Indeed, everything went according to Sara's plan, the hyenas were not able to climb the tree. Hyenas, while capable of running long distances for a long time, have a glaring weakness; they are not able to climb trees, as their unretractable claws are constantly being dulled by the terrain, because of this Rosalind was now able to shoot long range magic at the enemies from a completely safe position, and the enemy bowman, the only one capable of targeting her was now officially crippled.
"You little bitch, this was your plan from the beginning."- The enemy leader was now unable to hide his rage.
"Don't blame me for not knowing your own beast's weakness, as a tamer, not knowing your beast is a deadly sin. Unfortunately for you, I do know mine."
Sara used her kama to point at something in the distance, the enemy leader turned around to look at the direction she pointed at.
"Aaaagghh Boss, help me!"- The bowman was on his knees, both of his arms were heavily injured, and in front of him was a large lizard staring at him. The bowman's hyena turned around and dashed towards him to try to save it's master, but it was too late.
"Aaaargghhh" "Crunch" "Kyaaaaang"- Splyce bit the bowman's head off, the bond was broken, the bowman's hyena screamed in pain and tripped, falling on the ground unconcious. The enemy leader was left staring at Sara, gritting his teeth.
"This is your fault,you made me do this, as a tamer, I hate making other beast's suffer."- Said Sara in a tone full of resentment.
"Ugh, damn it, we don't have a choice, recall your beast, we will have to deal with the mage later."-Said the enemy leader to the spearman.
The fight continued, both tamers recalled their beasts, now it was officially a 3vs4, the two tamers continued their attack on Sara, while the two hyenas focused their attacks on Splyce, at the same time, Rosalind continued shooting magic bullets from above, ensuring none of the enemies could concentrate on attacking.
The battle ensued , Sara expertly evaded all of the enemies attacks, and counterattacked using her kamas, dealing shallow cuts on the two men. Splyce, using his incredibly long tail as a whip, kept both hyenas at a distance, impeding them from connecting a bite, and using his claws to inflict some bleeding wounds on them. As all of the fighters on the ground were tamers, the pain inflicted on one of them would immediately be transferred to their partner, thus, the first one to make a major mistake would swing the balance of the fight in favor of the enemy. But there was one more factor at play.
"Huff, huff, what is going on? I am... tired?"- The hyena tamers who were so proud of their stamina were now showing signs of exhaustion?
"What's wrong, didn't you say you had infinite stamina?"
"What the hell did you do to us?"-Said the spearman.
"Why are you blaming me? you were the ones who chose not to block my needles."
Any other mana user would have collapsed long ago due to the poison, the hyena tamers were able to resist the poison for a long time thanks to their unique resistance to poisons and disease, but it came at the price of their stamina. Finally, the major mistake to break the balance of the fight occured.
"Bang"- One of Rosalind's magic bullets hit one of the hyenas on it's hind leg, Splyce taking advantage of the opening, grabbed the hyena by the neck using his tail, and flung the hyena violently, slamming it againts a tree.
"Kyaaaang" "Aaaaaghhh"- The hyena crashed into the tree with massive force, due to the shock and the internal injuries the hyena fainted. The speaman screamed in agony and dropped to his knees vomiting blood, it was all over.
The only ones left were the enemy leader and his hyena, both of them injured and exhausted.
"Your beast, is not a megalania is it?"
"Since I know you won't tell anyone, I will tell you. I am a dragon tamer."
"You are joking right? I have never heard of a dragon that looks like that."- Said the enemy tamer in a skeptical tone.
"I don't care if you believe me or not, my dragon is the first of it's kind in the world, but if you wan't proof, I can show you the dragon tamer's unique skill."
"You don't mean"- Said the tamer, but was quickly interrupted.
"Dragon fear"- A powerful ominous aura emanated from Sara, her eyes changed to a bright red color, her pupils became vertical like those of a reptile, and scales started to appear around them. The blood lust in the air was palpable, surrounding the enemy as if he was trapped in an endless darkness, he couldn't stop trembling, but suddenly, everyting went silent, it was over. The tamer's senses came back to normal, the world returned to how it was, but there was something strange, there was a warm feeling running down his neck; it was blood, the tamer dropped to his knees whlie clenching his throat with his hands and then collapsed on the ground.
At the same time, the last hyena dropped to the ground, lifeless, Splyce had submitted it's opponent to the same fate at the exact same time, breaking the hyenas neck with a powerful bite, now it was all over, there were no more enemies left, the sun had finished setting down.
Sara looked down at the corpses with a depressed expression, one of the tamers, the spearman was unconcious but still alive, Sara quickly and without hesitation slit his throat as well.
'The two surviving hyenas may recover and return to living in the wild, at least they won't tell anyone what happened here.'- Sara thought to herself.
"Splyce, please help Rosalind down from the tree."- Splyce nodded and climbed the tree, safely bringing Rosalind to the ground.
"You did a great job Rosalind, thank you for trusting in me, you are quickly becoming a proper mage."
"Thank you Miss Sara, you were amazing before, how could you think of that plan so quickly?"- Rosalind looked at Sara with deep admiration.
"I have had many near death experiences, at this point it just comes naturally."- Sara said nonchalantly.
"Splyce, Murder, great job guys, you followed the plan perfectly, I will give you some treats later."- Said Sara while petting Splyce and murder at the same time, they both clearly seemed to enjoy it.
"Let's go now, we are now very close to the town, we need a bath and proper sleep."
"Yes."- Rosalind replied with a warm smile.
The two ladies and the two pets arrived at the town an hour later.