Lightning Is the Only Way

Mortis nodded.

Both of them had wished to gain emotional independence for an extremely long time.

And now, they finally achieved it.

However, deep inside, Mortis felt nervous for some reason.

He didn't know why, but a part of him didn't want to sever this connection with Gravis.

Meanwhile, Gravis wasn't nervous in the least.

Instead, he was excited.

Finally, he could feel whatever he wanted without having to think about how his feelings would impact Mortis.

Gravis flew over to Mortis and put his hand on his chest.

"This might hurt a bit, but you should already know that," Gravis said with a smile.

Mortis nodded, still uncertain.

Mortis closed his eyes and didn't resist.

Then, Gravis' hand exploded with Divine Lightning.

BANG!

Mortis was blown apart, leaving behind a grey ball that showed all the different facets of reality.

In essence, Mortis had died just now, leaving behind Gravis' Avatar.

As Mortis was destroyed, his personal concepts of Perceived Reality and his Emotions started vanishing into nothingness as they returned to Energy.

Gravis lifted his hand and clamped his fingers.

CRK!

All the Laws Mortis had been comprised of had been captured. It was impossible for them to escape now.

If it had been before, Gravis would have only been able to capture Mortis' ideology, but not his personality.

Yet, with the Major Law of Emotions, Gravis could also capture Mortis' Emotions.

Emotions and ideology created a personality.

So, in essence, Gravis held control over Mortis' entire personality right now.

Gravis downgraded the Law of Emotions since it was too powerful to be incorporated into his Avatar of Perceived Reality.

After that, Gravis fused the level four Law of Emotions with his Avatar.

Some seconds later, many concepts appeared inside Gravis' Avatar.

Freedom, Suppression, Control, Safety, Danger.

Yet, these concepts didn't exist on their own anymore.

Now, a complex mix of emotions was fused into every concept, pushing it further from Perceived Reality to physical reality.

Suppression could be used by the prideful to suppress the humble.

The humble could be suppressed by the prideful.

A father's love might suppress his child for their good, giving it an empathetic effect.

A ruthless ruler could suppress their soldiers to follow every order, even if it killed them. This gave Suppression an apathetic effect.

Someone could be suppressed out of revenge, which reflected rage.

Someone could seek solace in servitude, giving up all forms of control in exchange for safety. This reflected calm.

All the concepts of Perceived Reality were connected to the Emotions in some way, creating an infinite number of personalities and possibilities.

a colorful world appeared in Gravis' Avatar,

BZZZZ!

Gravis pushed all his Divine Lightning into his Avatar while fusing them with the fragments of Mortis'

Mortis had been born, Mortis slowly took

front of Gravis with

"Everything alright?" Gravis asked.

I'm still myself," Mortis answered as he

with a grin. "Now, we are literally only connected by our Spirit. The only things we share are our Laws and lives,

feel?" Gravis asked with a

looking at

different to

"Can't you be excited for once?" he asked with some

honest,"

if you're not excited, I will be! I'm glad that I finally got emotional freedom. Now, I can feel whatever I want without needing to

silent

it so bad?"

"What's with that question? Are you sure you are still yourself? You should be just as excited as I am. Do you not desire

sure what he

Yes, he desired freedom.

does this newfound freedom feel…

his

made no sense in

wanted to be

to be

wanted to be

Mortis was both.

thought about Gravis'

has to think about what he should feel in case it affects me,'

how come I can't empathize with

Silence.

Gravis'

didn't think for a

concern since he hadn't

Mortis thought as some kind of oppressive darkness appeared

thought about how Gravis feels when I'm

'Why?'

hand started shaking

know the answer, but I don't

right hand

'Why?'

'Because I don't feel.'

inside Mortis' chest seemed to

However, it wasn't darkness.

it was

had appeared in his chest and inside the

Was nothing.

'I'm empty inside.'

because that means that I will never

that Gravis' feelings of warmth, happiness, and love are

them, do I recognize that I

'I wanted them.'

'I needed them.'

'It felt nice.'

happiness and love

the one that felt these feelings,

him, everything

day in and day out. It gives me a feeling

feeling

do

…

don't do anything

look at Laws

'That's all I do.'

'That's all I am.'

only feel accomplishment, excitement,

don't feel happiness, sadness, love, friendship, warmth, or

goal is not

'It's power.'