The dumping of White Ball wine could no longer be sustained... Originally, White Ball wine was sold through Novak's hands, via the Duchy's Chamber of Commerce in the Empire, and sales were quite considerable.

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However, with the war between the Empire and the Duchy at its most intense, the Duchy's merchants are unable to sell anything in the Empire... Moreover, given the current situation in the Empire, it is difficult to maintain the consumption of alcohol.

Even if they could be sold, the price during wartime... might not be optimistic.

The Silver Moon Tree Garden people really enjoy drinking it, but their purchasing power is relatively low. After all, they also brew their own wine, and their [Liquor] tastes quite good... Buying White Ball Wine is just a way of trying it out.

However, the production line for Baiqiu liquor is now complete and is being produced at a very low cost. It would be completely unnecessary to shut down the production line, and it would also be difficult to sell it to the outside world.

Perhaps, it can only be consumed internally.

As Yinla pondered the issue of the white wine, he jotted down notes in his parchment book... The parchment book was already densely filled with many writings.

There are even rumors circulating within the Demon King's territory that the parchment book recorded by Yinla contains "astounding wisdom," and that understanding it can increase one's intelligence... It's unclear where this rumor originated.

(Vera: Guh?)

Interestingly, however, Yinla did not deny this, because he knew that although there was no supernatural wisdom involved, if one could understand it, their intelligence level would certainly not be low... because it does require a certain level of logical thinking to understand his records.

This is a prerequisite, not an increase in any ability value.

"Senior Yinla, so you were here all along..."

Amidst these sounds, Yinra, standing before rows of wine jars, turned to look at Mobiras… This lich junior, draped in a long robe, was carrying a metal staff as if it were a fish, and was walking towards them.

That's an automated magic wand.

"I was planning to come find you directly, but I found you weren't in your room late at night. Your succubus maid told me you came to the orchard, so I came to find you... Here, this is the wand you wanted. Professor Tops made it for you using the best materials."

Imra was taken aback by Mobiras's words, and then realized that she had indeed told Tops some time ago that she wanted an automated wand that could be used to poke people in melee combat.

"Oh, thank you."

As Yinla spoke, he held the automated wand that would soon belong to him in his hand, examining the long, sword-like wand... It seemed that Tops had really put a lot of effort into it.

The staff, made of mithril and reinforced with some metal that Ira was unsure of, was engraved with self-healing runes, which looked like runes he had asked Wolf to complete.

The weight distribution is also very suitable for use as a rapier for attack. The staff head is reinforced with adamantite, so even when stabbing armored units, it can still break through their armor and kill them.

"Professor Tops said that in order to make it smaller and easier to carry, he left a place at the top of the staff for threading silk, which could be sewn onto clothing or hung on a belt."

It seems Topps is taking Illa's request very seriously, which is understandable; for him, Illa is truly his savior...

"Please thank him for me."

As Yinla spoke, she spread her wings, activated Mana, and cast the spell that solidified the wand in her hand. She then put the wand, which had shrunk to the size of a small pin, into her pocket and asked, "How is the situation on your end now?"

Currently, Mobius and the others are assisting Tops with his research on automatic wands. Illa hasn't asked about it for a long time... It seems to be progressing quite well?

"Everything is going well. The simpler spells are mostly automated, but it will take some time to debug the mechanical scripture. This part of the work is actually the most complicated."

As Mobiras spoke, he looked at Yinla, who was listening to him and counting the number of white wines. He then spoke about the problems they had recently encountered: "The problem of mana leakage is still very serious, but the existing materials are indeed difficult to support further research and development."

"Aside from [Trick] level magic being largely unaffected, and [First Ring] and [Second Ring] spells being less affected, higher-level spells, with the increase in the number of original texts, are already experiencing a significant waste of mana."

"We are currently testing the existing materials and may be able to find a material that is more perfect than mithril, but it seems a bit difficult at our current level... Alternatively, we could look for some cheap and durable mana storage materials."

Mobiras said, adding that he and the other liches had been extremely busy with Tops lately. He continued, "In that case, we can also use some magic-free materials to form the outer shell of the staff, reducing the loss of magic power... Only then will it be possible to complete the automated legendary staff."

It seems that the road to automated magic wands is still long and arduous.

"Magic storage materials are hard to find cheap."

Yinla said this.

“We know that, so we’ve been doing research in this area, and sometimes we ask Vera for help… It would be even better if we had a professional alchemist to help us.”

As he said this, Mobiras sighed. He thought for a moment and asked Yinla, "The situation outside is very serious. The Empire is suffering large-scale defeats on the battlefield... Could it be wiped out?"

Yinla glanced at him...

Are you worried?

Mobiras hesitated before nodding in response to Yinla's question, and said, "I'm a little worried about my family, and I think so too, Senior Vera. Although they've chosen to side with you, Senior, but... what if we lose the war?"

If we lose the war, then it won't matter whether we choose sides or not.

"There's no need to worry, the empire won't perish... Ah, I'm not saying this because I'm confident in the empire's strength, because I don't have much intelligence right now, and I don't have a clear view of the empire's situation."

As Yinla said this, she finished the statistics of the white wine and said, "However, it would not be a good thing for us to let the duchy unify... Even the orc kingdom would not act as if it were none of their business at that time."

As Yinla spoke, Mobiras, who knew little about international affairs, explained, "It's too dangerous to unify the duchy and the empire, as either side would dominate... even if the duchy isn't that aggressive."

Mobius: "In other words, is a world war about to break out?"

"Not necessarily, the empire may not necessarily lose."

Yinla gave such a simple answer.