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

Nothing!

Gravis realized this, fear took hold of

of his Law Comprehension experience was built on comprehending Laws that

this had nothing to do with

his Law

four Law was just

all his comprehensions,

Heaven's Cosmos, he became just as useless and

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

the same

they had ever done

realized

use any

Laws were based on

soon as Gravis tried to use any Law, it simply

like the process of using

was like throwing a ball at the

The ball simply vanished.

about the Laws of Perceived Reality, he was able to

exist!' Gravis thought with

reality allows me to

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

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

comprehending the force around him as he

his entire body now became

had made

had ever

like this force was from a different

two of them just couldn't connect

body was now filled with

while, Gravis

he thought as

can't,' Gravis

is how

sure have

"You already gave up?"

reflex, but he could only see with his breaking Spirit

It was Mortis.

Gravis looked at Mortis,

breaking apart, and his entire being was filled with

However, Mortis…

an Avatar surrounded

completely fallen apart, and

How!?

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

why was he already

have gained my emotional independence, the reality

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

I still

I realized

"Everything became meaningless."

positive emotions you sent me vanished, leaving

was nothing inside

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

"I'm unable to love."

unable to be

when I will feel just

of power when freedom

of life when everything

but exactly that

someone that truly lost his

had already died inside long

Gravis

just like you

a way forward now doesn't mean that there

have been plenty of times when I wasn't able to find a solution, but I always found

to get out of this, you

can't do

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

are able to climb out of the same

teeth as he shouted with all

you tell me!? I would

Silence.

More silence.

don't want to be

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

two concepts were about as far away from

was literally the reason why Gravis knew so many

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

was calling himself

Mortis

emotions aren't