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!

Gravis realized this, fear took

Comprehension experience was built on comprehending Laws

nothing to

Law Comprehension experience became

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

preparations, all his comprehensions,

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

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

same in front of

had ever done

realized another terrifying

use any

on Energy, and this world had no

tried to use any Law, it simply

like the process of using a Law had

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

The ball simply vanished.

Laws of Perceived Reality,

Reality doesn't exist!' Gravis

able to use Laws because reality allows me to

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

How can this force even stop the usage of Laws!? This must be the key

the force around him

entire body now became filled

Gravis had made

that he had ever

was like this force was from a different

just couldn't connect with

body was now filled with

while, Gravis

thought

simply can't,' Gravis thought.

how it ends,

sure have

"You already gave up?"

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

It was Mortis.

Mortis, his mind

apart, and his entire being was filled

However, Mortis…

Avatar surrounded by his personality Law

apart, and the force

How!?

Gravis, and if Gravis could hold out

already so

I have gained my emotional independence, the reality of

power, and I fully knew that chasing power would end in

still

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

"Everything became meaningless."

you sent

nothing

already filling me with pointlessness, and the realization that my

"I'm unable to love."

to

when I will feel just as empty

of power when

of life when everything is

but

that truly lost

had already died

Gravis

was just like you

forward

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

in order to get out of this, you

do that

that even the Black Magnate feels better now,

can you give up when others are able to

teeth as he shouted with

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?

as far away from each other as

literally the reason why Gravis

why Gravis had been able to

Mortis was calling himself

thinking," Mortis said. "How can I

remember, emotions aren't always