Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis' mind was going crazy. He felt ashamed when he realized that he hadn't achieved everything on his own. It kind of felt… hollow. What was the point of being granted something when he didn't achieve it on his own? Did he even earn all the power he currently had?

Yet, Gravis was incomprehensibly powerful for his Realm. That was an undeniable truth. Gravis had this power, even if a lot of it came from outside. Gravis was the wielder of this power, and he controlled this power.

After a while, Gravis sighed. "You are probably right, but it still feels hollow. I don't feel like I have achieved my power on my own."

"All power feels hollow!" the young man said, his face suddenly transforming into aggressiveness for the first time. "There is only a single person in the entire highest world that has power but is still happy with their power. Everyone else feels the emptiness that power brings, including me."

This was something Gravis hadn't expected. "I don't understand," he said.

The young man turned to someone beside him. The world was still frozen, and this person just so happened to be frozen while looking directly at the young man.

SSHHHH!

Then, the person was immediately turned into dust by the young man.

"Do you see this?" the young man asked. "A life has just been ended. Their loved ones will grieve for the death of this person. Isn't such an emotional impact interesting?"

Gravis thought about it. "Emotions, in general, are interesting," Gravis said.

"No, they are not," the young man said. "Watch," he said.

Suddenly, some dust gathered together at the spot where the person had died.

Whoosh!

And the same person reappeared in the same position. Gravis trembled. Someone had just been resurrected directly in front of him!

"Have I killed this person? Have I resurrected this person? When no one remembers this person's death, has their death ever taken place? Is this still the same person?" the young man asked one question after the other.

questions bordered on

can tell you the truth of power, Gravis," the young man

was like someone was about to unveil a terrifying and scary truth right in front of him. Yet, Gravis wouldn't

"Tell me," Gravis said.

man turned to Gravis again with an even but calm look. "Power is everything, but power

for is emptiness and greyness," he

tried to understand what he meant, but

have reached the Unity Realm for the first time, have you seen the wonder of the world? When you came into contact with the Laws for the first time, have you felt their magic? The feeling of excitement of finding something new

Gravis nodded.

Whooosh!

was like nothing had ever happened. Everyone was still passing by the two of them as

very select few people remembered what

contact with the Laws," he said. "Now, tell me, when you were waiting

and many other things, were these things still interesting? When that one Law Comprehension Plant gave you access to understand its plants, you were entranced. Yet, if it showed you

this before. He had always chased power and always only looked at the Laws he didn't understand. Yet, as he thought about it, he realized that he hadn't thrown a second glance at the things he

wouldn't,"

"When we don't know something, we feel the whole thing to be marvelous and magical. When we know a lot about it, we feel that it is interesting, but when we know everything about it, it just becomes a grey concept. You don't see the same

man said. "I can

CRRR!

dragon

the young man, it became excited. "Thank Heaven you are here! I

SSSHHH!

dragon

was my closest companion for a majority of my youth. When she died,

her again. Yet, what have I felt? Creating something means completely understanding something. I didn't see my dead lover.

describe as a being is nothing more than Energy, matter, and Laws working together. I can look at my resurrected mate and know exactly what she will do until the day she dies. She is

are Energy. The mind is Energy. A person is Energy," the

together in different ways. Beings are nothing more than smart Formation Arrays. I can make a Formation Array that thinks and acts like a human. I can create a stone with a human soul. I can create a