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 banishing

result of an overlapping priority

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them also

influenced by two competing sides decided

wouldn't go towards

wouldn't go towards

go

path that led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to the path of

traveled onto a neutral path that would lead into

meant being yourself and doing what you

to be free. After all,

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily

and free, and they certainly didn't

WHOOOOM!

shining as it started to banish the

and freedom

runes left Gravis' Spirit,

realized that his earlier indecision was

get rid of

never be

furious as the Divine Lightning resisted

Spirit, it

return to that

wouldn't be able to

lose its

of his Divine Lightning, and

desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

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

and personality might clash with mine,

that isn't an enemy, and you are not

only leaves me the option to kill you since your freedom

my Spirit,

last time to gather the remaining runes of the Law of Divine

when he got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

truly

all, he had been

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

a sense, its will was also born with

this Spirit, and both of them saw it as

mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

the same time,

to combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly started

this just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

more powerful until they reached

Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom

Everything made sense now!

different parts of one big thing, which was

BOOOOM!

had always looked like a ball of

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

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

truth, the Avatar was now showing