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 perceived

They didn't exist.

beautiful picture of the outside world,

was a

the truth, but he couldn't. This

and he wouldn't allow

to Orthar.

decided to try to make Peaceful Serenity understand regardless. After all, he didn't need to say any specifics. Maybe he could just steer her mind

didn't really matter

what was

illusions or a bit later while knowing the

her

to show me how to overcome the lightning

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

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

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

us create our own Cosmos. It is sacrificing its own Energy to help us. This is the last and most costly sacrifice Heaven can give for its children,"

react to anything Peaceful Serenity

surroundings were mired in grey and

child shortly before the enemy army raided their

It didn't matter.

It made no difference.

It changed nothing.

you like," Gravis said

bit of pain and melancholy

power was

was so

purpose that

knew the truth of the situation, seeing someone

Gravis pitied Peaceful Serenity.

she took a deep breath and nodded with

is a good day," she said with a bright voice. "I have remained in this Cosmos for far too long. It is interesting

world. What else is out there? Are the previous Heaven's Magnates that managed to leave this Cosmos still alive? Will I meet them? How unimaginably powerful

mind was filled with

a bit of

Peaceful Serenity said. "I will show

Gravis only absentmindedly nodded.

excited expression, Peaceful Serenity flew

WHOOOM!

world appeared behind her, but her world was different from

was a black sphere, which was nearly empty. Only in the middle of it could one see the actual

This was a Cosmos.

spherical border represented the filter. This filter protected

use to create worlds. At the moment, there was only one world inside Peaceful Serenity's Cosmos. Later, all of the empty space would be filled with

Peaceful Serenity summoned her Cosmos, the sky began to darken with

throughout the clouds, slowly

Gravis felt these lightning bolts, he

thought. 'How naïve I

with

just lightning. This is Orthar's lightning. I

of hope

Serenity began to expand her

seen that coming, and she had managed to

second lightning bolt

And the third.