A Five horned monster was such a scary existence, and appearing, just like that, out of nowhere in front of any mage would make him paralyze from fear.
Arthur knew how ruthless this scorpion was, and a mind freak as well. She enjoyed torturing her victims, like when she played with him back at their first encounter. For one moment there, he felt some sympathy towards the poor mages down there, they would end up in a very miserable fate.
However, he didn't have anything more than some compassion, and some hope that the female monster would remember his own warning regarding the female leader.
The easiest way to kill an army was to kill its leader. The fastest way to destroy a nation was to kill their leader. However, despite knowing that, he didn't intend any harm to her.
He had sat his gaze upon her, she was his girl, but she didn't know that, not yet.
The smoke covered everything, but it started to fade away, slowly, showing the figures down below.