Lightning Is the Only Way

It was difficult for Gravis to comprehend his current situation.

The things Peaceful Serenity was talking about were as far away from the truth as they could get.

Heaven wants allies?

Definitely not!

Gravis knew how Heaven Breakers got their power, and letting someone with so much Energy and power leave their Cosmos would weaken them massively!

Sure, the new Heaven Breaker might repay their previous Heaven, but that was an uncertainty. It relied fully on trust.

Was Orthar a trustful person?

Was Orthar someone that gave others a selfless present just to hope that they might repay him in the future?

Definitely not.

Orthar valued control above everything else!

Everything must be within Orthar's control at all times.

After a while of trying to grasp his current situation, Gravis realized that Peaceful Serenity's thoughts actually weren't absurd.

If one didn't know about the Primordial Chaos and Heaven Breakers, one might actually believe that Heaven wanted allies.

After all, why would Heaven allow them to reach the Heaven Realm if it didn't want them to succeed?

It would just kill them.

Of course, one might still doubt Orthar's sincerity. After all, there were also the three old foggies. They believed that they were destined to die, no matter what they did.

If someone knew all the information, one might believe Peaceful Serenity's beliefs to be ridiculous. However, if one were in the same situation, the chances were very high that they would believe the same thing.

Why?

Ambition and optimism.

If one had strived to reach their goal for their entire lives, the realization that the goal led to a dead-end would be too hard to handle.

It would invalidate their entire existence.

The Heaven's Magnates had worked harder than anyone else to reach their current spot, and that realization would hit them that much harder because of that.

They couldn't accept that, after everything they had invested, they would walk right into death.

There had to be a different reason, right?

Life couldn't be this hopeless, right?

And with no one directly telling them the truth, they were more likely to believe something that was easier to swallow.

As Gravis thought more about this, he realized how terrifyingly effective Orthar's conduct had been.

Orthar was raising valuable crops just to harvest them.

And even more, the crops happily jumped into the sickle.

Peaceful Serenity was the perfect example. She had told Gravis all of the secrets of the Cosmos.

Sadly, these secrets weren't the actual secrets.

secrets were a

were a

They didn't exist.

beautiful picture of the outside world, filled with

was

tell Peaceful Serenity the truth, but he couldn't. This was still Orthar's Cosmos, and Orthar

were Orthar's crops, and he wouldn't allow anyone to ruin

to Orthar. They were

understand regardless. After all, he didn't need to say any specifics. Maybe

now, it didn't really

knew what was

now with illusions or a bit later while knowing the

well let her go on her own

to show me how to overcome the lightning tribulation?" Gravis asked

"The lightning tribulation is the last obstacle before the Heaven Realm.

Heaven attacking your Cosmos with lightning as you try to create it. This might sound like an attack, but it is actually

strikes allow you to feel out the weakest parts of your Cosmos. Without them, our Cosmos might be

to help us. This is the last and most costly sacrifice Heaven

didn't really react to anything Peaceful

surroundings were mired in grey and

like an optimistic child shortly before the enemy army

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

whatever you like,"

Gravis felt a bit of pain and melancholy as he

was so

purpose was so

filled with purpose that

the truth of the situation,

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

Peaceful Serenity heard Gravis accept, she took a

far too long. It is interesting to watch

Heaven's Magnates that managed to leave this Cosmos still alive? Will I meet them? How

was filled with

with a bit of pain in

closely, Gravis," Peaceful Serenity said. "I will

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

expression, Peaceful Serenity flew far into the

WHOOOM!

her, but her world was different from the worlds

in the middle of it could

This was a Cosmos.

filter. This filter protected the Cosmos against forces other

space that one could use to create worlds. At the moment, there was only one world inside Peaceful Serenity's Cosmos. Later, all

Peaceful Serenity summoned her Cosmos, the sky began to

throughout the clouds,

felt these lightning bolts,

I've thought,' Gravis thought. 'How naïve I have

one with lightning, I can stop Heaven's

This is Orthar's

Gravis realized this, a tiny ember of

Serenity began to expand her

Peaceful Serenity had already seen that coming,

the second lightning bolt

And the third.