Several more days passed without waiting for anyone to experience it, and Diablo was no exception. After learning the power of his Attributes, Diablo was eager to jump right into training with his three Attributes. However, he knew that rushing things wouldn't be good for him. Without truly understanding the source of his Attributes, the very foundation of them, it would be impossible for him to even demonstrate any effect.
Training would be like trying to take a random path through an unknown forest when lost, when he himself had no idea what to do. Rather than train aimlessly like that, he decided to spend a few more days reviewing everything he knew about his Attributes, both from the new information he had gained in this world and from Earth's perspectives on the philosophy surrounding them.
Now, he felt he had straightened out his thoughts regarding what his Attributes represented and decided to try practicing with them.
'Alright, after spending a few days organizing my thoughts regarding the basics related to the concept of my Attributes, it's time to see if my ideas are in the right place. For now, I'll just try them out one by one, starting with the Space Attribute.'
"The Space Attribute is an Attribute that possesses powers related to sealing, concealment, transportation, separation, gravity, and the distortion of the fabric of space. Among these, gravity is the one I'm currently most likely to learn. Because, essentially, gravity is the force of attraction between two objects that have mass. Back on Earth, the reason people don't float when walking on Earth is because the Earth's gravity pulls people to the ground, unlike in space where gravity is very small or even almost non-existent, allowing people to simply float aimlessly without being glued to the ground, as happened to astronauts on the moon."
'Hmm... I wonder if this world also operates on gravity, since it is a world filled with magic, after all. Is it gravity or mana that keeps a person grounded? Well, although I actually think it's the former, because if there were no gravity, the foundation of the gravity aspect of my Space Attribute might not exist.'
After confirming some of the things he knew about gravity, Diablo began analyzing what kinds of powers he could create using the gravity aspect of his Space Attribute.
"I've thought of several ways to utilize the gravity aspect. For example, making myself a powerful center of gravity, allowing me to attract any object with the desired mass. Another possibility is to make my body heavier or lighter by adjusting the gravity applied to it. Furthermore, creating a gravitational field in a desired location, condensing the gravitational pressure in a specific area. Hmm... For now, that's probably all I can think of regarding the application of the gravity aspect of my Space Attribute. Now, let's start with my first idea."
'Flow mana out of the mana core first, make it flow throughout the body, and finally, place it in the brain as a means of channeling imagination throughout the entire mana circuit within the body. Extend your right hand forward, imagining it as a super magnet with the power to attract other magnetic objects in the vicinity. Let's start with that stone over there. Here it is!'
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"ARGHHHH.... Why was I so stupid?! You shrimp brain! Why did I think that random rocks lying around would be magnetic as if they were iron?! No, rather than that, why did I imagine my hand as a super magnet in the first place?! If I had imagined the Earth instead, wouldn't that have at least been a better result than what I just did?!"
Embarrassed by his foolishness, Diablo desperately wanted to find a hole as deep as possible to hide himself from the world. After taking some time to calm his embarrassment, Diablo began to try to train his gravity aspect again.
Repeating the entire process from the beginning as he had done before, Diablo simply changed his perception of how his right hand, previously imagined as a super magnet, was now a powerful center of gravity like Earth, and how he imagined the rock, originally as a magnetic object, was now a regular object containing mass. After imagining all this, Diablo began releasing waves of mana containing his imagination from his body.
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Once again, the result was nil.
"D*mn it! Where did I go wrong now?! I'm sure that should have been enough to create a reaction, but it didn't work! Is this world's gravity greater than what I'm generating, causing the stone to not move? Or is there another reason?"
Deciding to take some time to rethink the entire process from the beginning, Diablo discovered that there shouldn't have been any problems with it at all. Then, deciding to trace the gravity aspect back to the Space Attribute itself, Diablo began to suspect a few things.
'Could it be?! Could this have something to do with the black door that symbolizes the Space Attribute in my field of consciousness?! Should I have connected that black door to the entire mana flow process first?!'
Deciding to test this theory, Diablo began repeating the same steps as before. Only, this time, he connected the mana flow in his body to the black door in his field of consciousness first, before imagining gravity being held in his hand and directing it towards the stone from earlier. Then, a stream of mana began to be released from Diablo's outstretched right hand towards the targeted stone.
The result was nil.
Despite this, Diablo wasn't frustrated anymore, but instead, he felt a surge of joy.
'Yes, I felt it! It really worked! Even though the rock didn't lift or move at all, I felt it inside me! The feeling someone gets when they jump, only to be returned to the ground by gravity! I'm on the right track now!'
"Although I'm happy to know this now, not being able to make the rock move still makes me a little bitter. Where did I go wrong now?"
Thinking back over the process from the beginning, Diablo found that there were no problems with the entire process, and neither did the relationship between his mana and his attributes. After some more thought, Diablo finally figured out where the problem lay.
"After the entire process was complete, the last thing I did was release a stream of mana from my hand toward the rock. However, the mana flow only traveled a hundred meters. The rock was five meters away. So it all boils down to my mana control, huh? More precisely, my mana control range."
After thinking about it, Diablo walked closer to the rock, stopping only a meter away. Repeating the entire process from the beginning, Diablo released a stream of mana from his hand. Finally, what he had been waiting for happened. The rock began to move and was drawn towards Diablo's outstretched right hand.
"Finally!!! I finally did it!!! HAHAHAHA!!! I just performed magic! Not a simple Earth magic trick, real magic!"
Diablo felt truly delighted and excited by his discovery. Having experienced the feeling of using magic for the first time, Diablo was eager to try out gravity magic again on other objects around him.
"Okay! I'll practice with this first, and once I'm completely satisfied, I'll move on to training my mana control and increasing its range before practicing with other Attributes."
Having made that decision, Diablo began walking towards the other items lying around.