And now, feeling the changes within himself, Gwen felt that he might have found the answer—
After the battle ended, as the girls sincerely praised and grew closer to Gwen, their Commander, a stream of energy flowed back to him through the special connection between a Commander and his shipgirls, replenishing the Psionic Energy and mental strength he had lost earlier.
Besides partially replenishing Gwen's losses, this energy was also strengthening his upper limits in both areas—
It should be known that the Psionic Energy Gwen had used to support the girls in the previous battle was but a drop in the bucket to him, yet the feedback he received still gave him a tangible improvement.
Given Gwen's current strength, such an improvement was exceptionally rare.
Even if it was only because many of the girls had made enormous progress this time, and because it was their first time fighting under Gwen's Psionic Energy support, it was still astonishing—
If it had been a Commander who had only barely managed to reach this stage, this feedback could have increased their Psionic Energy and mental strength severalfold, dozens of times over, or even hundreds of times.
Thus, some of Gwen's earlier doubts had been answered—
Even if this kind of improvement only occurred when shipgirls leveled up or fought under Psionic Energy support for the first time, and would not be nearly as terrifying with fewer shipgirls involved.
This feedback mechanism was still enough to allow the Commander envisioned by the experimenters to grow rapidly under the pressure of war, quickly reaching a level where he could support every shipgirl in battle at once.
As Gwen contemplated the intelligence he had gathered, he did not overlook the energy feeding back through each connection. He carefully sensed this power that could grant