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.

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

"50 years!?"

in a second, and a second might pass in an eon. You have

mind raced. He had experienced this feeling once

Then, it hit him.

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

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

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

Heaven answered. "This 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

how he should 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

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

looked back at the Grand Lake.

"It is," Heaven answered.

Silence.

allowed me to comprehend it?" Gravis

you need to become

to do with you?" Gravis

Silence.

answer

also have emotions, just like you humans?" Heaven asked as it suddenly changed the

Gravis was the silent

wonder, rage, sadness, grief, pressure, frustration, elation,

"As are humans."

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 any different from

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

into nothingness has pained me more than anything I have ever

you telling me this?" Gravis said with a cold

time, Heaven turned to Gravis and

is his. I am his. You are

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

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

able to win against you without this

looked into

that you are still not

his eyes, but deep

that couldn't

was possible for this world. Heaven might be