Lightning Is the Only Way

The problem with Gravis' lightning had to be resolved at some point, but Gravis wished that it hadn't come so early.

He still didn't know how to solve it.

However, he had no more time to think of a plan.

The will of Divine Lightning was attacking his consciousness, and he felt that it was quickly gaining ground. Emotions like happiness, love, companionship, solace, mirth and calm were vanishing.

Gravis felt himself changing.

The image of his past self in the lower world appeared in his mind. Back then, Gravis had been in tune with his lightning, and he had felt nothing but cold detachment, apathy, rage, pride, and greyness.

The world started to lose all of its colors as everything started to turn grey in Gravis' eyes. He felt himself not caring about family and companions anymore. He felt himself not caring about Stella anymore.

Gravis was slowly turning into the very thing he didn't want to become. He was turning into a person similar to the old Black Magnate, into his old self.

There was only power.

He wanted more power.

He needed more power!

'No!' Gravis shouted in his mind as he went against everything. 'Power is not the goal, but the tool to achieve my goal!'

'What if I become powerful? What then? Will I search for even more power? However, everything has to have an end! At some point, there is no more power to be gained. What then? What will I do then?'

'As long as I tie my happiness to something external, all of it will vanish as soon as I stop advancing! Then, only bitterness remains!'

'And I will stop advancing at some point! There can't be an ever-growing scale of power!'

'Can't you see this truth, Divine Lightning!? Can't you understand!?'

However, nothing that Gravis said mattered to his Divine Lightning.

The Divine Lightning had been suppressed for far too long, and all of its rage exploded outward. Gravis had suppressed it for far too long, and nothing would stop it from claiming control over his Spirit!

Nothing!

His arms and legs became harder to move as they started to resist

Who was Gravis?

What made a person?

honest, there were not two people inside of him. A being needed a soul and

all, he only had one Spirit and one will. There was no Gravis

It wasn't like he would be locked away, being forced to watch someone else control

it was very

sprung from their Spirit and will. Based on the Spirit and will, one

would still be Gravis. After all, it was the

his personality would change

to emotions that Divine Lightning might feel, and his goals and priorities would align with Divine Lightning. His old emotions and his old personality

wasn't being replaced, but he

more than being suppressed inside his

his old self to be

would remain. One would even be able to see quite

still

he wouldn't be his current

Was this good?

Was this bad?

changed as they got

all of these changes

of the world and one's goals better in the past than in the future. Some people might lose their way and walk in a different

Gravis shouted at himself in

'I want freedom!'

solve the issue

in any way. After all, he would

this truly so

Gravis could become even closer to his lightning, and his inner

Sure, he would feel pride in his accomplishments, but that

Divine Lightning from himself while

body and Spirit were made up of Divine Lightning right now. If he simply cut the Law of Divine Lightning out of himself and threw it into

giving up his

of Divine Lightning but something completely new and different. It would be a kind of lightning without a Law. In short, it would basically become a new form of

be less powerful. It would simply be Energy, but different. It would be lightning with the property of

his personality. After all, if there

his new form of lightning would be able to