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 do

Nothing!

realized this, fear took

Comprehension experience was built on comprehending Laws

this had nothing to do

his Law Comprehension experience became

Law was

Gravis' preparations, all his comprehensions, his mindset, his personality, everything became

Heaven's Cosmos, he became just

status, mindset, personality, and everything they were,

was the same

they had ever done

Gravis realized

couldn't use

based on Energy, and this world

to use

like the process of using a

ball at the floor, but there was no

The ball simply vanished.

knew a lot about the Laws of Perceived Reality, he was able to guess why his Laws didn't

doesn't exist!' Gravis

allows me to manifest them.

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

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

force around him as

his entire body now became

had

he had

this force was from a different

two of them just

body was now filled with cracks,

while, Gravis simply

can't,' he thought as

Gravis thought.

how it ends,

sure have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

looked to his left out of reflex, but he could only see

It was Mortis.

Gravis looked at Mortis, his mind nearly

was breaking apart, and his entire being was filled with

However, Mortis…

only an Avatar surrounded by his personality Law

already completely fallen apart, and

How!?

Gravis, and if Gravis could hold out until now, Mortis could

why was he already

have gained my emotional independence, the reality of my

knew that

still

I realized how it felt

"Everything became meaningless."

positive emotions you sent me

nothing

and the realization that

"I'm unable to love."

to

the point of freedom when I will

the point of power

life

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

was someone that

already died

you serious!?" Gravis

just

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

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

out of this, you need

do that

feels better now, and he has actually achieved

up when others are able to

Gravis gritted his teeth as he shouted with

didn't you tell me!? I would have done my best

Silence.

More silence.

don't want to

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

were about as far away from each other

literally the reason why Gravis

was the reason why Gravis had been able to win against

calling himself

thinking," Mortis said. "How can I

remember, emotions aren't