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

Nothing!

this, fear

built on

nothing to

of his Law Comprehension experience became useless

a level four Law was just as experienced in this form of force as

all his comprehensions, his mindset, his

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

mindset, personality, and everything they were, became

same in

they had ever

realized

use

were based on Energy, and this world had

as Gravis tried to

process of using

ball at the floor, but there was

The ball simply vanished.

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

exist!'

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

'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

force around

his entire body now

had

that he had ever learned became

was like this force was

just

body was now filled with cracks, and his perception

while, Gravis simply

he thought as

can't,' Gravis thought.

is how it ends,

sure have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

his left out of reflex, but he

It was Mortis.

looked at Mortis, his

was breaking apart, and his entire being was filled with

However, Mortis…

an Avatar surrounded by his

already completely fallen apart, and the force

How!?

as Gravis, and if Gravis could hold out until

already so close to

said calmly, "When I have gained my emotional independence,

power, and I fully knew that

I still

I realized how it felt to reach true

"Everything became meaningless."

you sent me vanished,

was nothing

with pointlessness, and the realization that my goal

"I'm unable to love."

unable to

I will feel just as empty as

of power when freedom has

the point of life when

and collected, but exactly that tone

that truly

already died inside long

you serious!?" Gravis

just like

because you can't see a way forward

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

get out of this, you

do

that even the Black Magnate feels better now, and he has actually achieved

are able to climb

teeth as

would have done

Silence.

More silence.

to be a

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

were about as far away from each other

reason why Gravis knew

reason why Gravis had been able to

calling himself a

what you are thinking," Mortis said.

emotions aren't