Silence reigns among the nobles allied with Dmitri and the Viscount, as well as those neutral, and even the Drummonds are shocked by the level of brutality Arthur achieved in precisely one minute.
'How did he do that?'
'How can a Mystic Fighter be so powerful?'
'And how did he destroy an Elite Warrior in body and mind so quickly?'
'Not a second more than a minute...'
'A fucking minute to destroy a man...'
'What kind of person is he?'
'A Demon!'
'He must be a fucking Demon!'
Though nobody voices these thoughts aloud, their looks say it all. Among those present, including the majority of the Drummonds, only a few are not now scared of Arthur.
The Viscount is clearly one of them, as are some leaders of Lakeview's most powerful families and, of course, Josephine and Oliver, who are smiling excitedly at Arthur.
