Within minutes, the cave system filled with responding pack members. Twenty-five superior-rank Golden Manes arrived from various hunting grounds and patrol routes, their golden bodies creating a sea of gold in the cave. Each creature radiated immense power and aggression, their eyes blazing with hunger for vengeance against whoever had dared to violate their territory.
The assembled pack included some of the most dangerous predators in the entire region, creatures whose individual power exceeded most superior-rank beasts, amplified by pack coordination that had been refined through generations of successful hunts. Together, they represented enough danger to the most powerful territories in the region.
Understanding the gravity of the situation, the assembled lions maintained respectful silence as their king prepared for war, but hunger blazed in their eyes.
