Four guards nearest the throne are the first to lay hands on Ongkot.  By this time the envoy has reduced his tail to its normal and is ready for whatever may happen.  Seeing that he cannot hope to escape the court by the way he entered, Ongkot seizes the four guards and springs onto the roof of the palace.  From there he throws the struggling demons to their death on the bone-shattering flags of the courtyard below.