Due to the perverse preferences of a certain Quasi-God, that area had turned into a human purgatory.
A large number of professionals, mortals, and magic monsters were killing each other, madly seizing "life's bargaining chips" like gamblers with bloodshot eyes in a casino, with nothing else in their sight.
Too slow? Others would eat more, and death would await.
The arrival of new power players drove more fish into the area, spreading the pain and intensifying the competition.
The whisper of "survive, strive to survive" had turned into the greedy words of "eat, eat more"... The pure life force was an irresistible temptation for any life. Once they swallowed the first bite, there was no turning back.
The bargaining chips of life traded at a rapidly increasing geometric rate. As the relationship between them shifted from being enemies to "eating" and "being eaten," even the most docile of white rabbits would attempt to bite.
"Something's wrong, this is way too off."
