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.

force had nothing to do

Nothing!

realized this, fear took hold

built on comprehending

had nothing

his Law Comprehension experience

was just as experienced in this form of force as

all his comprehensions,

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

of death, one's power, status, mindset,

same in front

had

realized another terrifying

use

of Gravis' Laws were based on Energy, and this

tried to use any Law, it

like the process of using a Law

a ball at the floor,

The ball simply vanished.

lot about the Laws of Perceived Reality, he

doesn't exist!' Gravis thought with

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

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

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 him

body now became

Gravis had made no

that he had

force

of them just

now filled with cracks, and his

a while,

he thought as he calmed

simply can't,' Gravis thought.

is how it ends,

have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

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

It was Mortis.

looked at Mortis, his mind

his entire being was filled

However, Mortis…

was only an Avatar surrounded by his personality Law

completely fallen apart, and

How!?

was just as powerful as Gravis, and if Gravis could hold out until

already

I have gained my emotional independence, the reality of

knew that chasing

still

Emotions left me, I realized how it felt to reach

"Everything became meaningless."

sent me

nothing inside

me with pointlessness, and the realization that my goal wouldn't

"I'm unable to love."

unable to be

I

point of power when freedom has

of life when everything is

neutral, and collected, but exactly that tone filled Gravis

was someone that truly lost

already died inside long

you serious!?" Gravis shouted with his

was just like you

way forward now

have been plenty of times when I wasn't able to

order to get out of this,

can't do

better now, and he has

when others are able

teeth as he

tell me!? I would have done my best

Silence.

More silence.

don't want to be

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

concepts were about as far away from each other as

reason why Gravis knew so many

the reason why Gravis had been able to

was calling himself

what you are thinking," Mortis

remember, emotions aren't