After a few moments since the start of the match, that platform was experiencing a moment of significant silence, where even the gulping of saliva and rumbling of stomachs could be heard.
But the time had passed quickly, and when everyone least expected it, the 3 minutes were up, with Lothur's opponent having finished before him once again.
But this was not because Lothur was less talented than his opponent but because of his confidence in his resistance to poisons. Not only that, if he attacked first and his opponent fell, then he could not experience the benefits of being poisoned.
In this way, Lothur was naturally behaving more calmly during the initial minutes of the test, giving his opponent the chance to attack him first, as he had done with Rudolf.
So, when the time in question ended and Moritz got up to attack him, Lothur was still calmly preparing his mixture, which this time was not the same as his opponent's.
