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!

Gravis' Spirit as

was the result of an overlapping priority

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them also

by two competing sides decided to take the

go towards

wouldn't go towards

would go towards

was

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

yourself and doing what you

be free. After all,

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily require supreme

and free, and

WHOOOOM!

it started

freedom, and freedom meant

left Gravis' Spirit, he felt himself

realized that his earlier indecision

to get

never be

the Divine Lightning resisted with

it left Gravis' Spirit, it would

would return to that black ocean of

be able to change or think

lose

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

only desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

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

emotions and personality might clash with mine,

to suppress anyone that isn't an enemy,

only leaves me the option to kill you since

my Spirit, not

time to gather the remaining

got reminded

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

Spirit. After all, he had

This Spirit was what allowed it to become conscious and sentient for

its will was also

been born with this Spirit, and both of them saw it

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't

WHOOOOOOM!

stopped what he was doing. At the same

combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly started

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

and Safety started to become more powerful until they reached the power of level four

of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to resonate

Everything made sense now!

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

BOOOOM!

looked like a ball of ethereal wind, was

replaced with a grey, warping motion. The Avatar

Avatar, one would be

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

truth, the Avatar was now showing