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.

had nothing to do

Nothing!

this, fear took hold

Comprehension experience was built on comprehending

this had nothing to do

his Law Comprehension experience became useless

know a level four Law was just as experienced

of Gravis' preparations, all his comprehensions, his mindset,

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

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

same in front of

they had

realized

use

Laws were based on Energy, and this world

as Gravis tried to

process of using a Law had been

at the floor, but

The ball simply vanished.

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

exist!' Gravis thought with

able to use Laws because reality allows me to manifest them.

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

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

the force around

body now became

Gravis had made

had

was like this force was from a different

them just couldn't connect with each

was now filled with cracks, and his

while,

can't,' he thought

simply can't,' Gravis thought.

how it

sure have

"You already gave up?"

looked to his left out of reflex, but he

It was Mortis.

Mortis, his

and his entire being was

However, Mortis…

Avatar surrounded

already completely fallen apart, and the

How!?

as powerful as Gravis, and if Gravis could hold

why was he already

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

power, and I fully knew that

I still ignored

left me, I realized how it felt to reach true

"Everything became meaningless."

emotions you sent me vanished, leaving me

was nothing

filling me with pointlessness, and the realization that my goal wouldn't change anything even made my

"I'm unable to love."

to

point of freedom when I

power when freedom has

life when

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

someone that truly lost his

already died

serious!?" Gravis shouted with his

was just

a way forward now doesn't mean that

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

out

do that

feels better now, and he has

when others are able to climb out of the same

Gravis gritted his teeth as

would

Silence.

More silence.

want to be a

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

concepts were about as far away from

was literally the reason why

had been able to win against the Black Demon and

was calling himself

Mortis said. "How can I be a

emotions aren't