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!?'

thought as uncertainty returned to his being. 'Is it truly my

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 an idiot! Yet, to make my future self a reality, I must pull

tried to motivate

can't hang onto these feelings of uncertainty right now,' Gravis thought

since he had talked to his mother, Gravis suppressed his emotions again. He knew that this was risky and that it may endanger his eventual future, but if he couldn't access his full power

came naturally. Unlocking emotions was hard, but if one managed to suppress them once, it

and emotionless as he glanced

about this

didn't care

care about his

even didn't care about his

knew that all the pain would return in

he remained inside it, the harder it was

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

BOOOOM!

Law, but instead of being happy, he only

just comprehended the

that. But

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

Heaven. "How come?" he

my emotions and my love for this

want to admit it,

you slowly killed my child, I didn't run away," Heaven said. "Would you also become apathetic if I were

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

the first time, Gravis saw some emotion inside Heaven's