"I wasn't planning to hit the Princess with this gate," Zhao Xun replied.
Although this Iron Picket Gate was also large and heavy, its gaps were too wide. It was nowhere near as effective for crushing someone as the solid iron door from before.
Besides, after being flattened by an iron door once, the Princess had most likely chosen to enhance her speed and agility with her berserk state upon reviving this time.
Speed, of course, would let her catch up as quickly as possible.
Agility would keep her from being hit again.
"Then why did you bring this..."
Before the Cloaked Man could finish, another furious roar from the Princess rang out in the distance.
Clearly, being killed twice in succession had enraged the Princess beyond measure. She had completely forgotten the refinement and grace expected of a princess.
She stood at the top of the stone steps, her gaze locked on Zhao Xun, intent on killing him to avenge herself.
Zhao Xun glanced at the Prince, who lay on a thick vine following behind the Princess, and understood.
His earlier speculation had been right. This time, the Princess hadn't chosen to enhance her strength in her berserk state, so she couldn't carry the Prince on her back. She could only use a vine to bring him along.
"The Princess's enhanced speed is much faster than the vines," Zhao Xun told the Cloaked Man and the Slightly Plump Woman quickly. "But she can't leave the Prince behind to chase us first, so she'll be slower than before. We can keep running a little farther."
All three kept moving as he spoke.
By the time Zhao Xun finished, they had already left the castle grounds.
Without pausing, they raced across the small patch of lawn and reached the thorn