Lightning Is the Only Way

The two of them entered the Gate of Death.

And the effect was immediate.

BANG!

Before Gravis and Mortis could even look at their surroundings, a violent impact hit both of their Spirits.

It was like a sledgehammer had hit their Spirits, severely cracking them.

Then, they felt like they had been thrown into the coldest thing in existence.

However, their bodies weren't freezing.

This feeling of coldness came from a mysterious force that was consuming their Life Energy.

It wasn't the Darkness Element, but something very different.

It was like they had reached the end of their natural life.

Their organs were no longer producing Life Energy, and the remaining Life Energy they had was leaving their body.

There was no Energy in the surroundings.

There was no air.

There was no earth.

There was nothing.

Everything was black.

The cracks in their Spirits slowly grew, and their Life Energy couldn't heal the cracks.

It was like their Life Energy had become useless.

Gravis immediately fell over, his body covered in sweat.

Creating coherent thoughts became more difficult as his Spirit broke down more and more.

Slight cuts slowly appeared all over his body, making Gravis leak even more Life Energy.

This was not a world of the living.

Life Energy didn't belong here.

Everything that used Life Energy didn't belong here.

Life Energy became completely useless, and it was consumed.

Everything that had anything to do with life wasn't allowed to stay here.

Gravis' mind immediately fell into a panic.

'This is way worse than I had anticipated.'

Gravis tried to look at his hand, but he couldn't see them.

There was no light.

Luckily, Gravis' Spirit Sense still worked, but it shrunk rapidly as his Spirit was being destroyed.

'I must comprehend this process of dying!' Gravis thought. 'I need to comprehend the Major Law of Death, or I won't escape!'

Gravis closed his eyes and focused on the process, and the more he watched the process, the more shocked he became.

'I have never felt this force before! It's different than everything I have ever seen!' Gravis thought with shock.

'All the Laws I know have one thing in common.'

'They all work with Energy or by using things created with Energy, like my Will-Aura.'

'Yet…'

'There is no Energy in this force!'

'The very fundamentals are different!'

This was the greatest difference between this force and all the others.

The highest Heaven's Cosmos was built with Energy.

Everything was built with Energy.

Matter was built with Energy.

Souls were built with Energy.

Gravity was built with Energy.

Time was built with Energy.

Space was built with Energy.

Even the very Laws themselves were built with Energy.

Even Gravis' Void Lightning was just a different form of Energy.

force had nothing

Nothing!

this, fear took hold

built on comprehending

had nothing to do

Law Comprehension

didn't even know a level four Law was just

Gravis' preparations, all his comprehensions, his mindset, his

matter how outstanding Gravis was in the highest Heaven's Cosmos, he became just as useless and aimless as everyone else in

death, one's power, status, mindset, personality, and everything they were, became

the same in front of

had ever

Gravis realized

use

of Gravis' Laws were based on Energy, and this world

to use any Law, it simply

of using a Law had been

throwing a ball at the floor, but there was

The ball simply vanished.

Perceived Reality, he was able to guess why

Reality doesn't exist!' Gravis thought

to use Laws because reality allows me to manifest them.

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

this force even stop the usage of Laws!? This must be the key to understanding it! I must understand

fully focused on comprehending the force

entire body

had made

he had ever learned

like this force was from a different

of them just couldn't connect with

with

while,

thought

simply can't,' Gravis thought.

this is how

sure have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

left out of reflex, but he could only see with his

It was Mortis.

Gravis looked at Mortis,

was breaking apart, and his entire being was filled

However, Mortis…

an Avatar surrounded by his personality Law

had already completely fallen apart, and the force was slowly

How!?

Gravis, and if Gravis could hold out until now,

was he already so close to

have gained my emotional independence, the reality of my choice has finally hit

and I fully knew that chasing power would

I still

left me, I realized how it felt to reach

"Everything became meaningless."

the positive emotions you sent me vanished, leaving

was nothing

filling me with pointlessness, and the realization that my goal wouldn't

"I'm unable to love."

to be

point of freedom when I will feel

point of power when

life when everything

and collected, but exactly that tone filled Gravis

someone that truly lost his

already died inside long

you serious!?" Gravis shouted with

just

see a way forward now doesn't

have been plenty of times when I wasn't able to find a solution,

to get out of this,

can't do that

better now, and he has

are able to climb

his teeth as he

would have done my best to help

Silence.

More silence.

want to be a

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

two concepts were about as far away

the reason why Gravis knew so

able

Mortis was calling

can imagine what you are thinking," Mortis said. "How can I be a

remember, emotions