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

the result of an overlapping priority that both

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them also desired

influenced by two competing sides decided to take the middle

wouldn't go

go towards

would go

led straight ahead was intrinsically linked

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

meant being yourself and doing

After all,

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily require supreme

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

WHOOOOM!

shining as it started to banish

and

runes left Gravis' Spirit,

his earlier indecision

get rid of his

would never be

Divine

Gravis' Spirit, it would stop

return to that

to change

would lose its

weakening resistance of his Divine Lightning, and an expression of

also only desire

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

personality might clash with mine,

don't want to suppress anyone that isn't an

leaves me the option to kill

is my

to gather the remaining runes of the Law of Divine

got reminded of

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

was his Spirit. After all, he had been born with it. This

lightning's perspective, this was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to become

a sense, its will was also born with

sides have been born with this Spirit, and both

'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

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

combine many different

this just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

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

Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started

Everything made sense now!

of one big thing, which was the concept

BOOOOM!

always looked like

wind vanished as it got replaced with a grey, warping motion. The

Avatar, one would be able to see

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

showing one objective truth, the Avatar was