However, the three guards rushed to deliver the message and were

Able to be back from the forest as they came back, they went straight to the prince so that they would narrate to him how their journey was.

At first, they looked for him at the entrance of the forest but were not able to see him then Junus and some guards told them to check where those dead bodies were before he should be there.

They rushed without wasting much time, they got there and behold, he was with Claudius, and some of the guards and they were just there thinking about what they will tell the deceased...