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

was the result of an overlapping priority

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them also desired

a person influenced by two competing

wouldn't go towards

go

would go towards

path that led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to the path of

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

yourself and doing what you

all, freedom

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily require supreme

happy and free, and they certainly didn't

WHOOOOM!

shining as it

and freedom meant

left Gravis' Spirit, he felt

realized that his earlier indecision

to get rid of his

would never be

as the Divine Lightning resisted with

Spirit, it

would return to that

wouldn't be able to change

would lose its

his Divine Lightning, and

desire

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

personality might clash with mine, but we both

anyone that isn't an enemy, and

option to kill you

my

one last time to gather the remaining runes

got

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly his

his Spirit. After all, he had been born with

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

a sense, its will was also

this Spirit, and both of them saw

'Isn't

WHOOOOOOM!

At the same time, his Avatar was starting to shine

combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly started

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

of Danger and Safety started to become more

Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to

Everything made sense now!

one

BOOOOM!

Avatar, which had always looked like a ball

The Avatar was no longer blowing free

one would be

they appeared sad and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful, but they

one objective truth, the Avatar was now