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 he resumed banishing

an overlapping priority that both

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them also

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

go

wouldn't go towards

would go

was intrinsically linked to the

onto a neutral path that would lead into a path

being yourself and doing what you

someone to be free. After all, freedom

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily require

of mortals felt happy and free, and they

WHOOOOM!

shining as it started to banish the lightning from

freedom, and

left Gravis' Spirit, he felt himself

that his earlier indecision

to get rid of

would never

became furious as the Divine

Gravis' Spirit, it would stop

that black ocean

able to

lose its

the weakening resistance of his Divine Lightning, and an

also only desire freedom, huh?'

long, you also only want to be able to make your

clash with mine, but we

suppress anyone that isn't an

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

my

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

got reminded

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly his

After all, he had been

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

sense, its will was also born

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

'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

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

his Spirit starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly started

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

of Danger and Safety started to become more

of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to

Everything made sense now!

parts of one big thing, which

BOOOOM!

looked like a ball of

a grey, warping motion. The Avatar was no longer blowing free

one looked into the Avatar, one would

seemed to appear. They appeared happy, but from a different perspective, they appeared sad and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful,

objective truth, the Avatar was now