Is this imprisonment or punishment?
Although the two monsters appeared incapable of causing lethal harm to humans, Douglas Cooper still went ahead and shot them dead.
He then dragged the monsters over and sliced open their bellies.
"Jesus, they eat their own kind!" Douglas exclaimed in surprise as he examined the contents of their stomachs.
Sean Knight glanced around and could clearly see some sparkling objects in the magma.
However, those things were not important at the moment. He turned and said,
"Let's go, at the fork we passed before entering the cave. We might find clues there to locate Cheryl!"
Elijah Hastings, Lincoln Harrington, and Douglas Cooper all knew this matter couldn't be delayed, each rapidly crawled into the stone cave heading towards the hall.
They returned on the original path, squeezing through the crevices to get back to the second fork in the road.
"Eat something along the way," said Sean. "Replenish some energy. Don't hurry, I'll lead..."