Ryou, Kaiser and Absalom stood bewildered. To be exact, Ryou and Kaiser were the bewildered ones, Absalom was struck surprise by the world in it's entirety.
'Where in the world is this? Which plane of existence. How come I have never heard of the presence of such a place.'
Absalom was quite vast in the knowledge of the universe, he had several scholars from Felfhiem, fiends and demons who have roamed different worlds. And so he knew of the existence of planes and that in each plane is a universe of worlds, each native to different kind of beings, some transcendental and incomprehensible.
He didn't know much about archons but he could feel the disgusting aura as described by one of his tutor.
'When you see them, they disgust you, they are pure and holy, so much that it reeks and makes you want to puke.'
Just like Danzo had said that time, he was feeling the exact same thing from one of this being. And it was very clear.