The appearance of the Mayfly Gem gave this war a new significance for Richard.
The process to create the Mayfly Gem was not complicated—it only required collecting enough Mayfly corpses and extracting the body fluids from them. Then, the fluids were concentrated, solidified, and finally, Star Power was introduced to elevate their form.
Even a One Ring Wizard could complete this whole process effortlessly.
However, Richard noticed something peculiar about the Alchemy Array used to create these gems. The final elevation process used in the array was not complex, but the technology provided by the Mayflies involved a three-dimensional Alchemy Array.
This behavior was very much like a reverse technology adaptation, where the technology of one civilization was manipulated to display through the tech of another.
This led Richard to a speculation.
