The Corebearer duels were finally about to begin, but Mufasa and his "victim" were still hogging the entire arena. Just as Jake was about to cough up the Space Link fee to send the massive lion back to his original spot—given how urgent things were getting—the colossal feline growled, "No need," and vanished on his own.
'What a chad…' Jake silently praised. Not everyone was that damn considerate.
Then again, the lion had been an alpha beast back on Earth, and clearly, that hadn't changed through the Ordeals. Odds were, he was a lot wealthier than he let on.
There was a quiet dignity to the way Mufasa carried himself, something raw and primal that went beyond mere strength. His eyes had that same cold weight Jake had seen in true predators—creatures that didn't need to prove anything anymore because they knew what they were capable of.
