These elders had no way of knowing that the two Dyons they were laughing about was the same person. However, they were right about one thing: Killing a Duke was no small matter.
After being held to such a low ranking for so long, the public was yearning for more. But, they had no choice but to swallow their frustrations because they simply didn't have talented enough young geniuses.
Maybe the most troublesome part about all of this was that this was only considered public knowledge in about five or so of the main and strongest universes of their quadrant. As for the remaining number? Information was completely censored in addition to travel being heavily restricted.
According to The Cathedral, this was for the sake of safety of those weaker individuals. But, intelligent people knew different…
One might wonder at this point, with so much censorship and monitoring, how did Dyon enter this quadrant so easily?
