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Outside, the sound of Xyc's roar echoed through anything that tried to get in its way. Flying people off the saddle was dangerous, and when they meant money a risk of that kind could not be taken. However, it had taken Soron nearly 30 minutes to get one of them properly attached.

That was when the fools tried to ambush him. With one slave still on the ground, Soron and Xyc were currently at a standstill with about 20 wannabe assassins who had no idea the monster they were dealing with. Most were being kept back by the dragon's roars.

The most experienced looking seemed to pop up out of no where, only to have his weapon used against him by Soron. As he dropped the rest charged. That only provoked Xyc to grab four of them in his mouth and incinerate them as Soron ignited himself. Now ablaze, two of the assassins killed themselves by running into the fire. Soron then drew his sword, the fire moving up the blade from his hand as he struck down another two assassins. Xyc's next move was to turn one of the attackers to chunks with his claw before crushing three with his tail. Soron ducked under the tail strike, coming up with a stab into the one who went over the tail.

The rest, now injured or hopeless, retreated from the battle, hiding in the crowd with the hopes that Soron would not pursue them. Once he no longer had people trying to stab him, Soron got back to putting the male on the dragon.