Sharog retreated alongside the recently awakened orcs under Ed's gaze. Only after she went out of sight did Ed decide to immediately shift focus.
He couldn't clean out his inventory but that couldn't stop him from experimenting with the already available bodies. Since they could die he just had to start early.
'Let's see… the ultimate goal is a golem core' Ed's mind pulsed a bit but he ignored it and continued to think of the best way to achieve this. He couldn't throw an orc into a meat grinder for example to form a cube of meat.
'I think I can start with limbs' Ed first had to prove the conjecture that only living things or things that used to be living could hold a consciousness. If an arm could not independently hold a consciousness then the conjecture would be proven false.