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 to do

Nothing!

fear took hold

Comprehension experience was built

had nothing

his Law Comprehension experience became

that didn't even know a level four Law was just as experienced

Gravis' preparations, all his comprehensions,

outstanding Gravis was in the highest Heaven's Cosmos, he became just as

status, mindset, personality, and

the same in

had ever done

Gravis realized another terrifying

use

Gravis' Laws were based on Energy,

soon as Gravis tried to use any Law, it

of using

at the floor, but there was no

The ball simply vanished.

lot about the Laws of Perceived Reality, he was able to guess why

doesn't exist!' Gravis thought with

allows me to manifest them. Yet, there is no

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

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

focused on comprehending the force around him

entire body

Gravis had

he had ever learned became

force was from

them just couldn't connect with each

with cracks, and his perception

while,

thought as he calmed

Gravis thought. 'It's

is how

sure have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

left out of reflex, but he could only see

It was Mortis.

Mortis,

and his entire being was

However, Mortis…

was only an Avatar surrounded by his personality

already completely fallen apart, and the force was slowly

How!?

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

why was he already

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

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

still ignored

left me, I

"Everything became meaningless."

positive emotions you sent me

was nothing

current situation was already filling me with pointlessness, and the realization

"I'm unable to love."

to be

of freedom when I will feel

of power when freedom has become

point of life

and collected, but

that

had already died inside

you serious!?" Gravis shouted with

just like

you can't see a way forward

have been plenty of times when I wasn't able

in order to get out of

do that

better now, and he

give up when others are

as he shouted

would have done my best to help

Silence.

More silence.

want to

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

about as far away

reason why Gravis knew

been able to

Mortis was calling himself

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

remember, emotions aren't