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

overlapping priority that both of

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also

person influenced by two competing sides decided to

wouldn't go towards

wouldn't go

would go

path that led straight ahead was intrinsically

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

meant being yourself and doing

After all, freedom

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily require supreme

felt happy and free, and they certainly didn't have supreme

WHOOOOM!

shining as it started to banish the

desired freedom, and freedom

runes left Gravis' Spirit,

realized that his earlier

to get rid of his

he would never

became furious as the Divine Lightning resisted

Gravis' Spirit, it would

return to that black ocean

to change

would lose

resistance of his Divine Lightning, and an expression

only desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

you also only want to be able to make your own decisions. You want to think for yourself and

with mine, but we both want

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

option to kill you since your freedom

my Spirit,

time to gather the remaining runes of the Law of

he got reminded of

His Spirit was lightning.

truly

all, he

also realized that, from the lightning's perspective, this was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it

its will was also born

with this Spirit, and both of them saw it as

'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

was doing. At the same time, his Avatar was

felt his Spirit starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

more powerful until they

Suppression, and

Everything made sense now!

one big thing, which was the concept of

BOOOOM!

Avatar, which had always looked like a ball

replaced with a grey, warping motion. The Avatar was no longer

the Avatar, one would be able to

appear. They appeared happy, but from a different perspective, they appeared sad and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful, but

showing one objective truth, the Avatar was