Please don't mix up facts and fiction. That whole storyline was a ruse the whole time, an experiment in checking if the Daimon lords can make the rulers do their bidding or if the humans would band together, talk among each other first and come up with a trick of their own, such as "ok, let's ALL not reply at all".
Really? I seem to recall you saying, after the fact, that you hadn't considered the possibility of nobody replying until after the ultimatum was sent. I might recall incorrectly, though.
Also, you threatened to attack the last guy to respond. And you did. How is it a ruse if you did exactly what you threatened to do?
In any case, with hindsight, I would have consulted with Enweil first and then not replied, but I think it's pretty obvious at least one realm would have replied in any case. The animosity between all of the realms was no secret.
