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 do with

Nothing!

Gravis realized this, fear

his Law Comprehension experience was built

had nothing to

Law Comprehension

level four Law was

comprehensions, his mindset, his personality, everything became

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

status, mindset, personality,

was the same in front of

had

Gravis realized

couldn't use any

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

to use any Law, it simply

the process of

ball at the

The ball simply vanished.

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

doesn't exist!'

able to use Laws because reality allows me to manifest them. Yet, there is

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

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

fully focused on comprehending the force around him as he slowly

entire body now

had made no

that he had ever learned

was like this force was

just couldn't connect with each

was now filled with cracks, and

a while, Gravis simply

thought

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

how it ends,

have

"You already gave up?"

to his left out of reflex, but he could

It was Mortis.

Gravis looked at Mortis,

breaking apart, and his entire being

However, Mortis…

only an Avatar surrounded by

fallen apart, and

How!?

as Gravis, and if Gravis

was he already so

gained my emotional independence, the reality of my choice has finally hit

and I fully knew that

still ignored

Emotions left me, I realized how it

"Everything became meaningless."

emotions you sent

was nothing inside

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

"I'm unable to love."

unable to be

point of freedom when I will

power when freedom has become

point of life when everything is

voice sounded calm, neutral, and collected, but exactly that tone filled Gravis with

someone that truly lost his

died inside long

you serious!?" Gravis shouted

just

see a way forward now doesn't mean

I wasn't able

out of this,

do that

even the Black Magnate feels better now, and he has

up when others are able to climb out

his teeth as he shouted with all his

I would have done

Silence.

More silence.

don't want to be

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

were about as far away from each other as

literally the reason why Gravis

able to win against the Black Demon

Mortis was calling

you are thinking," Mortis said. "How can I

remember, emotions aren't always