Joshua told the group what was going on before Lily directed Momo in the direction of where the fight was happening. It didn't seem like it was going to be a struggle that would end quickly so Joshua wasn't worried about not reaching the location in ti. Instead he was more worried about how to handle the situation when they actually got there. It didn't take long for them to reach a hill that allowed them to see the fight and it didn't take much to figure out what was going on.
The most obvious thing about the fight was the fact that both the owl and the bison were injured at the mont. The owl had a broken wing that seed to have been the result of being stomped on at so point. It was currently bent backwards and stuck in that position. With such an injured wing the giant owl was able to do little more than hover in the air for a brief mont by flapping its other wing and using wind infused mana to hold its body up. Without its ability to fly the only thing it had going for it was its size and power to turn intangible for brief periods of ti. That was how it was avoiding getting taken down by the coyotes or ran over by the bison at the mont.
The bison on the other hand had several injuries from the coyotes attacking it, but also had a severely injured leg that couldn't withstand its weight for long periods of ti. Although the bison had so regenerative capabilities the coyotes were always aiming for that weakened leg so that the bison wouldn't be able to heal up and regain its strength back. This put the bison in a situation where it couldn't truly go for the kill unless a coyote was stupid enough to aim for its head or throat. Otherwise it couldn't move around quickly enough to react to them attacking anywhere else.
The last group was the deranged coyotes that were also on their last leg do to starvation. Joshua could see how malnourished their bodies were to the point where he could see the rib cage of all of the coyotes pressed taught against their skin. Their muscles barley existed in comparison to so of the coyotes they had co across before and they were all frothing at the mouth as they tried to attack the two much larger beast. There were already a pair of coyotes that had been killed. One had its head torn off likely from one of the bloody claws of the giant owl while the other one had a huge hole through its side that likely ca from being gored by one of the bison's horns.
Looking at the fight Joshua didn't really think any of the groups would co out of it a winner. The coyotes were the least likely to co out of the conflict as winners and even if they did there would be only a few of them left and they'd struggle to even protect their kills by the ti night ca around and so of the bigger owls would be scouring the territory. The bison was only really in danger from the owl getting in a lucky hit, but if it survived the sll of blood coming from a lone bison in this area was a death sentence co night ti. Lastly if the owl was the one to co out on top then it would take several days for its wing to heal up if not longer even when taking in the capability of it having higher regeneration then a normal bird. The likely hood of it being able to avoid trouble for that long without being able to fly up and perch itself on one of the larger bush trees was extrely slim. In the end no matter which side was the victor they would end up in a horrible situation afterwards.
"This is a great opportunity to ta an owl and a bison." Joshua said with a grin as he looked over towards Lily and Thomas who both seed excited once they saw all of the beast. Joshua knew that this was going to be the best chance they'd have to get an owl or a bison alone where they'd actually be able to interact with them without too much interference. They'd have to clear out all of the coyotes first and try to separate the two creatures, but that would be much easier than trying to ta a bison in the middle of one of its herds or climbing up a large bush tree and trying to ta an owl in the middle of the night.
"What about the coyotes? Can't we try to ta them as well?" Thomas asked as the group all looked around the area to see the best way to approach the situation. Another coyote was taken down by the bison, but it created an opening for the rest of its pack to attack the injured leg once more to keep it immobile. Sadly for the coyotes there was no way that the owl was going to let them take down the bison so quickly otherwise they would be able to focus in on the owl and it wasn't nearly as tanky as the bison even if it was larger. The owl shot several feathers over that weren't strong enough to really do any damage to the bison, but with the little aura coating them they were able to hurt the coyotes that were forced to back off from the bison.
"It's pointless to try and ta the coyotes." Lily said drawing Thomas's attention along with everyone else's as well. Lily was far more experienced when it ca to taming beast than anyone in the world at this point in Joshua's opinion. Even if there were other beast tars around the world it was highly unlikely that they would have such a special soul beast like Lily and therefore wouldn't be able to interact with nearly as many beast as she was able to. Having her to listen to for advice was a godsend for Thomas. "When a beast gets into a frenzy state like that it's impossible for a tar to interact with them and try to form a bond. I've tried in the past with so of the beast Joshua and I have co across only to have to let Joshua take them out in the end. The owl and bison are fine, but if they get pushed too much further they might end up in the sa state."
"Then we've got to hurry. Even if the owl and bison are taking down so of the coyotes, they don't look like they'll last much longer. Especially the bison." Joshua said getting a nod from the others. "For this fight we're going to have to split up into two groups in an attempt to keep the bison and owl from going after each other, but first let's deal with the coyotes so that we can go about this the right way. From now on we'll communicate through Natalie's ntal link.'' Joshua said before leading the group towards the fight.
When they all arrived at the area the owl and the bison both noticed their approach and were wary of them, but the coyotes didn't pay attention to them at all as they continued to try to go after both the owl and bison. Whenever the coyotes approached the owl it would leap into the air and shoot feathers down from its still working wing that would get them to back off, but since it couldn't fly it didn't have many other options that wouldn't leave it wide open for a counter attack. The mont the owl noticed Joshua's group it seed to already have a plan in mind as it started herding the coyotes in their direction with several feathers landing in front of them. The attack took up a lot of the feathers on the owl's one working wing and that ant it was planning on having them take care of the coyotes.
The bison seed to notice this as well and created a wall of earth in front of it knocking back so of the coyotes that were going after it. 'They're making this easy for us. Go all out on the coyotes as quickly as possible. We don't want the owl and bison to start going after each other.' Joshua said getting nods from everyone as the mages of the group launched several spells directly at the group of coyotes that had been corralled together by the joint effort of the owl and bison. The coyotes didn't notice the incoming attack until the last minute and that was far too late. The explosive power of the attack caused the ground to shake and the earthen wall that bison had ford to break apart. Both Julia and Laura had gone all out with their powerful fire spells and Ariel had helped out as well.
There were only a couple of coyotes that survived the assault and one of them was imdiately taken out by a rail shot to the head by Aito. The last remaining coyote was the leader and ca limping out of the flas. Its deranged look made it seem almost as if it was a walking dead with all of the burns on its body to go along with the blood frothing from its mouth. It only got to stand up for a mont before an arrow pierced through its eye and put it out of its misery.
With the coyotes taken out of the picture the group could now focus on the main goal as the owl and bison were currently glaring at each other. Joshua noticed that the owl was about to go on the attack again and rushed forward to stop the two beast from going after each other. 'Thomas and Celia you two are with . I'll hold the owl off while you try to ta it. Don't bring out any beast though or it might incite the owl to fight even more. Jayce, Ivan, and Abigail hold off the bison so that Lily can ta it.' Joshua said before rushing in front of the owl and coated himself in aura to gain its attention. It tried to claw at him, but Joshua knocked the attack aside. The force of the blow was enough to nearly knock Joshua aside and he realized that calming these two beast down was going to be harder than he thought..
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