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.

had nothing to do

Nothing!

fear

his Law Comprehension experience was built on comprehending Laws that were based on

this had nothing to do with

all of his Law Comprehension

a level four Law was just

comprehensions, his

Cosmos, he became just as useless and

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

was the same in

they had ever

Gravis realized

couldn't use

of Gravis' Laws were based on

as Gravis tried to

was like the process of using

ball at the floor, but there was

The ball simply vanished.

Perceived Reality,

Reality doesn't exist!' Gravis thought

me to manifest them. Yet, there is no

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

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

force around him as he

time, his entire body now became filled

had made no

had ever learned became

like this force was

two of them just couldn't connect with each

filled with cracks, and

a while,

he thought

Gravis

how

have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

of reflex, but he

It was Mortis.

Mortis, his

breaking apart, and his entire

However, Mortis…

an Avatar surrounded by his personality

apart, and the force was slowly swallowing

How!?

powerful as Gravis, and if Gravis could hold

was he already so close to

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

and I fully knew that chasing power would

still

Emotions left me, I realized how it

"Everything became meaningless."

sent me vanished, leaving me

was nothing inside

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

"I'm unable to love."

to be

I will feel just

point of power when freedom has

life when

neutral, and collected, but exactly that tone filled Gravis

was someone that truly

died

you serious!?" Gravis shouted with his

just

can't see a way forward now doesn't mean that there isn't

times when I wasn't able to find a solution, but I always found

to get out of this, you need

can't do

feels better now, and he has actually achieved supreme

can you give up when others are able to climb out of the

as he shouted

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?

two concepts were about as far away from each other

the reason why Gravis knew so many

why Gravis had been able to win against the

calling himself

are thinking," Mortis said. "How can I be a

emotions aren't always