Newman left.
The negotiations with the Xinfei Merchant Guild had not gone particularly smoothly, so he looked preoccupied when he left, clearly dissatisfied with the outcome.
Although the Xinfei Merchant Guild had agreed to increase its investment in the Rulson Kingdom and do its best to help the kingdom establish a basic Magic Industry System—specifically, by transferring more magic machinery technology to it for a fee—Xu Yi had never given a clear answer on the military magic machinery that most concerned His Majesty King Trutz.
Xu Yi had promised that once the Rulson Kingdom's Magic Industry System was fully developed, he would consider transferring some military magic machinery technology to it. But exactly when that supposed "future development" would be complete remained a very vague matter.
Moreover, according to Xu Yi's description, merely establishing a basic Magic Industry System comparable to the Lampari Kingdom's would take at least three years.
And earning Xu Yi's approval would take at least five.
The Rulson Kingdom could not afford to wait five years. Newman therefore understood that, however unwilling His Majesty King Trutz might be, he would probably have to accept the only solution Xu Yi had proposed: purchasing military magic machinery directly from the Xinfei Merchant Guild to keep the Rulson Kingdom's army on an equal footing with the Lampari Kingdom's.
Times had changed. The old way of fighting with armor and swords had long since been pushed aside by the overwhelming power of the military magic machinery produced by the Xinfei Merchant Guild.
If the Rulson Kingdom did not make every effort to catch up, it might soon be left far behind by the Lampari Kingdom.
Once the gap between their strengths became large enough, their status as "allies" would mean nothing.
Ambassador Hakane also left, departing shortly after Newman.
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