Impasse
Daneel's words were followed by a bout of silence during which the two major social and economic classes of the continent of Angaria stared at each other, aghast, as the differences between them were brought forth in the clearest way yet.
On one side were the people, who were, at first, extremely shocked, as they could never have expected that it would be the continent's Big Four who they would go up against.
Perhaps, it could be said that the Big Four, as opponents, elicited more fear and uncertainty than anything that the Church could have, especially as they were now- unknown.
Just as it could be said that one always feared the unknown, it could also be said that a known demon who had a past of indiscriminately killing scores of them would strike more fear than an unknown one whom they had yet to see and understand.