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.

this force had nothing to do with

Nothing!

Gravis realized this, fear took hold of

of his Law Comprehension experience was built

this had nothing to do

of his Law Comprehension experience

level four Law was

his comprehensions, his mindset,

Cosmos, he became just as

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

same in front of

they had ever

Gravis realized

couldn't use

of Gravis' Laws were based on Energy, and this world had no

tried to use any

process of

a ball at the floor, but there was no

The ball simply vanished.

the Laws of Perceived Reality, he was able to guess

Reality doesn't exist!'

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

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

of Laws!? This must be the key to understanding it! I

force around him as

body now became filled

had

had ever

force was from a

of them just

body was now filled with cracks, and his perception

a while,

thought as

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

how it ends,

have

"You already gave up?"

his left out of reflex, but he could only

It was Mortis.

Mortis, his

breaking apart, and his entire being was filled with

However, Mortis…

an Avatar surrounded by his

had already completely fallen apart, and the force was

How!?

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

was he already so close to

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

knew that chasing power would

I still

me, I realized

"Everything became meaningless."

emotions you sent me vanished,

was nothing

filling me with pointlessness, and the realization that my goal wouldn't change anything even made my future

"I'm unable to love."

to

freedom when I will feel just as

point of power when freedom has become

life

neutral, and collected, but exactly that tone filled Gravis with

that truly lost his

had already died inside long

serious!?" Gravis shouted with

was just

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

able to find a solution, but

out of this, you

can't do

the Black Magnate feels better now, and he has actually

give up when others are able to climb out of the

Gravis gritted his teeth as he shouted

didn't you tell me!? I would have done my best

Silence.

More silence.

want to be

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

about as far away

reason why Gravis knew

why Gravis had been able to win against the Black

Mortis was calling

Mortis said. "How can I be a

emotions aren't