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!

parts of his personality and Spirit vanishing. His arms and legs

Who was Gravis?

What made a person?

A being needed a

Gravis. After all, he only had one Spirit and one will. There was no Gravis and Divine Lightning. All

assumed control, Gravis' true personality wouldn't be suppressed or anything. It wasn't like he would

it was very

and will. Based on the Spirit and will, one

he would still be Gravis. After all, it was the same Spirit

personality would change

and his goals and priorities would align with Divine

being replaced, but

terrified Gravis even more than

wake up and believe his old self to be a fool.

remain. One would even be able to see quite some similarities between this Gravis and the other

still be

be his

Was this good?

Was this bad?

changed as they

not all of

world and one's goals better in the past than in the future. Some people might

am Gravis!' Gravis shouted at himself

'I want freedom!'

to solve the issue reappeared in

himself get taken over. He wouldn't feel any regret about his choice in any way. After all, he would have changed

this truly so

become even closer to his lightning,

he would never feel happy again in the future. Sure, he would feel pride in

to banish his Law of Divine Lightning from himself while he was

Divine Lightning right now. If he simply cut the Law of Divine Lightning out of himself and threw it into the distance, his lightning would lose all sense

meant giving up his

and Spirit would no longer be made up of Divine Lightning but something completely new and different. It

wouldn't be more powerful, and it wouldn't be less powerful. It would simply be

he could save his personality. After all, if there was no more lightning around, it

would still be immune to lightning since his new form of lightning would be able to accommodate other forms of lightning, but that would