Lightning Is the Only Way

Silence.

Deafening silence.

Gravis had gone through intense emotional turmoil, and he felt like he had reached the absolute bottom. He felt like he had lost control over his entire life, and the worst thing was that he accepted it.

If Heaven weren't powerful enough to kill him right now, would he have still done this? Would he have handed over his children?

Gravis wasn't sure.

He wasn't sure about anything anymore.

Gravis' human form began to regress more in age until he only looked to be about twelve years old. He felt like a child under the control of adults. When adults talked, children were supposed to be quiet and follow what the adults said.

"Don't overdo it," Heaven said. "Look at yourself. You feel like a child now? Stop feeling sorry for yourself. This situation all stems from your decision to fight me. Don't escape into your childhood to dodge responsibility."

Gravis gritted his teeth.

'How pathetic am I?' he thought with frustration.

In a matter of seconds, Gravis returned to the body of a young adult.

'So what!?' Gravis thought with gritted teeth. 'I'm not dead! My family isn't dead! Heaven is right! Everything stems from my arrogance! I have made this choice, and I need to bear the consequences!'

'I have already reached rock-bottom! It can only go up from here!' Gravis thought.

'Yes, I have taken a huge setback, but only when I give up will I truly lose! I might have failed in having a pure path to power. I might have failed in reaching supreme power without the highest Heaven's help, but I still have my dream of freedom! Isn't freedom my most important goal!?'

freedom?' Gravis thought as uncertainty returned to his being. 'Is it truly my choice to forgive

shook his

future. I must trust in my future self! I believe my past self to be an arrogant idiot, and my future self will think of me as

much Gravis tried to motivate

feelings of uncertainty right now,' Gravis thought

this was risky and that it may endanger his eventual future, but if he couldn't access his full power right now, he would never reach this future! For now, he

but if one managed to suppress them once, it came

eyes became cold and emotionless as

about

care about

didn't care about his

even didn't care about

that all the pain would return in

state of mind, but the longer he remained inside it, the harder it was

Gravis accepted that. Right now, this was a price he needed to

BOOOOM!

a new Law, but instead of

the level

away from them, and Gravis knew that. But so what!? If he had to run away to survive,

just comprehended your first Law that not even I know,"

evenly at Heaven.

and my love for this

to admit it, but

I didn't run away," Heaven said. "Would you also become apathetic if I were to

now. You don't need to act all high and mighty, or is this your way of hurting me because your ancestor

first time, Gravis saw some emotion