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.

Death, Gravis," Heaven said from beside Gravis. "You have remained on this spot for 50

widened. "50 years!?" he said

meaning, Gravis," Heaven said. "When there is no meaning to time, eons might pass in a second, and a second might pass in an eon. You have experienced this

mind raced. He had experienced this feeling once

Then, it hit him.

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

Grand Lake. "Back then, you had waited for your

almost couldn't believe what he was hearing. "200

learn the Laws of Life so quickly. Without knowing, you had been staring at this strange organism inside your ring for 200 years. You think you are 1,000 years old, but you're

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 he be angry?

said. "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

at the

"It is," Heaven answered.

Silence.

me to comprehend

become

to

Silence.

didn't answer

that us Heavens also have emotions, just like you humans?" Heaven asked as

was the

pressure, frustration, elation, relief, and all other emotions.

"As are humans."

Heaven's words. Humans had been modeled after the highest Heaven, and the Heavens were too.

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

child," Heaven said. "Slowly seeing it deteriorating into nothingness has pained me more than anything I have ever felt. If you were not here, this world would still be alive. My child

are you telling me this?" Gravis said with a cold voice. "You know exactly that

turned to

"My ancestor is the Cosmos. My ancestor is everything. This world is his. I am his. You are his. Time

Gravis thought. So, it was not only his father

also his. Therefore, my unending hate towards your existence is not something I can relieve. I am my ancestor, and my ancestor wants

that I'm not able to win against you

into Gravis'

still not able to

but deep

couldn't

already as powerful as it was possible for this world. Heaven might be as powerful as him but so much more powerful that Gravis couldn't even