Now that they found their target in such a compromised position, their fear melted away. It was first replaced with delight.
"We are in luck. This will be easy."
"Killing him will be easy as squashing a bug."
They surrounded him and chatted amongst themselves with glee. Their glee turned to confusion.
"What could have turned him into this anyway?"
"Yes, I wonder that too."
"Is there something so dangerous around here?"
"He obviously fought something or someone here. Look at the ground. It was a huge fight too. The ground suffered heavily."
The surface of the ground had undergone an upheaval. There were rocks, debris, and small pools of lava everywhere. The deep pits indicating explosive impacts were especially telling of the violence that had happened here. There is a saying that when two elephants fight, it is the grass beneath their feet that suffers. The state of the environment indicates how big the two elephants that fought are.
