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.

Heaven said from beside Gravis. "You have remained on

"50 years!?" he said with

there is no meaning to time, eons might pass in a second, and a second might pass in an eon. You have experienced this feeling once

He had experienced this feeling

Then, it hit him.

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

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

believe what he was hearing.

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

feel right now. He had just heard that he was actually 30% older than he had believed. Was this

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

looked back at the Grand

"It is," Heaven answered.

Silence.

you allowed me to comprehend it?"

to become

to do with you?" Gravis

Silence.

didn't answer for

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

time, Gravis was the silent

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

"As are humans."

Heavens were too.

world. "I have seen its birth. I have seen its

my child," Heaven said. "Slowly seeing it deteriorating into nothingness has pained me more than anything I

with a cold voice. "You know exactly that I

time, Heaven turned to

said. "My ancestor is the Cosmos. My ancestor is everything. This world is his. I am his. You are his.

it was not only his

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 me,"

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

looked into Gravis' eyes.

that you are still not able to

eyes, but deep inside,

that couldn't

Heaven might be as powerful as him but so much more