But they never would have thought.
Upon rushing over this time, they were confronted by twenty people from Prince Shu's Mansion and Prince Yan's Mansion. The two mansions had clearly formed an alliance. As for Prince Xiang's Mansion, it was unclear if they simply hadn't had time to rally yet.
However…
The two alliances were clearly not on the same level.
After a fierce war of words, a fight broke out anyway.
After a crushing defeat, nine of the twenty people from the Shu and Yan mansions were captured alive. The rest dropped their tokens and fled in a panic.
Zhuge Xiao felt that something was amiss. But seeing the unbridled ambition gleaming in everyone else's eyes, he swallowed his words.
'Saying something like that right now would just be asking for trouble.'
「Meanwhile.」
Zhu Ye of Prince Shu's Mansion, under questioning from Zhu Yan, had learned some information regarding the Tenth Prince's Mansion.
Everyone exchanged strange looks.
Their gazes were a bit odd.
