I do this is to see the look of helpless rage and hatred on your sorry little faces!"
What?
The Matriarch and the other Lindbergs immediately looked terrified and disgusted.
This African warlord was a cruel, ruthless psychopath with a love for torturing others. He was completely unpredictable.
Akin had both arms draped over the shoulders of the women by his side as he looked happily around at all the flabbergasted and enraged faces. "Are you still not gonna kneel?"
The Matriarch and the other Lindberg family members had no other choice but to obey him.
Right then, however, Peter ran in.
"Who dares command our Lindberg family to kneel before them?" Peter yelled in anger.
When the Matriarch and the others saw Peter, they were both surprised and overjoyed. "Peter, didn't you go to meet with Mr. Cross? How did you return so quickly? What did Mr. Cross say?" They asked hurriedly.
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