With the enormous improvements in transportation and communications brought about by the Xinfei Merchant Guild, news traveled across the Sains Continent countless times faster than before.
Within just two days of its announcement, news that the Xinfei Merchant Guild was withdrawing completely from the Mana Magical Kingdom had reached almost every corner of the Sains Continent.
Everyone's first reaction to the news was shock, followed by confusion.
The Xinfei Merchant Guild was actually announcing a complete withdrawal from a country?
Why?
Ever since the Xinfei Merchant Guild was founded, its president, Xu Yi, had proclaimed his intention to develop the magic industry sector across the entire continent, and both he and the guild he led had indeed acted accordingly.
Especially over the past ten years, although its victory over the Two Great Empires had given the Xinfei Merchant Guild immense standing and influence throughout the Sains Continent, Xu Yi and the guild had rarely interfered in other affairs, instead devoting themselves wholeheartedly to developing the magic industry sector.
As a result, during those ten years, the Xinfei Merchant Guild had cooperated with almost every country on the continent in matters related to the magic industry sector, continually sharing the results of its research and development so that other countries could develop quickly and smoothly.
Otherwise, the magic industry sector could never have experienced such explosive growth on the Sains Continent in a mere ten years.
Yet now, the Xinfei Merchant Guild was actually announcing a complete withdrawal from the Mana Magical Kingdom?
Why would it do that?
Could it really be retreating simply because a wave of opposition to the Xinfei Merchant Guild had erupted within the Mana Magical Kingdom?
What a joke!
Given the Xinfei Merchant Guild's current standing on the continent, along with its tremendous influence and military