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A similar scene was being enacted throughout the Continent, where those with the capacity to provide support were weighing whether to continue investing resources into the Prairie Seven Kingdoms.
By comparison, nations threatened by the Elves and Ancient Races faced much greater hardships.
Although the Continental nobles were one family, their time of independence had long solidified, reducing blood ties to practically nothing.
Even within the main clan, only a semblance of kinship remained, far less close than the freshly separated sons, grandsons, and brothers of the Prairie Seven Kingdoms.
Without sentimental ties, solely motivated by self-interest, it seemed as if they were blind to the cries for help.
Beyond verbally promising military aid, there was no substantive action.
