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.

nothing

Nothing!

Gravis realized this, fear took

Comprehension experience was built on

had nothing to

his Law Comprehension

was just as experienced in this form

all his comprehensions, his mindset, his personality, everything

in the highest Heaven's Cosmos, he became just as useless

power, status, mindset, personality, and everything

the same in front of

they had ever done

realized another

couldn't use

Laws were based on Energy, and this world

tried to use

process of

at the floor,

The ball simply vanished.

a lot about the Laws of Perceived

exist!'

allows me to manifest them. Yet, there

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

Laws!? This must be the key to understanding it!

force around

body now

had made

that he had ever learned became

force was from a different

two of them just couldn't

filled with cracks,

while, Gravis simply

he thought as he calmed

Gravis thought.

is how it ends,

sure have

"You already gave up?"

reflex, but he could only see with his

It was Mortis.

at Mortis, his mind

apart, and his entire being

However, Mortis…

an Avatar surrounded

had already completely fallen apart, and the force was

How!?

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

was he already so close to

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

was chasing power, and I fully knew that chasing power would

I still

me, I realized how

"Everything became meaningless."

the positive emotions you sent me vanished, leaving me

nothing inside

and the realization that my goal wouldn't change anything even

"I'm unable to love."

to

when I will feel just as empty

point of power when freedom has become

life when everything is

voice sounded calm, neutral, and collected, but exactly that

that truly lost his

had already died

serious!?" Gravis shouted with his

just like you

forward now doesn't mean that there

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

order to get out of this, you need

do that

Magnate feels better now, and he has

up when others are able to climb out of

Gravis gritted his teeth as he shouted with all

didn't you tell me!? I would

Silence.

More silence.

don't want to be

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

were about as far away from each

reason why Gravis knew

why Gravis had been able to win against the

calling himself

you are thinking," Mortis said. "How can I

remember, emotions aren't always