Ed raised his arms in preparation of the fight ahead of him. It was at that moment that he noticed the hundreds of eyes shifting simultaneously. 'Hmm?' He furrowed his brow in confusion. He moved his arms again and the hundreds of eyes followed his left hand. 'They want the purple mana-core I took from the ice giant?' He hesitated a moment before slowly placing it down on the ground in front of him. He backed away cautiously, ready to defend himself at a moment's notice.
One of the mutants exited the shadows, revealing a hyena that was barely a meter tall. Like everything within the cage, it was completely purple. 'Why are there so many mutants resembling Africa animals down here?' Ed wondered. 'Maybe they escaped from local zoos or something in the past? But that still wouldn't explain how they got here... Just how expansive is the underground maze anyways? Hell, it could link to other continents for all I know.'
