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!

Spirit as he

of an overlapping priority

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them also desired

influenced by two competing

wouldn't go towards

wouldn't go towards

would go

path that led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to

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

being yourself and doing what

free. After all, freedom was

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily

happy and free, and they certainly

WHOOOOM!

Avatar of Freedom began shining as it started

desired freedom, and freedom meant being

runes left Gravis' Spirit, he felt

his

to get rid of his

never be

became furious as the Divine Lightning resisted with

left Gravis' Spirit,

would return to that

to

lose its

resistance of his Divine Lightning, and an expression of sadness appeared on his

only desire freedom, huh?'

make

might clash with mine, but we both want

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

me the option to kill you since

my

grabbed his Spirit one last time to gather the

got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

Spirit. After all, he

this was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed

sense, its will

sides have been born with this Spirit, and

thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

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

many

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

to become more powerful until they reached the power of level

and

Everything made sense now!

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

BOOOOM!

which had always looked like

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

into the Avatar, one would

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

showing one objective truth, the Avatar was now showing