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Are you blind or just stupid?!
25 - "Get down on your knees"
Something happens off screen.
26 - "Ha-ha-ha! He forced them to kneel."
Did he really forced them to kneel? Did they saw that with their own eyes or they just heard about it?
What could have happened off screen:
#1 They really did get on knees;
#2 They came to an agreement that they will tell everybody that they really did get on knees;
#3 They didn't get on knees, he spread a rumor that they did.
We don't know because the author didn't feel obligated to show us. We can only guess.
Despite my dislike for the Shield Hero, the scene of potential kneeling was shown to us from start to finish.
https://mangadex.org/chapter/18cc9994-6c3f-459a-b65a-5150d309b123/26