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

was the result of an overlapping

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also

person influenced by two competing sides decided to take

wouldn't go

go

go towards

was intrinsically linked to the path of

that had decided on something in-between traveled onto a neutral path that would lead into a

yourself and doing

be free. After all, freedom was an

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily

felt happy and free, and

WHOOOOM!

as it started to banish the lightning from Gravis'

and freedom meant being

more runes left Gravis' Spirit,

that his earlier indecision

get rid of

never be happy

became furious as the Divine Lightning

left Gravis' Spirit, it

that black ocean

wouldn't be able to change

lose its

his Divine Lightning, and an expression of sadness appeared on his

desire freedom,

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

might clash with mine, but we both want

to suppress anyone that isn't an enemy, and

only leaves me the option to kill you

my Spirit, not

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

when he got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

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

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

a sense, its will was

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

'Isn't that just

WHOOOOOOM!

eyes widened as he stopped what he was doing. At the same

Spirit starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

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

Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to

Everything made sense now!

these things were just different parts of one

BOOOOM!

had always looked like a ball of ethereal wind, was

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

the Avatar, one would be

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

objective truth, the