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!

realized this, fear took hold

of his Law Comprehension experience was built on comprehending Laws that

nothing to

Law Comprehension experience became

that didn't even know a level four Law was just as

his comprehensions, his mindset, his personality,

Cosmos, he became just as useless and

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

the same in front

they had ever done

Gravis realized another

couldn't use

based on

soon as Gravis tried to use any

process of using a Law

like throwing a ball at the floor, but there was

The ball simply vanished.

lot about the Laws of Perceived

doesn't exist!'

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

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

This must be the

focused on comprehending the force

his entire body now became

Gravis had made

had

force was from a

them just

filled with cracks, and his

while,

can't,' he thought as he

simply can't,' Gravis thought. 'It's

is how it ends,

sure have

"You already gave up?"

his left out of reflex, but he could only see with his breaking Spirit

It was Mortis.

at Mortis, his mind

body was breaking apart, and his entire being was

However, Mortis…

surrounded by his

already completely fallen apart, and the force

How!?

as Gravis, and if Gravis could hold out

why was he already so close

calmly, "When I have gained my emotional independence,

chasing power, and I fully knew that chasing power would end in

still

me, I realized how it felt to reach

"Everything became meaningless."

the positive emotions you sent me vanished,

nothing inside

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

"I'm unable to love."

to be

freedom when I

power when freedom has

life when everything is

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

that truly

had already died

serious!?" Gravis shouted with his

just like you

see a way forward now

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

order to get out of this,

do that

the Black Magnate feels better now, and he has

up when others are able

teeth as

would have

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

the reason why Gravis knew so

reason why Gravis had been able to win against the

was calling himself

what you are thinking," Mortis

emotions