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 with

Nothing!

Gravis realized this, fear

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

had nothing to do with

his Law Comprehension experience

that didn't even know a level four Law was just as experienced in this

preparations, all his comprehensions, his

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

front of death, one's power, status, mindset, personality, and everything they were, became

same in front of

had

realized

couldn't use any

Gravis' Laws were based on Energy, and this

as Gravis tried to use

the process of using a Law

throwing a ball at the floor, but there was no

The ball simply vanished.

lot about the Laws of Perceived Reality, he was able to

Reality doesn't exist!' Gravis

to use Laws because 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 must understand how this force

force around him as he slowly

time, his entire body now became

had made no

he had ever learned

was like this force was from a different

two of them just couldn't connect with

now filled with cracks, and his perception

a while, Gravis simply

he thought as he

Gravis thought.

is how it

have

"You already gave up?"

reflex, but he could only see with his breaking Spirit

It was Mortis.

looked at Mortis,

body was breaking apart, and his entire

However, Mortis…

was only an Avatar surrounded

already completely fallen apart, and the force was slowly swallowing Mortis'

How!?

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

he already so close to

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

fully knew that chasing power would

I still

me, I realized how it felt to reach

"Everything became meaningless."

sent me vanished,

nothing inside

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

"I'm unable to love."

to be

point of freedom when I will feel

of power

the point of life

and collected, but exactly

someone that truly lost

had already died

you serious!?" Gravis shouted

just like

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

I wasn't able

out of

do

forget that even the Black Magnate feels better now, and he has actually achieved supreme

are able to climb out of

his teeth as he shouted with all his

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

Silence.

More silence.

don't want to be a

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

concepts were about as far away from each other as it

the reason why Gravis knew so many

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

calling

Mortis said. "How

remember, emotions