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.

nothing to do

Nothing!

fear took hold

Law Comprehension experience was built on

this had nothing

his Law Comprehension experience became

four Law was just as experienced in this

preparations, all his comprehensions, his

the highest Heaven's Cosmos, he became just as useless and aimless as everyone

front of death, one's power, status, mindset, personality,

was the same in

had ever done

Gravis realized

couldn't use any

of Gravis' Laws were based on Energy, and

Gravis tried to use any Law, it simply

like the process of using a Law

ball at the floor, but there

The ball simply vanished.

a lot about the Laws of Perceived Reality,

Reality doesn't exist!' Gravis thought with

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

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

Laws!? This must be the key to understanding it! I

fully focused on comprehending the force around him

body

had made no

that he had ever

force was from a different

just

now filled with

a while, Gravis

he thought as he calmed

Gravis thought. 'It's

how it ends,

sure have

"You already gave up?"

to his left out of reflex, but he could only

It was Mortis.

Gravis looked at Mortis, his mind nearly

was breaking apart, and his entire

However, Mortis…

was only an Avatar surrounded by his

fallen apart, and the

How!?

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

he already

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

I fully knew that chasing

I still ignored

me, I

"Everything became meaningless."

sent me

nothing inside

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

"I'm unable to love."

unable to

I will feel

power when freedom has become

the point of life when everything

neutral, and collected, but

was someone that

already died

serious!?" Gravis shouted with his

was just like you

a way forward

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

get out of

do

Black Magnate feels better now, and he has

can you give up when others are able to

teeth as he shouted with all

I would have done my

Silence.

More silence.

to

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

were about as far away from

literally the reason why Gravis

the reason why Gravis had been able

Mortis was calling himself a

you are thinking," Mortis said. "How

remember, emotions