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.

force had nothing to do with

Nothing!

this, fear took

Law Comprehension experience was built on comprehending Laws that were based

this had nothing to do with

his Law Comprehension experience became useless

even know a level four Law was just as experienced in this form of force as

of Gravis' preparations, all his comprehensions, his mindset, his

Gravis was in the highest Heaven's Cosmos, he became

power, status, mindset, personality,

was the same in front

had ever done

realized

use

Gravis' Laws were based on Energy, and

to use any Law,

process of using a Law

throwing a ball at the floor, but there was no

The ball simply vanished.

of Perceived Reality, he

exist!'

reality allows me to manifest them.

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

Laws!? This must be the key to understanding it! I must understand how this force

comprehending the force around him as he slowly

his entire body now became

had

he had ever learned became

was like this force was from a

just

with cracks,

while, Gravis simply

he thought as

can't,' Gravis

this is how it

have

"You already gave up?"

of reflex, but he could only

It was Mortis.

at Mortis, his mind nearly

and his

However, Mortis…

only an Avatar surrounded by his personality

already completely fallen apart, and the force was slowly swallowing

How!?

if

he already so close

"When I have gained my emotional independence, the reality of my choice has finally hit

and I fully knew that chasing power would end

still ignored

left me, I

"Everything became meaningless."

the positive emotions you sent me vanished, leaving me

nothing inside

was already filling me with pointlessness, and the realization that

"I'm unable to love."

to

I

of power

of life when

voice sounded calm, neutral, and collected, but exactly that

was someone that truly

already died inside

Gravis

just

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

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

to get out of this, you

do that

Magnate feels better now, and he

give up when others are able to climb out of

teeth as he shouted with all

tell me!? I would have done

Silence.

More silence.

to be

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

far away

reason why Gravis knew so many

reason why Gravis had been able to win against the

calling himself

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

emotions aren't always