While Ed wasn't sure if Elsa was speaking from experience or not, he knew very well the dangers of 'overdoing' something or going too far.

He was pretty sure that he wasn't going to like it if what she said was true. So far she had proven that she wasn't exaggerating or lying, so Ed was already trying to mentally prepare himself for whatever they would find. Granted, he had been in a worse situation before. This place wasn't a vast void of darkness with a sea of blood, so there's that. He follows Elsa out of the temple.

"You mentioned something about thrones before. Do you know anything else about them?"