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 banishing

of an overlapping priority that both of

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them

influenced by two competing sides

go

wouldn't go

go towards

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

traveled onto a neutral

and doing

free. After all, freedom was an integral part of

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily

happy and free, and they certainly

WHOOOOM!

of Freedom began shining as it

and

left Gravis' Spirit, he felt himself

that his earlier

to get rid of his

he would never be happy

became furious as the Divine Lightning resisted with all

Gravis' Spirit, it

would return to that black ocean

able to change

lose

Divine Lightning, and an expression of sadness appeared on his

only desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

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

with mine, but we both want

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

the option to kill you since your freedom encroaches on my

is my Spirit,

time to gather the remaining runes of

got reminded

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

his Spirit. After all, he

was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to become

a sense, its will was

have been born with this Spirit, and both

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just

WHOOOOOOM!

stopped what he was doing. At the same time, his Avatar was

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

this just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

Laws of Danger and Safety started to become more

Suppression, and Freedom started to resonate with

Everything made sense now!

just different parts of one big

BOOOOM!

which had always looked like a ball of ethereal

motion. The Avatar was no

looked into the Avatar, one would be able

appeared happy, but from a different perspective, they appeared sad and pitiful. Trees

of only showing one objective truth, the Avatar was now showing all subjective