"Boss, the Mayflies have been acting strangely lately."
Inside the Floating Fortress, Asu, who was training his physique, suddenly spoke to Gawain some distance away.
Gawain was repairing his prosthetic body. Without even looking up, he replied, "You finally noticed?"
"Huh?" Asu's eyes widened abruptly, his face full of astonishment.
"Boss, you noticed a long time ago?"
Gawain continued repairing his prosthetic body. A complex Alchemy Array emerged from the Alchemy gloves on his hands, assisting him in shaping components and engraving Runes.
"I noticed it a week ago. These new Mayflies have better equipment and stronger combat power than the previous ones. They could practically be called the cream of the elite.
"In the past, Mayflies like these would never have appeared on the battlefield as ordinary soldiers."
Asu froze for a moment, then said with heartfelt admiration, "Boss, you really are more observant. I only felt that these Mayflies had become somewhat stronger."
"An Old Wizard taught me that survival trick."
Gawain inserted the component into his prosthetic body, then cut open his own flesh and placed the prosthetic into the matching gap inside.
"On the battlefield, watch more and think more. Thinking a little more than others on the battlefield is a tremendous boost to survival."
Asu seemed thoughtful upon hearing this, then asked again, "Then what do you think it means, Boss? Have the Mayflies made another technological breakthrough?"
Gawain shook his head and used his Magic Armor to heal the wound in his abdomen.
"It isn't a technological breakthrough. Technological breakthroughs mean improved weapons, but the equipment of these Star River Mayflies hasn't improved. They merely have richer combat experience and more refined fighting techniques.
"My guess is..."
He raised his head, a thoughtful look appearing on his face.
"This should be related to that