The envoys of the various states all had the same thought the moment they met: a trap! This was definitely a snare laid by Niu Youdao!
Yet they could not understand why Niu Youdao would want to kill them. Had water gotten into his brain, or was it full of shit? Killing them would not benefit him in the slightest and would only leave him with a whole assful of trouble. Was he tired of living?
"Damn it! That bastard has it out for envoys!" someone cursed, though no one knew who he was cursing.
Whoosh! A signaling arrow shot into the sky.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
One signaling arrow after another soared skyward.
Seeing the sheer number of assassins and the perilous situation, every state sent out signals for reinforcements.
The diplomatic personnel from every state were far more than just a handful of people. Being stationed in another country meant having countless matters to handle; how could a few people possibly manage it all? It was an entire diplomatic mission. Their guards were no pushovers either, or they would never have withstood the machinations of hostile states with ulterior motives.
Although every side wanted to find Niu Youdao and had followed his instructions to bring few people and meet in secret, that did not mean they had made no preparations.
There was no way they could fail to prepare against unforeseen circumstances.
Once the call for aid went out, perhaps not thousands upon thousands of troops, but within moments several hundred people came charging over, soaring through the air without regard for anything else.
The besieged manor immediately descended into chaos. The reinforcements fought desperately into the encirclement to rescue their own state's envoys.
The assassins were slaughtering freely, and the members of the various diplomatic missions were slaughtering