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

Nothing!

realized this, fear

was built on comprehending Laws that were

this had nothing

of his Law Comprehension experience

level four Law was just as experienced in this form

preparations, all his comprehensions,

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

mindset, personality, and everything

the same in front of

they had ever

realized another terrifying

couldn't use any

Laws were based on Energy,

as Gravis tried to use any Law,

like the process of using a Law had been

ball at

The ball simply vanished.

knew a lot about the Laws of Perceived Reality, he was able to

doesn't exist!' Gravis thought

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

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

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

the force

entire body now became

had

he had ever learned became

was like this force was from a different

two of them just

was now filled with cracks, and

a while, Gravis simply

he thought

Gravis thought. 'It's

this is how

sure have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

to his left out of reflex, but

It was Mortis.

Gravis looked at Mortis, his mind nearly

apart, and his entire being was filled with

However, Mortis…

an Avatar surrounded

fallen apart, and

How!?

just as powerful as Gravis, and if Gravis could hold

already so

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

fully knew

still ignored

all positive Emotions left me, I realized how it

"Everything became meaningless."

you sent

nothing inside

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

"I'm unable to love."

to

when I will

of power when freedom has become

life

collected, but exactly that tone filled

was someone that truly

had already died inside long

you serious!?" Gravis

was just like

because you can't see a way forward

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

get out

do

Black Magnate feels better now, and he

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

gritted his teeth as he shouted

I would have

Silence.

More silence.

want to

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

literally the reason why Gravis knew so

had been able to

was calling himself a

thinking," Mortis said. "How can

emotions aren't always