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

was the result of an overlapping priority that both of them

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them

by two competing

go towards

go towards

would go

ahead was intrinsically linked to the

decided on something in-between traveled onto a neutral

meant being yourself and doing what

all, freedom was an integral part

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily require supreme

and free,

WHOOOOM!

of Freedom began shining as it started to banish

and freedom

Gravis' Spirit, he

that his earlier indecision

to get rid of his

would never be

as the Divine Lightning resisted with all its

it left Gravis' Spirit, it would stop

to that black

able to

would lose its

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

desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

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

clash with mine, but we both

isn't

to kill you since your freedom

my

Spirit one last time to gather the remaining runes of the Law

got reminded

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

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

lightning's perspective, this was its Spirit. This

a sense, its will was also born

with this Spirit, and both of them saw

mirthlessly. 'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

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

to combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly started

this just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

to become more

of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to resonate

Everything made sense now!

different parts of one big thing, which was the concept of Perceived

BOOOOM!

always looked like a

a grey, warping motion. The Avatar was no longer blowing free with the wind but

the Avatar, one would be able to see

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

truth, the Avatar was now