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!

and legs became harder to move as they started to resist

Who was Gravis?

What made a person?

A being needed a soul and a will to be a

only had one Spirit and one will. There was no Gravis and Divine Lightning. All of this was

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

was

emotions sprung from their Spirit and will. Based on

he would still be Gravis. After

his personality

goals and priorities

Gravis wasn't being replaced, but he was

more than being suppressed inside his own

up and believe his

be able to see quite

would still be

be his

Was this good?

Was this bad?

as they got

not all of these changes

would be able to see the truth 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

am Gravis!' Gravis shouted at himself in

'I want freedom!'

to solve the issue

any regret about his choice in any way. After all, he would have changed

truly so

even closer to his

he would never feel happy again in the future. Sure, he would feel pride in his accomplishments, but that was

Law of Divine Lightning from himself while he

up of 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 of self and become just

this meant giving up

up 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

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

all, if

lightning since his new form of lightning would