The United Magical Kingdom's movements had already become the focus of worldwide attention.
On the Floating City, large numbers of Floating Ships had already docked at the piers. The armed forces that had previously been granted leave assembled once more. Inside the Alchemy Factory, Iron Golems stood in fierce rows, fully equipped and ready to move out. The United Kingdom instantly shifted into high gear, mobilizing the whole nation for war.
The war preparations being made by the United Kingdom were not kept secret. Every country learned of the United Kingdom's major move this time, and nerves tightened as they waited for the United Kingdom's swift strike.
But to these countries' surprise, although Hogwarts Floating City had announced to the world on the very day the United States launched its sneak attack on the colony that it would wage war against the United States in the name of revenge and counterattack, and although the United States had already begun assembling Floating Ships and armed forces in preparation for the coming United Kingdom, the Magical Kingdom was moving troops much more slowly this time than it had when attacking Germany and Bulgaria.
This speed puzzled the other countries, and even the Floating City's own residents had grown somewhat anxious from waiting. But this time, the Magical Kingdom did not act as willfully as before, nor did it immediately set out to attack. Only now had it chosen to first convene a meeting of the International Confederation of Wizards today, inviting the Confederation's members to attend in the Domed Hall on Hogwarts Floating City.
Inside the hall, representatives from every Ministry of Magic in the world had gathered here, apart from the United States. Quite a few of these wizards had visited Hogwarts Floating City before as envoys, but in such a