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 to do with

Nothing!

this, fear

Law Comprehension experience was built on comprehending Laws that

nothing to do

of his Law Comprehension experience became

Law was just as experienced in this form of force

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

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

was the same in front

they had ever

Gravis realized

couldn't use any

based on

Gravis tried to use any

of using a

like throwing a ball at the floor, but

The ball simply vanished.

about the Laws of Perceived Reality,

doesn't exist!'

because reality allows me to manifest them. Yet, there is no reality

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

This must be the key to understanding it! I must understand how this force

the force around him as he

entire body

had made

that he had

like this force was from a different

them just couldn't

with cracks,

a while, Gravis

he thought as he calmed

can't,' Gravis thought.

this is how it

sure have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

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

It was Mortis.

at Mortis, his mind nearly

his entire

However, Mortis…

an Avatar surrounded by his personality Law

had already completely fallen apart, and the

How!?

just as powerful as Gravis, and if Gravis

he already so close to

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

knew that

still

I realized how

"Everything became meaningless."

the positive emotions you sent me vanished,

was nothing inside

the realization that my

"I'm unable to love."

unable to be

point of freedom when I will feel

power

of life when everything

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

someone that truly

died inside long

you serious!?" Gravis shouted

was just like

see a way forward now doesn't mean that there

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

out of

can't do

Magnate feels better now, and he

you give up when others are able to climb out of the

Gravis gritted his teeth as he shouted with all

tell me!? I would have done

Silence.

More silence.

don't 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 from each other as

why Gravis knew so many

able to win against the Black

was calling himself a

are thinking," Mortis said. "How can

emotions aren't always