Rebels breached the castle walls and began ravaging the estate. Macht, hearing a woman's cries, ran towards them to find the princess cornered in her chambers. [What did she do to deserve any of this?!] After swiftly defeating them, he lifted her with his bare arm and fled for the exit as the walls fell around them. Dissent may have been inevitable due to the king's despotic rule, but the princess had committed no wrongs. [I can save lives as easy as I take 'em,] he told himself.