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.

Heaven said from beside Gravis. "You

eyes widened. "50 years!?" he said

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

He had experienced

Then, it hit him.

was waiting for a new body!" Gravis said. "When I left for this world, I also

at the Grand Lake. "Back then, you had waited

he was

been staring at this strange organism inside

idea how he should feel right now. He had just heard that he was actually 30% older than he had believed. Was this good? Was this bad? Should he be thankful? Should

of Minor Death is something only a select few beings can experience," Heaven said. "This is a Law not even I had known until now. It can increase the power of many of your

looked back at the Grand Lake. "It sounds

"It is," Heaven answered.

Silence.

you allowed me to comprehend it?" Gravis

you need to become more powerful,"

to do

Silence.

didn't answer for

like you humans?" Heaven asked as

was the

wonder, rage, sadness, grief, pressure, frustration, elation, relief, and all other emotions. We have been modeled after our

"As are humans."

thought about Heaven's words. Humans had been modeled after the highest Heaven, and the Heavens were too. This meant that the

Gravis," Heaven said, its genderless even voice resonating with the world. "I have seen its birth. I have seen

pained me more than anything I

said with a cold

turned to Gravis and

is everything. This world is his. I am his. You are his. Time

not only his father that assigned

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

that I'm not able to win against you without

looked into

still not

eyes, but deep

couldn't

was already as powerful as it was possible for this world. Heaven might be as powerful