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.

in Gravis' Avatar, representing all the Emotions and Perceived

BZZZZ!

all his Divine Lightning into his Avatar while fusing them

Mortis had been born, Mortis slowly took shape

in front of Gravis with

"Everything alright?" Gravis asked.

and I'm still myself," Mortis answered as he

freedom but also emotional freedom," Gravis said with a grin. "Now, we are literally only connected by our Spirit. The only things we share

does it feel?" Gravis

continued looking at his

different to

excited for once?" he asked with

just honest,"

fine!" Gravis said with exasperation. "Well, if you're not excited, I will be! I'm glad that I finally got emotional

silent for

so bad?"

you are still

he should

Yes, he desired freedom.

why does this newfound freedom

felt like his newfound freedom wasn't

that made no sense

to be free,

to

to be

Mortis was both.

thought about Gravis'

he no longer has to think about what he should feel in case it affects me,' Mortis thought to himself

I can't

Silence.

I ever cared about Gravis' feelings when I felt

think

Mortis with concern since he hadn't answered Gravis' question

as some kind of oppressive darkness appeared in

about how Gravis feels when I'm feeling

'Why?'

hand

answer, but I don't dare to accept

his right hand into a

'Why?'

'Because I don't feel.'

inside Mortis' chest seemed to

However, it wasn't darkness.

fact, it was

felt like a black hole had appeared in his chest and inside the

Was nothing.

'I'm empty inside.'

my newfound freedom because that means that I will never

that Gravis' feelings of warmth, happiness,

have lost them, do

'I wanted them.'

'I needed them.'

'It felt nice.'

happiness

one that

everything only

gives me a feeling

It gives me a feeling of

else do I

…

don't do

only look at

'That's all I do.'

'That's all I am.'

excitement, pride, progress,

feel happiness, sadness, love, friendship, warmth, or

is

'It's power.'