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

result of an overlapping priority

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them

crossroads of the future, a person influenced by two competing

go

wouldn't go towards

go

that led straight ahead was intrinsically linked

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

yourself and doing

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

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily

happy and free, and they certainly didn't have supreme

WHOOOOM!

shining as it started

desired freedom, and

runes left Gravis' Spirit,

realized that his earlier indecision was

get rid of his

he would never be happy

as the Divine Lightning

Spirit, it

to that black

wouldn't be able to change or

lose its

resistance of his Divine Lightning, and an expression

only desire

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

with mine, but we

don't want to suppress anyone that isn't

kill you

my Spirit,

one last time to gather

when he got reminded of

His Spirit was lightning.

truly

it definitely was his Spirit. After all, he

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

sense, its will was also born

and both of them saw it as

mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

At the same time, his Avatar was starting to shine

his Spirit starting to combine many different

this just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

more powerful until they

and Freedom started

Everything made sense now!

of one big thing, which was the concept of Perceived

BOOOOM!

looked like a

as it got replaced with a grey, warping motion. The Avatar was no longer blowing free with the wind but changing

would be able to see many different

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

of only showing one objective truth, the