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.

said from beside Gravis. "You have remained on

"50 years!?"

"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

raced. He had experienced

Then, it hit him.

was waiting for a new body!" Gravis said. "When

then, you had waited for your new body

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

so quickly. Without knowing, you had been staring at this strange organism inside your ring for 200 years. You think you are

right now. He had just heard that he was actually 30% older than he had believed.

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 Laws. Your Composition Laws and your Law of Elements

at the Grand Lake. "It sounds

"It is," Heaven answered.

Silence.

allowed me to comprehend it?" Gravis

to become more

power got to do with you?" Gravis

Silence.

answer for a

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

time, Gravis was the silent

also feel love, hate, happiness, wonder, rage, sadness, grief, pressure, frustration, elation, relief, and all other emotions. We have been

"As are humans."

about Heaven's words. Humans had been modeled after the highest Heaven, and the Heavens were too. This meant that the Heavens could feel the same things that humans could feel. Did that make them

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

is like my child," Heaven said. "Slowly seeing it deteriorating into nothingness has pained me more than anything I have ever felt. If you were not here,

with a cold voice. "You know exactly that I

the first time, Heaven turned to Gravis and looked at

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

his father that assigned

unending hate towards your existence is not something I can relieve. I am my ancestor,

not able to win against you without this Law of Minor Death?" Gravis asked

looked into Gravis' eyes.

are still not able

his eyes, but deep inside,

that couldn't be

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