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 this spot for

"50 years!?" he said

meaning to time, eons might pass in a

He had

Then, it hit him.

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

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

couldn't believe what he

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,

just heard that he was actually 30% older than

"This is a Law not even I had known until now. It can increase the power of many of your Laws.

back at the

"It is," Heaven answered.

Silence.

you allowed me to comprehend it?" Gravis

become more

power got to do with

Silence.

answer for a

just like you humans?" Heaven asked as it

time, Gravis was the

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

"As are humans."

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

voice resonating with the world. "I have seen its birth. I have seen

me more than anything I have ever felt. If you were not here, this world would

this?" Gravis said with a cold voice. "You know exactly that I don't

the first time, Heaven turned to Gravis and looked

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

his father that assigned a gender to the

is everything, 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 give you a chance

I'm not able to win against you

into

still not able to win against

narrowed his eyes, but deep inside, he felt

couldn't be

for this world. Heaven might be as