Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis stood beside the still Grand Lake as he felt the death of a world.

How many beings were able to experience the death of an entire world?

How many beings could feel the feeling of absolute isolation that such a situation gave one?

Gravis took in the feeling for half an hour as he stood completely still.

"It's time, Heaven," Gravis said, his voice the only sound in this world.

"Don't be impatient," a genderless voice said as someone appeared close to Gravis.

Gravis was shocked.

Heaven had answered him?

Gravis looked to his left, where he saw a human looking silently at the Grand Lake.

This was Heaven.

Heaven looked like a young and thin person, its gender indiscernible. Yet, there was one major difference. This human had seven eyes instead of only two, all their eyes arranged in a circle.

"Take in the feeling of a dead world, Gravis," Heaven said, not looking at him. "This is a rare opportunity, and you shouldn't waste it."

Gravis didn't want to follow what Heaven said, but he also felt like Heaven wouldn't use such a trick to attack him. The highest Heaven wanted Gravis to become powerful, and this Heaven followed its ancestor's commands and teachings.

Gravis also looked at the Grand Lake as he started to lose himself in the stillness of nothingness.

His mind wandered as incomprehensible thoughts shot through it. He had no idea what he was thinking, and as time passed, he started to forget everything in the stillness.

Nothing moved.

Not even Gravis moved.

His body, mind, soul, and being stilled as he became one with the world.

BOOOOOM!

Gravis' head suddenly shot up as consciousness returned to him. He was pulled out of the feeling of stillness as he had just comprehended a Law.

of Minor Death, Gravis," Heaven said from beside Gravis. "You have remained on

eyes widened. "50 years!?" he said with

is no meaning to time, eons might pass in a second, and a second might pass in an eon. You have experienced

mind raced. He had experienced this

Then, it hit him.

body!" Gravis said. "When I left for this

"Back then,

what he was hearing.

this strange organism inside your ring for 200 years. You think you are 1,000 years old, but you're actually 1300 years old. Without noticing it, nothingness has taken

was actually 30% older than he had

"This is a Law not even I had known until now. It can increase the power of many of your Laws. Your Composition Laws and your Law of Elements can make use of this

back at the Grand Lake.

"It is," Heaven answered.

Silence.

have you allowed me to comprehend it?"

you need to become

my power got to

Silence.

didn't answer

like you humans?" Heaven asked as it suddenly changed the

was the silent

rage, sadness, grief, pressure, frustration, elation, relief,

"As are humans."

and the Heavens were too. This meant that the Heavens could feel the same things that humans could feel. Did that

Gravis," Heaven said, its genderless even voice resonating with the world. "I have seen its birth. I have seen its rise. I have seen the birth of all living beings, but I have not seen

my child," Heaven said. "Slowly seeing it deteriorating into nothingness has pained me more than anything I have ever felt.

with a cold voice. "You know exactly that I

first time, Heaven turned to Gravis and looked at

said. "My ancestor is the Cosmos. My ancestor is everything. This world is his. I am

So, it was not only his father that assigned a gender to the highest

is not something I can relieve. I am my ancestor, and my ancestor wants to give you a chance to win against me," Heaven

you without this Law of Minor

into Gravis'

saying that you are still

narrowed his eyes, but deep

that couldn't be

was already as powerful as it was possible for this world. Heaven might be as powerful as him but so much more powerful