Escape Route
Kace ran through the streets to where he had abandoned Sophia. Seeing that she was still there, he scooped her up in his arms and ran with all his might towards the castle. There only chance of survival would be if the castle housed any secret escape passages. Kace thought that it would be highly likely that it did. So he dared not to slow down and give the heroes any chance of catching up to him.
He felt a strong gust as Dao and Josh arrived beside him. Seeing that he had not given up, they had decided to follow him in the hopes of surviving this mess. There was no point trying to save anyone who could not bring themselves to even attempt to escape or fight. They would only slow them down.
As they dashed through the streets, Kace realised that Josh's crew was missing, which caused him to raise an eyebrow. Josh smiled in response and pointed behind them. They could see the front gate from here, and there was his crew manning the walls.