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.

the Law of Minor Death, Gravis," Heaven said from beside Gravis.

"50 years!?" he said with

lost its 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 feeling once before.

mind raced. He had experienced this feeling

Then, it hit him.

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

said, still looking at the Grand Lake. "Back then, you had waited for your new body

almost couldn't believe 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,

had just heard that he was actually 30% older than he had believed. Was this

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 Laws. Your Composition Laws and your

looked back at the

"It is," Heaven answered.

Silence.

me to comprehend it?" Gravis

to become

my power got to do with

Silence.

didn't answer

emotions, just like

was the silent

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

"As are humans."

after the highest Heaven, and the Heavens were too. This meant that the Heavens could

have seen its birth. I have seen its rise. I have seen the birth of all living beings, but I have

deteriorating into nothingness has pained me more than anything I have ever felt. If you were not here, this world

this?" Gravis said with a cold

first time, Heaven turned to Gravis

Cosmos. My ancestor is everything. This world is his. I am his. You are his. Time is his. Space is his. Destiny is his.

only his father

ancestor is everything, my actions are also his. Therefore, my unending hate towards your existence is not something I can relieve. I

you

looked into Gravis'

you are still not able to win

but deep inside, he

that couldn't

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