Chapter 440 - Chapter 436: A Brief Respite and Birthdays

The Emerald Kingdom was a vibrant, breathing bastion of absolute life. It stood as a lush, colourful contrast to the grim reality of the oceanic defence grid and the terrifying mechanical scouts washing up upon the eastern shores. For the past three days, the young leaders of the united kingdoms had barely slept for more than an hour at a time. Raven and Mana had immediately moved to shift the entire continent into a total war footing. They had called for emergency sessions of the combined councils, drafted massive new defence budgets, and ordered the immediate conversion of every single coastal shipyard.