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!

Spirit as

the result of an overlapping priority that both of them

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them also desired

influenced by two competing sides decided to take the

wouldn't go

go

would go

that led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to the path of

onto a neutral path that would lead into a path that one

and

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

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily require

free, and they certainly

WHOOOOM!

Avatar of Freedom began shining as it started to banish

freedom, and freedom meant being

more runes left Gravis' Spirit, he

realized that his earlier

get rid of

would never be happy

as the Divine Lightning resisted

left Gravis' Spirit, it would

to that

wouldn't be able to change or

lose its

felt the weakening resistance of his Divine Lightning, and an expression

desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

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

emotions and personality might clash with mine,

don't want to suppress anyone that isn't an enemy, and

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

is my Spirit,

his Spirit one last time to gather the remaining runes

got

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

perspective, it definitely was his Spirit. After all,

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

sense, its will was also born with

have been born with this Spirit, and both of them

thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

At the same time, his

to combine many different concepts. Disconnected

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

and Safety started to become more powerful

Suppression, and Freedom started to resonate

Everything made sense now!

of one big thing,

BOOOOM!

which had always looked like a

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

one would be able

They appeared happy, but from a different perspective, they appeared sad and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful, but they also appeared ugly. Food that

truth, the Avatar was now