He glanced at the king on the stretcher, then at the First Prince. "Your Highness, take the king and leave first. Gao Yang and I will handle this."
"No!" the First Prince refused at once. "How could the two of you possibly defeat it? If we leave, we leave together!"
"Your Highness, there's no time!" Lin Taichu said anxiously.
"The king is in your hands. The wizard will never let this go. Only by getting the king to safety can you expose the wizard's conspiracy. If the wizard takes the king back, everything will be over!"
Gao Yang added, "Your Highness, Brother Lin is right. The two of us have a way to hold Kain off for the moment. Take the king and go. Find your army outside the city, then come back and deal with this monster!"
The First Prince looked into Lin Taichu and Gao Yang's determined eyes, then glanced at Kain, who was still attacking the Guards in the sky. He knew this was not the time to hesitate.
He gritted his teeth. "Fine! I'll take Father King and leave! You must be careful. I'll bring the army back to help you as soon as I can!"
With that, the First Prince said to the Second Prince and Third Prince, "Second Brother, Third Brother, take the men and protect Father King as you leave! I'll stay behind and cover you!"
The Second Prince and Third Prince nodded, quickly directing the remaining Guards to lift the stretcher and run toward the rear gate of the palace. The First Prince led several men to block the wizard's people and buy them time.
Seeing the Princes preparing to take the king away, the wizard shouted frantically, "Kain, stop them! Don't let them get away!"
Hearing the wizard's command, Kain immediately