*SCREECH*
Luke's Griffin Brown Pudding swooped into the alley that Luke and Leo were in, taking everyone including Leo by surprise.
In the academy, one of the maneuvers that they taught all students in combat mount training was how to get out of a tough battleground with the help of one's mounts.
It was an integral part of Luke's course and hence Luke had learnt how to call for Brown Pudding and use her to escape in these exact situations.
As Brown Pudding swooped in and landed beside Luke and Leo, Luke immediately lifted Leo from his waist and tossed him onto Brown Pudding's back, before climbing on it himself, like he had rehearsed countless times before.
"Don't let them go! Attack!" The assassin party leader shouted as daggers began raining down on Brown Pudding while a few assassin's left the shadows they were hiding in and charged towards the escaping party.