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

"50 years!?" he said

to time, eons might pass in a second, and a second might pass in an eon.

mind raced. He had

Then, it hit him.

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

still looking at the Grand Lake. "Back then, you

what he was

why you managed to 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 actually 1300 years old. Without noticing it, nothingness has taken 300 years from

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 he be angry? Gravis

few beings can experience," Heaven said. "This is a Law not even I had known until now. It can increase the power of

at the Grand Lake. "It sounds

"It is," Heaven answered.

Silence.

have you allowed me to comprehend it?"

need to become more

to do with you?" Gravis

Silence.

answer for

you know that us Heavens also have emotions, just like you humans?"

Gravis was the silent

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

"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

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

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, this world would still

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

time, Heaven turned to Gravis and looked

is everything. This world is his. I am

Gravis thought. So, it was not only his father that assigned a gender

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

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

looked into Gravis' eyes.

that you are still not able

his eyes, but deep inside, he

that couldn't

world. Heaven might be as powerful as