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

Nothing!

fear took hold

Comprehension experience was built on comprehending Laws that were

this had nothing

all of his Law Comprehension experience became useless

was just as experienced in this form of

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

Cosmos, he became just as useless and aimless as

power, status, mindset, personality,

the same

they had

Gravis realized another

use

Laws were based on Energy, and this world

tried to use any Law, it simply

process of

ball at the floor,

The ball simply vanished.

of Perceived Reality, he

exist!' Gravis thought

me to manifest them. Yet, there

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

Laws!? This must be the

the force around

time, his entire body now became

had made no

that he had ever learned became

this force was from

two of them just couldn't connect with

was now filled with cracks, and his

while,

thought as he

can't,' Gravis thought.

how it

sure have

"You already gave up?"

but he could only see

It was Mortis.

Gravis looked at Mortis,

apart, and his entire being was filled

However, Mortis…

only an Avatar surrounded by his personality

had already completely fallen apart, and the force

How!?

as powerful as Gravis, and if Gravis could hold out until now,

already so close

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

chasing power, and I fully knew that chasing power would

I still

when all positive Emotions left me, I realized how it felt to

"Everything became meaningless."

the positive emotions you sent me

nothing inside

realization that my goal wouldn't

"I'm unable to love."

to

I

power when

life when everything is

but exactly that tone filled Gravis with

someone that truly lost

died inside long

you serious!?" Gravis shouted

was just like you

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

I wasn't able to find a solution, but I always found

to get out of this, you

do

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

can you give up when others are able to climb out of the

teeth as he shouted with all

you tell me!? I would

Silence.

More silence.

want to be

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

were about as far away

why Gravis knew so

had been able to win against the

calling himself a

thinking," Mortis said. "How can I

emotions aren't always