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

an overlapping priority that both

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also

influenced by

wouldn't go towards

go

go towards

the path that led straight ahead was intrinsically

of that, the mixed person that had decided on something in-between traveled onto

being yourself and doing

free. After all,

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily require

of mortals felt happy and free, and they certainly didn't have supreme

WHOOOOM!

it started to banish the

and freedom meant being

Gravis' Spirit, he

realized that his

to get

would never

Divine

Spirit,

that

to change

would lose its

resistance of his Divine Lightning, and an expression of

only desire

want to be able to make your

personality might clash with mine, but

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

only leaves me the option to kill you since your

is my Spirit,

time to gather the remaining

he got

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

After all, he had been

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

sense, its will was also born with

with this Spirit, and both

mirthlessly. 'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

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

his Spirit starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

to become more powerful until they

of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to

Everything made sense now!

things were just different parts of one big thing, which

BOOOOM!

always looked like a ball of ethereal wind, was

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

would be able to see many

and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful, but they also appeared ugly. Food that was delicious could also be

objective truth, the Avatar was