Things may have ended as peacefully as could be in that situation for Albion, but the same could not be said for the other two kingdoms.
Nereid was the next to fall and it was a lot more catastrophic then they could have accounted for.
The Issue lay with the nature of the Scientific Union itself. Because it was ruled by a collective rather than a single individual, big decisions often took longer to issue verdicts. And this increased exponentially with the severity of each case.
When Rienn and Shiro first brought the news that there would be a major attack in the coming weeks, many in the council outright dismissed it. They could not fathom the idea of a calamity capable of wiping out their entire nation.
It was ironic considering their entire kingdom was built in the ruins a destroyed ancient city.
