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!

realized this, fear took hold of

experience was built on comprehending Laws that

this had nothing

of his Law

Law was just as experienced in this form of force

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

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

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

same

they had ever done

Gravis realized

use

Laws were based on Energy, and this world had

tried to use any Law, it simply

of using a Law had

was like throwing a ball at the floor, but there was no

The ball simply vanished.

Gravis knew a lot about the Laws of Perceived Reality, he was able to guess

doesn't exist!' Gravis thought with

reality allows me to manifest them. Yet, there

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

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

on comprehending the force

body now became filled with

had

had ever learned

this force was from

two of them just couldn't

with cracks,

a while, Gravis simply

thought as he calmed

can't,' Gravis thought. 'It's

how it

have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

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

It was Mortis.

Mortis, his mind

body was breaking apart, and his entire being was filled

However, Mortis…

Avatar surrounded

fallen apart, and

How!?

was just as powerful as Gravis, and if Gravis

already so close to

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

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

still ignored

when all positive Emotions left me, I realized how it

"Everything became meaningless."

sent me

nothing inside

already filling me with pointlessness, and the realization that

"I'm unable to love."

unable to be

freedom when I will feel just as empty as

of power when freedom has become

the point of life

calm, neutral, and collected, but

someone that truly lost

died inside

serious!?" Gravis shouted with his

was just

forward

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

to get out of this, you

can't do that

Black Magnate feels better now, and he has actually achieved

can you give up when others are able to climb

his teeth as

I would have

Silence.

More silence.

want to

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

were about as far

why Gravis knew

Gravis had been able to win against the

calling himself a

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

emotions