Chasing them? Oh right, neither bothered to look over their shoulder- but when he did, his heart made him choke as it leaped into his throat. And before he could think, he was slashing his sword at one heading their way.
And though he was able to turn that one into a pile of rubble he could see the other ones already making a swift advance upon them.
"Uh...." Shit. Sheathing his blade, he suddenly scooped up the princess and commanded, "Hold on!" As something inside of him stirred- he didn't know what, but some unknown, unseen power had risen and soon he was kicking in a heavy piece of debris in their way, his body used as an anchor as they crawled through it before he stumbled out the other side, the one blocked passage collapsing again and soon filling the air with blinding debris.