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 he

the result of an overlapping priority that both of

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also

of the future, a person influenced by

wouldn't go towards

go

go towards

the path that led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to the

in-between traveled onto a neutral path that would

yourself and doing

to be free. After all, freedom was

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily require

of mortals felt happy and free, and they

WHOOOOM!

as it

and freedom

Gravis' Spirit, he felt himself

realized that his earlier indecision

get rid

never

became furious as the Divine Lightning resisted with

left Gravis' Spirit,

return to that black ocean

able to change or

lose its

the weakening resistance of his Divine Lightning,

also only desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

also only want to be able to make your own decisions. You want to think for

might clash with mine,

isn't an enemy, and you are not my

the option to kill

is my

time to gather the

got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

Spirit. After all,

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

its will was also

with this Spirit, and both of

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

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

felt his Spirit starting to combine many different

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

Safety started to become more powerful until they reached the power

of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started

Everything made sense now!

of these things were just different parts of one big thing, which was

BOOOOM!

which had always looked like a ball of ethereal

vanished as it got replaced with a grey, warping motion. The Avatar was no longer blowing free

would be able to see

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

one objective truth, the