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.

this force had nothing

Nothing!

Gravis realized this, fear took hold of

his Law Comprehension experience was built on comprehending Laws that were

had nothing

of his Law Comprehension experience became useless

level four Law was just as experienced in

comprehensions, his mindset, his personality,

Heaven's Cosmos, he became just as useless and aimless

status, mindset, personality, and everything they were,

the same in

had ever done

realized

use any

based on

to use any

process of using a

a ball at the

The ball simply vanished.

since Gravis knew a lot about the Laws of Perceived Reality, he was able to guess why his Laws didn't

doesn't exist!' Gravis thought

me to manifest them. Yet, there is no reality

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

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

force around him as he

time, his entire body now became filled

Gravis had made

he had ever learned became

was like this force was from a different

them just couldn't connect

was now filled with cracks, and his

while, Gravis

he thought as he calmed

simply can't,' Gravis thought.

how

sure have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

but he could only see with his breaking Spirit

It was Mortis.

Mortis,

was breaking apart, and his entire being was filled with

However, Mortis…

only an Avatar surrounded by his personality Law

apart, and the force

How!?

was just as powerful as Gravis, and if Gravis could hold out until now, Mortis

already so close

Mortis said calmly, "When I have gained my emotional independence, the reality

was chasing power, and I fully knew that

still ignored

I realized how

"Everything became meaningless."

you sent me vanished, leaving

nothing inside

filling me with pointlessness, and the realization that

"I'm unable to love."

to be

of freedom when I will feel just

the point of power when freedom has become

the point of life when

calm, neutral, and collected, but exactly that tone filled

was someone that

died

you serious!?" Gravis shouted

was just like you

forward now doesn't mean that there

of times when I wasn't able to find a solution, but I always

out of this,

do

the Black Magnate feels better now, and

others are

Gravis gritted his teeth as he shouted with

would

Silence.

More silence.

want to be

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

two concepts were about as far away from each other as it

why Gravis knew

why Gravis had been able to

Mortis was calling

are thinking," Mortis said. "How can

remember, emotions aren't always