Taiyi fell silent.
Kohler was not a person who would admit defeat. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to kill his way out of the slums six years ago and get the boss 'attention and use him.
There was no way for Kohler to surpass link through conventional means, so he could only use the most common way of conflict between gangs in the slums to solve the problem.
As long as he killed or defeated link in the Guild War, he and the Matthew Guild he established would step on link and his Qilin Hall to become the new focus of the sand City, completing the bet with Moroes.
But!
If it had been a 1v1 between Kohler and link before, Taiyi would have thought that Kohler had a slight chance of winning.
Now, there was a supervisor in the Qilin Hall who was as powerful as link. With all the cards in hand, Kohler had no chance of winning.
Even if it ended in a draw, as long as link could retreat safely, Kohler's reputation would not surpass Link's.