As time passed, the effects of the Xinfei Merchant Guild's complete withdrawal became increasingly severe.
At first, only some shops, factories, and mines directly connected to the Xinfei Merchant Guild closed. Since parties within the Mana Magical Kingdom had prepared in advance to take them over, the impact was not particularly great.
But then, with the withdrawal of the Other Races and a large number of merchant guilds from other countries, many of the factories that had sprung up within the Mana Magical Kingdom over the past few years shut down and halted production.
Although the Mana Magical Kingdom had made extensive preparations, arranging for domestic merchant guilds to take over while recruiting guilds from other countries to invest, losing the involvement of the Xinfei Merchant Guild and a host of major guilds connected to it severely damaged the kingdom's magic industry sector, affecting related industries to varying degrees.
The industry hit hardest, and most visibly, was household magic machinery.
The withdrawal of the Xinfei Merchant Guild and a large number of related guilds left the Mana Magical Kingdom unable to produce even the most basic magic fan. They were always missing one component or another.
The Mana Magical Kingdom had considered completing this industrial system through its own efforts. But however simple these things looked, they required years of accumulated technical expertise, and especially skilled personnel. No matter how hard the kingdom tried, it struggled to fill those gaps.
Moreover, because of the Xinfei Merchant Guild's complete withdrawal, even importing components from other countries became difficult for the Mana Magical Kingdom's merchant guilds involved in the magic industry sector.
Meanwhile, the Xinfei Merchant Guild had branded the Mana Magical Kingdom "untrustworthy," leading the vast majority of people across the continent to regard products from its merchant guilds as unreliable.