The elders notice two other people

However, he didn't let the highly intricate diagram in his mind deter him from trying to comprehend it abstruseness.

So, with his eyes closed, he tried to understand the principle that the diagram hid within it form.

However, with the pressure that the diagram mysteriously exerted on his mind, he had a little bit of trouble in trying to focus on the diagram.

But he wasn't the only one that was having this trouble, the two other people around him were also having great difficulties in understanding the diagrams in their minds due to the unbearable pressure that was exerted by the diagrams upon their minds.

So, as they tried to comprehend the diagram, they also tried to resist the pressure that affected them.