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 resumed

the result of an overlapping priority that

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them

of the future, a person influenced by

wouldn't go

wouldn't go

go towards

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

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

yourself and doing

to be free. After all, freedom was

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily require supreme

happy and free, and they certainly didn't

WHOOOOM!

as it started to banish the lightning

and freedom meant being

more runes left Gravis'

realized that his earlier

get rid

he would never be

furious as the Divine

Gravis' Spirit,

to that black ocean of

to change or

lose its

resistance of his Divine Lightning, and

desire freedom,

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

emotions and personality might clash with mine, but

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

option to kill you since your freedom encroaches on

is my Spirit, not

gather the remaining

got

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly his

his Spirit. After all, he had

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

a sense, its will was

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

thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

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

starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly

this just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

Laws of Danger and Safety started to become more powerful until they reached the power of level four

Suppression, and Freedom started

Everything made sense now!

one big thing, which was the

BOOOOM!

looked like a ball of

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

looked into the Avatar, one would be

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

only showing one objective truth, the Avatar was