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 took hold of

his Law Comprehension experience was built on comprehending Laws that

nothing

Law Comprehension

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

preparations, all his comprehensions, his mindset,

matter how outstanding Gravis was in the highest Heaven's Cosmos, he became just as useless and aimless as everyone else

mindset, personality, and everything they were, became

the same in front of

had

Gravis realized another terrifying

use

Gravis' Laws were based on Energy,

as Gravis tried to use any

the process of using

a ball at the floor, but there was no

The ball simply vanished.

of Perceived Reality, he was able to guess why his

doesn't exist!'

allows me to manifest them.

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

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

fully focused on comprehending the force around

entire body

Gravis had made

that he had ever learned became

was like this force was

of them just couldn't connect

now filled with cracks, and

while, Gravis

he thought as

can't,' Gravis thought.

this is how it

have

"You already gave up?"

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

It was Mortis.

looked at Mortis, his mind

was breaking apart, and his entire being was

However, Mortis…

surrounded by

and the force was slowly

How!?

powerful as Gravis, and if Gravis

he already so close to

said calmly, "When I have gained my emotional

was chasing power, and I fully knew

still ignored

left me, I realized how

"Everything became meaningless."

emotions you sent me

was nothing

was already filling me with pointlessness, and the realization that my goal wouldn't change

"I'm unable to love."

to be

of freedom when I will feel just as empty

of power when freedom

the point of life when everything

neutral, and collected, but exactly that tone filled Gravis

someone that

had already died inside

Gravis shouted

was just

can't see a way forward now

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

in order to get out of this,

can't do

feels better now, and

can you give up when others are able to

his teeth as he shouted with all

would have done

Silence.

More silence.

want to be

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

about as far

was literally the reason why Gravis knew

Gravis had been able to win against the Black

was calling himself

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

remember, emotions aren't