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!

Gravis realized this, fear took hold of

was built on comprehending

had nothing

Law Comprehension experience

didn't even know a level four Law was just

Gravis' preparations, all his comprehensions,

highest Heaven's Cosmos, he became just as useless and

power, status, mindset, personality, and everything they were,

same in

had

Gravis realized another

couldn't use

based on Energy, and

as Gravis tried to use any Law, it

of using a

like throwing a ball at the floor, but

The ball simply vanished.

about the Laws of Perceived Reality, he was able to guess why

exist!' Gravis thought with

to use Laws because reality allows me to

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

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

the force around him as he slowly

entire body now became filled

Gravis had made

had ever

force was

two of them just couldn't connect

was now filled with cracks, and his

while, Gravis

thought

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

is how it ends,

have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

but he could only see with

It was Mortis.

Gravis looked at Mortis,

apart, and his entire being

However, Mortis…

only an Avatar surrounded by his

already completely fallen apart, and the force was slowly swallowing Mortis'

How!?

powerful as Gravis, and if Gravis could hold out until

already so close

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

power, and I fully knew that chasing power would end

still ignored

Emotions left me, I realized how it felt to reach

"Everything became meaningless."

sent me vanished,

was nothing inside

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

"I'm unable to love."

unable to be

point of freedom when I will feel just as empty as

power when freedom

life when everything

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

that

had already died inside

you serious!?" Gravis shouted

just

you can't see a way forward now doesn't mean that there isn't

plenty of times when I wasn't able to find a solution,

to get out of

can't do

Magnate feels better now, and he has actually achieved supreme

up when others are able to climb

teeth as he shouted with all his

me!? I would have done

Silence.

More silence.

don't want to be a

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

far away from each other as

why Gravis knew

able to win against the

was calling himself

Mortis said. "How can I

remember, emotions