The next morning, brilliant rays of sunlight pierced through the window, casting a warm glow on Orion's eyelids.
"Ah, it's so bright," Orion murmured softly, slowly opening his eyes.
The intensity of the light made it difficult to adjust at first. As his vision gradually normalized, Orion felt something incredibly soft and warm nestled in his hand.
Curiosity piqued, he gave the soft object a gentle squeeze. To his astonishment, a woman's moan echoed in his mind.
He squeezed again, more deliberately this time.
"Ahhhh..." The moan, now more seductive, sent a wave of impure thoughts crashing through Orion's mind.
Driven by curiosity and a growing sense of alarm, Orion quickly pulled back the white blanket beside him. What he saw made his blood run cold—a voluptuous woman dressed in delicate lingerie.
His eyes darted to her face, and recognition struck him like a thunderbolt.
"Mo-Mother!!!"
"Yawn... Orion," Aurora yawned, rubbing her eyes. She sat up and hugged Orion tightly.
"I missed you so much," she said tenderly, her voice filled with warmth.
Orion didn't respond immediately; he just held her closer. For over thirty minutes, they remained locked in their embrace, their longing for each other gradually dissipating.
Once the emotional storm had calmed, Orion began to recount everything about his summoning to another world. He reluctantly explained how he had to train in various martial arts to survive.
Before they knew it, an hour had flown by as Orion shared tales of his otherworldly adventures.
Hunger pangs eventually drove them downstairs, where they enjoyed a hearty breakfast. Orion devoured every type of food on the table with gusto, while Aurora and Lysandra watched him with gentle smiles.
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After their meal and a brief period of relaxation, Orion hurried to the training area, eager to enhance his magical abilities.
He began by recalling the fundamental principles and concepts of gravitational forces. Gravity, he mused, was a universal attractive force. Gravitational waves traveled at the speed of light in a vacuum and experienced little resistance while traversing Earth's atmosphere.
When gravitational waves propagated over a distance, the potential energy they carried decreased, depending on that distance. However, by maintaining a constant gravitational field, Orion could eliminate this drawback.
Gravity, he reminded himself, was not a pushing force. Yet, he could reverse its direction to push targets away or alter the center of mass of gravitational attraction.
Gravity was not merely a force; it was the curvature of spacetime caused by mass and energy. Mass caused the spacetime around it to curve, and objects moved along geodesics—the shortest paths—in this curved spacetime. This theory suggested that gravitational effects were due to the geometry of spacetime rather than an interaction through a specific medium.
Understanding this concept allowed Orion to manipulate or influence spacetime using extreme gravity. Extreme gravity could create phenomena such as gravitational lensing and high-mass black holes with infinite spacetime curvature. Even wormholes, which connected different locations, could be influenced and created through extreme gravitational manipulation.
By compressing extreme gravity at the core of certain massive stars, Orion could trigger supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. But such actions were too risky and destructive. The electromagnetic radiation produced would be nearly impossible for an ordinary human to control.
Additionally, gravitational forces could not be blocked or obstructed by any material. Gravity was also unaffected by any medium that might exist between two objects. For instance, gravity worked equally well in air, a vacuum, or underwater.
After recalling this knowledge, Orion began to brainstorm a controlled yet destructive attack technique. Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck him. He looked at the clear sky with a serious expression.
"What if I use meteor phenomena as a destructive attack? By utilizing directed gravitational pull, I can manipulate their trajectory and speed," Orion muttered, calculating all possibilities.
Using the phone given by his sister, Orion immediately searched for information about various celestial objects. He found data on asteroids, comets, and meteoroids. Among these, meteoroids were the smallest, while asteroids were the largest, reaching hundreds of kilometers in size.
Comets had a unique composition—ice, dust, and organic material. Asteroids could be composed of rock and metal, as could meteoroids. The main difference was that asteroids had much higher density than meteoroids.
According to the data, a one-meter-sized meteoroid could produce an explosion equivalent to hundreds or thousands of tons of TNT, far greater than any non-nuclear bomb ever used by humanity. Orion imagined what would happen if he summoned a hundred-kilometer-sized asteroid to Earth. Most likely, the world would be destroyed, and humanity could face extinction.
However, he quickly dismissed this thought because he still cherished Earth and all its inhabitants.
"It seems I have to be extra careful using this meteor attack technique. Everything must be validated first, starting with the composition and size of the celestial object summoned," Orion muttered, engrossed in the information on his phone.
Next, Orion began thinking about another attack technique. He had a specific image in mind for the next technique. Orion intended to use micro to small-scale black holes as his second strongest attack.
He started observing space using the Aura of Detection. Orion could have used gravitational lensing to observe celestial objects at great distances. However, he felt more comfortable using the Aura of Detection for the time being.
After some time observing, he found a meteoroid over three meters in size.
"There it is, the perfect meteoroid for the first trial. But I can't test this here."
Orion planned to teleport to a remote, uninhabited island. He used the GPS on his phone to pinpoint a specific island. Orion found a remote island 1,500 kilometers to the north but had no information on whether it was inhabited.
Using the Aura of Levitation, Orion floated into the air. Simultaneously, he eliminated gravitational resistance around his body, then shot like lightning toward the target. When he reached a certain distance, Orion used the Aura of Detection to mark the targeted location. Then, he began teleporting using the Aura of Transposition.
In fact, Orion was very curious about teleportation through spacetime manipulation with extreme gravitational distortion. However, because he wasn't yet proficient, Orion preferred using the Aura of Transposition. The Aura of Transposition was limited to a single physical space. In other words, Orion could only teleport instantly within Earth's vicinity.
Had the Aura of Transposition allowed for interdimensional travel, he might have returned to Earth long ago.
Within a few milliseconds, Orion arrived at his destination.
"Perfect, this place is completely uninhabited. Time to test my new ability," Orion spoke with enthusiasm, drawing his sword.
Previously, Orion had identified his target meteoroid. He began channeling a large amount of gravitational energy into the sky to create a gravitational field that attracted the meteoroid. Once the meteoroid was positioned, Orion immediately pulled it with high-intensity gravitational force. With an estimated speed of around 72 kilometers per second, the meteoroid began its descent toward Earth's atmosphere.
When it reached an altitude of 120 kilometers above sea level, the meteoroid started to burn up, creating a bright streak of light known as a meteor or shooting star. This light streak was caused by the ionization of air molecules along the meteoroid's path.
"Looks like that meteoroid is too small and won't reach Earth's surface with the same mass," Orion muttered in slight disappointment.
He watched as the meteoroid, now a meteor, grew smaller due to intense burning. Friction with air molecules caused rapid heating on the meteoroid's surface. The temperature could rise to thousands of degrees Celsius in a short time. This heating caused the meteoroid's surface to melt and vaporize—a process known as ablation.
The meteoroid Orion summoned was quite large and fragile, managing to survive until it neared Earth's surface. However, the increasing air pressure as it descended caused the meteoroid to explode in the air before hitting the ground. This phenomenon is called an airburst. The explosion generated a powerful shockwave and intense thermal radiation, propagating to the surrounding environment within a few kilometers radius.
The bright light from the airburst emitted a glare observable from hundreds of kilometers away. In the blink of an eye, the shockwave caused extreme pressure and temperature increases around the explosion point, wreaking havoc on the forest, ocean, and natural environment within a certain radius.
The forest on the remote island began to deform and suffer massive destruction due to the shockwave's propagation into the ground, creating local seismic vibrations. The thermal radiation ignited fallen trees and other plants, creating a large-scale sea of flames.
The seawater began to rise as the shockwave concentrated underwater, creating a massive shockwave explosion upwards. The very high waves threatened to hit the island but were successfully halted by Orion using his Gravity Magic. He created a gravitational field to pull the tidal waves back into the ocean, along with the fire engulfing the entire island.
The fire and tidal waves were neutralized, but the remote island at the explosion point had suffered massive destruction. Suddenly, hundreds or even thousands of fish floated to the sea surface area affected by the previous shockwave explosion.
"Damn, looks like all those fish are dead," Orion spoke with a hint of regret.
Despite the casualties, Orion realized he had succeeded in his experiment. However, he needed to conduct a few more trials to perfect the technique.
"If an airburst occurs, the resulting shockwave is indeed very strong. However, its impact is not as devastating as if it directly hit the ocean or land surface," Orion murmured softly, analyzing the results of his first trial.