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.

nothing to

Nothing!

Gravis realized this, fear took hold

Comprehension experience was built on

nothing to do with

all of his Law

even know a level four Law was just as experienced

of Gravis' preparations, all his comprehensions, his mindset, his personality, everything became

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

mindset, personality,

the same in front of

had ever done

Gravis realized another

couldn't use any

on Energy,

soon as Gravis tried to use any Law, it

process of using

was like throwing a ball at the floor, but there was

The ball simply vanished.

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

doesn't exist!'

me

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

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

the force around

body

had made no

he had ever

was like this force was from a

two of them just couldn't connect

body was now filled with cracks, and his

while,

thought as

Gravis thought. 'It's

how it

sure have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

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

It was Mortis.

Gravis looked at Mortis, his mind

was breaking apart, and his entire being was

However, Mortis…

was only an Avatar surrounded by his personality Law

apart, and

How!?

as Gravis, and if Gravis could hold out until

why was he already so

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

power, and I fully knew that chasing power would end

still

when all positive Emotions left me, I realized how it felt

"Everything became meaningless."

the positive emotions you sent me vanished, leaving me

nothing inside

me with pointlessness, and the realization

"I'm unable to love."

unable to

the point of freedom when I

of power when freedom has become

life when everything is

and collected, but exactly

that

had already died inside

you serious!?" Gravis shouted with his

just like you

forward now doesn't mean

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

in order to get out of

can't do

even the Black Magnate feels better now, and he

give up when others are able to climb

teeth as he shouted with all

tell me!? I would have done my best to help

Silence.

More silence.

don't want to be

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

about as far away from each other

literally the reason why Gravis

the reason why Gravis had been able to win against the Black Demon and

Mortis was calling himself a

what you are thinking," Mortis

emotions aren't always