Sivenna, the woman who just protected Elias, was turned into a fountain of blood by Lucy, who fired at her using Lonely Moon. Seeing the gun pointed at him and Arthur ready to strike again, the old man raised his hands and said
"Wait! No need to complicate things, I was only after Sol'dhin."
His face showed true fear as he was confident enough about the coin's ability to protect him from the assault of both Arthur and Lucy. Furthermore, the people behind him were mostly mortals and weaklings, none of them are powerful enough to resist the duo. The coin was his last hope and, from the looks of it, he wanted to ally himself with Arthur.
"His soul will last for some time and we'll use that opportunity to leave Riarravar. This world is wildly unstable so the moment Timos' soul fully returns to him, everything will be automatically obliterated, we won't have time to create a spatial tunnel."