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!

this, fear took hold

Comprehension experience was built on comprehending

this had nothing to do

all of his Law Comprehension

level four Law was just as experienced in

all his comprehensions, his mindset, his

Cosmos, he became just as

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

same in

they had

Gravis realized another terrifying

couldn't use

Gravis' Laws were based on Energy, and this

as Gravis tried to

like the process of using a Law had

was like throwing a ball at the floor, but there

The ball simply vanished.

Laws of Perceived Reality, he was able to guess

exist!'

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

'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

comprehending the force around him as

entire body now became filled

Gravis had made no

had ever learned

was like this force was from a different

two of them just

was now filled with cracks, and his

a while,

thought

simply can't,' Gravis thought.

how

have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

looked to his left out of reflex, but he

It was Mortis.

looked at Mortis, his mind nearly

apart, and his

However, Mortis…

was only an Avatar surrounded by

fallen apart, and the force was

How!?

as Gravis, and if Gravis could hold out

was he already

you know," Mortis said calmly, "When I have gained my emotional independence,

fully knew that chasing power would

still ignored

left me, I realized how it

"Everything became meaningless."

you sent me vanished, leaving

nothing inside

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

"I'm unable to love."

unable to be

the point of freedom when I will feel just as

the point of power when freedom has

point of life when everything

neutral, and collected, but

someone that truly lost his

already died inside long

Gravis shouted

was just like you

a way forward now doesn't mean

wasn't able to find a

order to get out of this,

can't do

Magnate feels better

up when others are able

Gravis gritted his teeth as he shouted with

you tell me!? I would have

Silence.

More silence.

don't want to be

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

about as far away

why Gravis knew so many

Gravis had been able to win

was calling

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

remember, emotions aren't