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 to do with

Nothing!

Gravis realized this, fear took hold

built on comprehending Laws that

this had nothing to do

all of his Law Comprehension

that didn't even know a level four Law was just as experienced in this form of force as

Gravis' preparations, all his comprehensions, his mindset,

the highest Heaven's Cosmos, he became just as useless and aimless as everyone else

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

was the same in front

had

realized another terrifying

use

on Energy, and this world

tried to use any Law, it simply

the process of using a Law had been

at the floor, but there was

The ball simply vanished.

of Perceived Reality, he was

Reality doesn't exist!' Gravis thought

Laws because reality allows me to manifest them. Yet, there

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

stop the usage of Laws!? This must

force

time, his entire body now became filled

Gravis had made no

had ever learned

force was from

two of them just couldn't connect with

filled with cracks,

a while, Gravis

can't,' he thought as he

can't,' Gravis

how it ends,

have

"You already gave up?"

of reflex, but he could only

It was Mortis.

looked at Mortis, his mind

apart, and his entire being was

However, Mortis…

was only an Avatar surrounded by his

had already completely fallen apart, and the force was slowly

How!?

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

he already

my emotional independence, the

I fully knew that chasing power would end in

I still

all positive Emotions left me, I realized how it felt to reach true

"Everything became meaningless."

the positive emotions you sent me

was nothing

me with pointlessness, and the realization

"I'm unable to love."

unable to be

of freedom when I will feel just as

point of power when freedom has

life when

neutral, and collected, but exactly that tone filled

someone that truly lost

already died

serious!?" Gravis shouted with

was just

because you can't see a way forward now doesn't mean that

I wasn't able to find

to get out of

do

forget that even the Black Magnate feels better now, and he has actually achieved

you give up when others are able to climb out

as he

didn't you tell me!? I would have done my

Silence.

More silence.

don't 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

reason why Gravis knew

the reason why Gravis had been able to win

calling himself a

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

emotions