Lightning Is the Only Way

SSSHHH!

Runes of Laws started to leave Gravis' Spirit. As they touched the outside world, they combined with the inherent Laws of the world and vanished. It was like a drop of white water was thrown into an ocean of black. The drop vanished and scattered as it got absorbed by the world and became part of it.

Gravis felt himself become furious.

However, it wasn't himself that became furious, but his Divine Lightning.

It would not stop until it became Gravis!

SSSHHH!

More runes left Gravis' Spirit, but he still felt himself changing.

His movements became slower as he started questioning himself.

'Is that truly necessary?' he asked himself. 'So what if I change? I'm still me, right?'

'Why do I need to get rid of my lightning? That would be stupid. This is an integral part of my power, and I can't abandon it.'

'How did I even come up with that idea?'

Gravis started to hesitate as the runes stopped leaving his Spirit. Was this truly the right decision?

'Is it truly me that is deciding to stop now?' Gravis asked himself. 'Has my lightning changed me so much that I no longer see an issue with keeping it?'

'Why was I even so adamant about abandoning it?'

'I don't get it,' Gravis thought.

This was the effect of lightning's influence. The speed at which it took over Gravis' Spirit had slowed down, but it still made progress.

Suddenly, Gravis started thinking that it wasn't so bad to keep his lightning.

After all, it gave him immense power.

How would he be able to achieve supreme power without it?

Without noticing it, Gravis' priorities had already started shifting. He was not considering happiness but power.

Suddenly, Gravis frowned.

'Yet, I still want freedom, and my lightning is influencing me. Isn't being able to be yourself part of being free? I want to do what I want and be what I want.'

'But what do I actually want?'

'Power?'

'Yes, I want that pretty badly.'

'Happiness?'

'Sure, sounds great.'

'Freedom?'

…

…

…

'Yes, I think freedom is what I want, and freedom means being myself.'

SSSSHHHH!

Gravis' Spirit as he

an overlapping priority

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them

person influenced by two competing sides decided

wouldn't go

go towards

go

path that led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to

on something in-between traveled onto a neutral path that would lead into

meant being yourself and doing what you

all, freedom was an

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily require supreme

of mortals felt happy and free, and they certainly didn't have supreme

WHOOOOM!

as it started to banish

desired freedom, and freedom meant being

Gravis' Spirit, he felt himself

that his

had to get rid of his

he would never

as the Divine

left Gravis' Spirit, it

that black

able to change or think

lose

Lightning, and an expression of sadness appeared on

desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

long, you also only want to be able to make your own decisions. You want to think

and personality might clash with mine, but we both

to suppress anyone that isn't an enemy, and you are

leaves me the option to kill

is my

time to gather the remaining runes

got reminded

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

all, he had been born

the lightning's perspective, this was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to become conscious and sentient for the first

will was also born

this Spirit, and both of them saw it as their

thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't

WHOOOOOOM!

At the same time, his Avatar was starting

his Spirit starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly

this just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

more powerful until they reached the power

of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to resonate with

Everything made sense now!

of these things were just different parts of one big

BOOOOM!

looked like a

replaced with a grey, warping motion. The Avatar was no longer blowing

Avatar, one would be able to see

from a different perspective, they appeared sad and pitiful. Trees appeared

only showing one objective truth, the Avatar was now showing all