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

Nothing!

this, fear took hold

Comprehension experience was built on comprehending Laws that

had nothing to do

all of his Law

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

his comprehensions, his mindset, his personality, everything became

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

one's power, status, mindset, personality, and

was the same

had

realized another

couldn't use

on Energy, and this world

to use any

process of using a Law

ball at the

The ball simply vanished.

Perceived Reality, he was able to guess why

Reality doesn't exist!'

reality allows me to manifest them.

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

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

force around him as

body now became filled

had

that he had

was like this force was from

two of them just couldn't connect with

body was now filled with

while,

thought as

can't,' Gravis

how it

sure have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

out of reflex, but

It was Mortis.

looked at Mortis,

apart, and his entire being was

However, Mortis…

only an Avatar surrounded by

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

How!?

Gravis, and if Gravis could

already

said calmly, "When I have gained my emotional independence, the reality of

knew that

still

left me, I realized how

"Everything became meaningless."

positive emotions you sent me vanished,

was nothing

already filling me with pointlessness, and the realization that my goal wouldn't

"I'm unable to love."

to

the point of freedom when I will feel

of power

of life when everything is

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

someone that truly lost his

had already died inside long

Gravis

was just like you

see a way forward now

have been plenty of times when I wasn't able to find a solution, but I always found

out of

do

Black Magnate feels better now, and he has actually

are able to climb out of

teeth as he

would have done my best to help

Silence.

More silence.

don't want to be a

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

about as far away from each

was literally the reason why Gravis knew so many

was the reason why Gravis had been able

Mortis was calling

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

emotions aren't