Handy’s shield was taken off. He had taken down another of the guards but got cut under his shoulder. He snarled in pain. He shrugged off a punch to the jaw and came up with his knee, catching a guard in the stomach as he brought his hammer down instinctively to the guard’s left, hitting the other guard as he tried to get back to his feet. The guard he kneed doubled over, and he turned. The four guards behind him were either dazed or knocked out, and he himself was bleeding in several places. Joachim was almost at the prince’s door, and the guard he had been battling with was now back on his feet and bounding after him