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!

runes left Gravis' Spirit as he resumed

result of an overlapping priority that both of them

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them

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

wouldn't go towards

go

go towards

straight ahead was intrinsically linked

that had decided on something in-between traveled onto

being yourself and doing

to be free. After all, freedom

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily

free,

WHOOOOM!

of Freedom began shining as it started to banish the lightning from Gravis'

and freedom meant being

left Gravis' Spirit,

that his

get

would never

the Divine Lightning

Gravis' Spirit,

that black ocean

be able to change

would lose

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

also only desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

to make your own

with mine, but

suppress anyone that isn't an enemy, and

to kill you since your freedom encroaches on my

my Spirit,

gather the remaining runes of the Law of Divine

when he got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

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

that, from the lightning's perspective, this was its Spirit. This Spirit was what

will was

have been born with this Spirit, and

thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

stopped what he was doing. At the same time, his

Spirit starting to combine many

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

to become more powerful until they reached the

and Freedom started to

Everything made sense now!

were just different parts of one big thing, which

BOOOOM!

had always looked like a ball

got replaced with a grey, warping motion. The

the Avatar, one would be able to

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

one objective truth, the