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

Nothing!

this, fear took hold of

Comprehension experience was built on comprehending Laws that

nothing to do

his Law Comprehension experience became useless

Law was just as experienced in this form of force

his comprehensions, his mindset, his personality, everything

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

power, status, mindset,

the same in front of

had

Gravis realized

use any

Gravis' Laws were based on Energy, and this world had

tried to use any

process of using a

ball at

The ball simply vanished.

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

exist!' Gravis

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

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

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

on comprehending the force

time, his entire body now became filled

Gravis had made no

that he had

force was from

of them just

filled with cracks, and his perception

while, Gravis simply

he thought as he

Gravis thought. 'It's

this is how it

sure have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

left out of reflex, but he

It was Mortis.

Gravis looked at Mortis, his

body was breaking apart, and his entire being

However, Mortis…

an Avatar surrounded by his

completely fallen apart, and the force was

How!?

and if Gravis could hold out

why was he already so

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

knew that chasing power would

I still ignored

Emotions left me, I realized

"Everything became meaningless."

sent

was nothing

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

"I'm unable to love."

unable to be

freedom when I will

the point of power when freedom has

life when everything is

calm, neutral, and collected, but exactly

was someone that truly

already died inside

serious!?" Gravis shouted

was just like

a way forward now doesn't mean that there

times when I wasn't able to find

get out of this,

do

that even the Black Magnate feels better

others are able to climb out

as he shouted with all his

I would have done my best to help

Silence.

More silence.

want to be

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

why Gravis

been able to win against the Black Demon and

calling himself a

are thinking," Mortis said. "How

remember, emotions