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 have remained

widened. "50 years!?"

Gravis," Heaven said. "When there is no meaning to time, eons might pass in a second, and a

had experienced this feeling once

Then, it hit him.

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

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

couldn't believe what he was hearing. "200

strange organism inside your ring for 200

right now. He had just heard that he was actually 30% older than he had

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

at the Grand

"It is," Heaven answered.

Silence.

allowed me to comprehend it?" Gravis

need to become more

my power got to do

Silence.

answer

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

was the

frustration, elation, relief, and all other emotions. We have

"As are humans."

the Heavens were too. This meant

"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

Heaven said. "Slowly seeing it deteriorating into nothingness has pained me more than anything I have ever felt. If you

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

the first time, Heaven turned to Gravis and looked

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

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

not something I can relieve. I am my ancestor, and my ancestor wants to give you a chance to win against me," Heaven

not able to win against you without this Law

into Gravis'

still not able to win

eyes, but deep inside,

that couldn't

powerful as it was possible for this world. Heaven might be as powerful as