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 resumed banishing

was the result of an overlapping priority that

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them

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

wouldn't go towards

go towards

go

led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to the path

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

meant being yourself and doing what you

free. After all, freedom was an integral

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily require

free, and they

WHOOOOM!

Avatar of Freedom began shining as it started to banish the lightning

and freedom meant being

Gravis' Spirit, he felt himself

realized that his earlier indecision was

get

never be happy

as the Divine Lightning

Gravis' Spirit, it

to that

be able to change or think

would lose

resistance of his Divine Lightning, and

also only desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

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

and personality might clash with

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

to kill you since

my

grabbed his Spirit one last time to gather the remaining runes of the

got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

his Spirit. After all, he had been born

its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it

will was

born with this Spirit, and both of them saw it

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just

WHOOOOOOM!

At the same time,

to combine many different concepts.

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

Danger and Safety started to become more powerful until they

Suppression, and Freedom started to

Everything made sense now!

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

BOOOOM!

Avatar, which had always looked like

grey, warping motion. The Avatar was no longer

looked into the Avatar, one would be able to

sad and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful, but they also appeared ugly. Food that was

showing one objective truth, the Avatar was now showing all