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!

left Gravis' Spirit as he resumed

overlapping priority that both

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also desired

the crossroads of the future, a person influenced by two

wouldn't go towards

go towards

would go towards

led straight ahead was intrinsically linked

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

and doing

all, freedom was an integral

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily

mortals felt happy and free,

WHOOOOM!

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

and freedom meant being

left Gravis' Spirit, he felt himself

that his earlier indecision

get

would never be happy

as the Divine Lightning resisted with

it left Gravis' Spirit, it would stop

return to that

wouldn't be able to change or think

would lose its

Divine Lightning, and an expression of

also only desire

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

might clash with mine, but we both want

suppress anyone that isn't an enemy, and you are

only leaves me the option to kill you since your freedom encroaches on

is my

gather the remaining runes of the Law of

when he got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

Spirit. After all, he had been

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

will was also born

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

mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just

WHOOOOOOM!

the same time, his Avatar was starting to shine

many different

this just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

more powerful until they reached the power

Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to resonate with

Everything made sense now!

one

BOOOOM!

always looked like a ball

wind vanished as it got replaced with a grey, warping motion. The Avatar was

into the Avatar, one would

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

truth, the