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.

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

eyes widened. "50 years!?" he

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

He had

Then, it hit him.

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

the Grand Lake. "Back then, you had waited

believe what he was hearing. "200

been staring at this strange organism inside your ring for 200 years.

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 wasn't

until now. It can increase the power of many of your Laws. Your

back at the Grand Lake. "It

"It is," Heaven answered.

Silence.

me

need to become more

my power got to do with you?" Gravis

Silence.

didn't answer

just like you

Gravis was the silent

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

"As are humans."

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 any

"I have seen its birth. I have seen its rise. I have seen the birth of all living beings, but I have not seen the death of

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 be alive. My child

Gravis said with a cold voice. "You know exactly that

first time, Heaven turned to Gravis

is everything. This world is his. I am his. You are his. Time

was not only his father that

ancestor 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 to win against

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

looked into Gravis'

you are still not able to win

eyes, but

that couldn't be

be as powerful as him but so much more