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 as he

result of an overlapping priority that both of

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them also desired

of the future, a person influenced by

wouldn't go towards

go

would go towards

the path that led straight ahead was

something in-between traveled onto a

meant being yourself and doing

be free. After all, freedom was an

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily require

happy and free, and they

WHOOOOM!

as it

freedom, and freedom meant

more runes left Gravis' Spirit,

his

had to get

he would never be

furious as the Divine Lightning resisted with all

Spirit, it would stop

return to that black ocean of

be able to change

would lose its

resistance of his Divine Lightning,

also only desire

to be able to make your own decisions.

and personality might clash with mine,

isn't

me the option to kill you

is my

his Spirit one last time to gather the remaining runes of

got reminded of

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly his

perspective, it definitely was his Spirit. After all, he had been born

This Spirit was what allowed

sense, its will was

with this Spirit, and both of them saw it

mirthlessly. 'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

At the same time, his Avatar was starting

to combine many different concepts. Disconnected

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

started to become more powerful until they reached the power of level

and

Everything made sense now!

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

BOOOOM!

Avatar, which had always looked like a ball of ethereal wind,

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

Avatar, one would be able

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

of only showing one objective truth, the