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.

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

years!?" he said

eons might pass in a second, and a second might pass in an eon. You have experienced this feeling once before. Do you

mind raced. He had experienced this feeling once

Then, it hit him.

for a new body!" Gravis said. "When I left for

Grand Lake. "Back then, you had waited for your new body for 200

what he was

was also the reason why you managed to learn the Laws of Life so quickly. Without knowing, you had been staring at this strange organism inside your ring

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

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 Grand Lake. "It sounds

"It is," Heaven answered.

Silence.

me to

become more

to do with you?" Gravis

Silence.

didn't answer

also have emotions, just like you humans?" Heaven asked

Gravis was

rage, sadness, grief, pressure, frustration, elation, relief, and all other

"As are humans."

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

love this world, 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

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 would still be

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

time, Heaven turned to Gravis and

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

not only his father that

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

win against you without this Law of Minor Death?" Gravis asked

looked into Gravis'

that you are still not able to

narrowed his eyes, but deep inside, he

that couldn't

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