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 hold

experience was built on comprehending Laws that were based on

this had nothing

all of his Law

Law was just as experienced in this form of

comprehensions, his mindset, his personality, everything became

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

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

the same

had ever done

Gravis realized another

couldn't use

on Energy,

as Gravis tried to use any

was like the process of using a Law had been

like throwing a ball at the floor, but there was

The ball simply vanished.

Laws of Perceived Reality, he was able to guess why his

exist!' Gravis thought

to use Laws because reality allows me to manifest them. Yet, there is no reality

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

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

on comprehending the force around him as

time, his entire body

had made

had

force was from

two of them just couldn't

with cracks,

a while, Gravis simply

he thought

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

this is how it ends,

sure have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

reflex, but he could only see with

It was Mortis.

looked at Mortis, his mind

body was breaking apart, and his entire being

However, Mortis…

surrounded by

fallen apart, and the force was slowly swallowing Mortis'

How!?

powerful as Gravis, and if

was he already so close to

my emotional independence, the reality of

was chasing power, and I fully knew that chasing

still ignored

Emotions left me, I realized how

"Everything became meaningless."

sent me vanished, leaving

nothing

situation was already filling me with pointlessness, and the realization that

"I'm unable to love."

unable to

point of freedom when I will feel just as empty as

the point of power when freedom has become

of life when everything

and collected, but exactly that tone filled Gravis with

that truly

had already died inside

Gravis shouted

was just like

a way forward now doesn't mean

been plenty of times when I wasn't able to

in order to get out of this,

do that

Black Magnate feels better

give up when others are able to climb out of

gritted his teeth as he shouted with all his

tell me!? I would have

Silence.

More silence.

don't want to be

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

far away from each

why

was the reason why Gravis had been able to win against the Black Demon

calling himself a

thinking," Mortis

emotions