While the furious Rat King came looking for him, Murphy was still making a show of attending the cordial talks between the envoys of the various nations.
Although the alliance established under the Dragon Emperor's coordination was only a rough framework for now, there were still plenty of things to consider when it came to coordinating their forces. Even establishing a unified command structure was a major challenge.
Still, forming the alliance was a good thing. Now that the nations' production capacities were being pooled and coordinated, the allied forces would have no trouble arming themselves quickly. Murphy was considering whether to send his manufacturing players to each nation as "special envoys" to help them produce the military supplies they needed.
After all, once the Swarm War began in earnest, Transia and the Genoa Peninsula alone wouldn't have enough production capacity to meet the demand.
A war on the scale of the Swarm required arming more than just the frontline troops. The nations' standing armies in the rear would need weapons too, in case the Swarm tried to open up new battlefronts behind them.
Besides, more than fifteen small and large peripheral hives had already been discovered, and no one knew how many more remained hidden. In the worst-case scenario, even local militias might have to take up arms to defend their homes.
Under the circumstances, upgrading the nations' military equipment was inevitable.
It was a form of technology transfer, in its own way.
Transia would gradually share its individual weapons, such as Berserker rifles, heavy machine guns, and older models like the Blood Vulture claw rifle, along with various explosives and the recently popularized Iron Bear armor. The halflings would also open up their production technology for dragoons, military motorcycles, and airships.
The Sanghai Empire had contributed high-strength psionic