With just one exchanged glance, both understood that the other had read every word in the pop-up and reached the same conclusion.
Whatever happened, they had to work together to get out of the Princess and Prince's sight first.
The next second, Zhao Xun hoisted the Slightly Plump Woman beside him onto his shoulder.
The Slightly Plump Woman startled, but quickly caught on and obediently hung over Zhao Xun's shoulder.
Seeing this, the Princess and Prince immediately tried to rush over.
The Cloaked Man swiftly raised a hand, creating an invisible Defense Barrier that firmly blocked their path.
Immediately afterward, Zhao Xun flicked his hand. A metal mechanism nearby clicked, and the door to the secret room opened.
Zhao Xun hoisted the Cloaked Man onto his other shoulder and hurried outside.
The Cloaked Man hung over Zhao Xun's other shoulder, facing the Princess and Prince inside the secret room.
He kept one hand raised, controlling the Defense Barrier to keep blocking the Princess and Prince.
This let them maintain their escape speed without interfering with his Defense Barrier.
In the pitch-black corridor, Zhao Xun could see nothing and could only run toward the Master Bedroom from memory.
"Once those two are out of my sight, the Defense Barrier will last about another sixty seconds," the Cloaked Man reminded Zhao Xun quietly.
"If you create a new Defense Barrier now, will the one blocking those two disappear immediately?" Zhao Xun asked.
"No." As the Cloaked Man spoke, he raised his other hand and created a Defense Barrier surrounding all three of them. "I can maintain two Defense Barriers at once without any trouble."
Protected by the Defense Barrier, Zhao Xun no longer had to worry about crows or insects appearing at any moment and could run toward their destination at full