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

overlapping

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them also

of the future, a person influenced by two competing

wouldn't go

wouldn't go

would go

ahead was intrinsically linked to the path of

person that had decided on something in-between traveled onto a neutral

meant being yourself and doing

someone to be free. After all, freedom was an integral part

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily

and free, and

WHOOOOM!

as it started to

desired freedom, and freedom meant

runes left Gravis' Spirit, he

that his earlier

to get rid of

never be happy

became furious as the Divine Lightning resisted

Spirit, it would

would return to that black

able to

lose

Divine Lightning, and an expression of sadness appeared

desire freedom, huh?'

be able to make your own decisions. You want to

with mine,

that isn't an enemy, and

me the option to kill you

is my Spirit,

last time to gather the remaining runes of

when he got

His Spirit was lightning.

truly

all, he had been born

lightning's perspective, this was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to become conscious and sentient

a sense, its will was also born with

been born with this Spirit, and both

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't

WHOOOOOOM!

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

Spirit starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

more

Suppression, and Freedom started

Everything made sense now!

of one big thing, which was the concept of Perceived

BOOOOM!

which 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 changing

would be

appeared sad and pitiful. Trees

showing one objective truth, the Avatar was