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.

Gravis," Heaven said from beside Gravis. "You have remained on this spot

"50 years!?" he said

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

had experienced this

Then, it hit him.

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

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

he was hearing. "200 years?" he

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

actually 30% older than

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

the Grand Lake.

"It is," Heaven answered.

Silence.

you allowed me to comprehend it?"

you need to become more

got to do

Silence.

didn't answer for a

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

was the

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

"As are humans."

Humans had been modeled after the highest Heaven, and the Heavens were too. This

its birth. I have seen its rise. I have seen the birth

has pained me more than anything I have ever felt. If you

this?" Gravis said with a cold voice. "You

turned to Gravis and looked

showing you my resolve," Heaven said. "My ancestor is the Cosmos. My ancestor is everything. This world is his. I am his. You are his. Time is his. Space is his.

was not only his father that assigned a gender to

hate towards your existence is not something I can relieve. I am

you saying that I'm not able to win against you without this

into Gravis'

are still not able to

but deep inside, he

that couldn't be

was possible for this world. Heaven might be as powerful as him but so much more powerful that Gravis couldn't even