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!

left Gravis' Spirit

the result of an overlapping

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also desired

the crossroads of the future, a person influenced by two competing sides decided to take the middle

go towards

go towards

go

that led straight ahead was intrinsically

traveled onto a neutral path that would lead into a path that one party

and doing what

someone to be free. After all, freedom

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily require

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

WHOOOOM!

as it started to banish the lightning

desired freedom, and

Gravis'

that his earlier

get

he would never be

the Divine

it left Gravis' Spirit,

return to that black ocean of

wouldn't be able to change or

would lose

of his Divine Lightning, and an expression

desire freedom,

also only want to be able to make your own

clash with

to suppress anyone that isn't an enemy, and

leaves me the option to kill you since your

my Spirit, not

his Spirit one last time to gather the

got reminded of

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly his

his Spirit. After all, he had

was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to become conscious and sentient for the

a sense, its will was also

been born with this Spirit, and both

mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just

WHOOOOOOM!

eyes widened as he stopped what he was doing. At the same time, his Avatar was starting to shine in a grey

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

this just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

Laws of Danger and Safety started to become more powerful

of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to

Everything made sense now!

of these things were just different parts of one big thing, which was the concept

BOOOOM!

which had always looked like

as it got replaced with a grey, warping motion. The Avatar was no longer blowing free with the wind but changing

the Avatar, one would be able to see many

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

of only showing one objective truth, the