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!

runes left Gravis' Spirit as he

overlapping priority that

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them also desired

future, a person influenced by two competing sides

wouldn't go towards

go towards

go

the path that led straight ahead was intrinsically

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

yourself and doing what

allowed someone to be free. After all, freedom was an integral part of

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily

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

WHOOOOM!

Freedom began shining as it started to banish the lightning

freedom, and

runes left Gravis' Spirit,

realized that his earlier indecision

to get rid of

never

became furious as the Divine

Gravis' Spirit,

would return to that

be able to change or

would lose

of his Divine Lightning, and an expression of sadness appeared

desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

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

clash with mine, but we

anyone that isn't an

option to kill you since your freedom

is my Spirit, not

Spirit one last time to gather the remaining runes of the Law of

got reminded

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly his

all, he had been

also realized that, from the lightning's perspective, this was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to become conscious and sentient

a sense, its will

with this Spirit, and both of them saw it as

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

eyes widened as he stopped what he was doing. At the same time, his

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

this just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

and Safety started to become more powerful until they reached the power

Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom

Everything made sense now!

one big

BOOOOM!

had always looked like a ball

warping motion. The Avatar was

Avatar, one would

they appeared sad and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful, but they also appeared ugly. Food that was

of only showing one objective truth, the