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!

left Gravis' Spirit as he

of an overlapping priority

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them also

influenced by two

wouldn't go

wouldn't go

go towards

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

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

and doing

to be free. After all, freedom was an integral

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily

and free, and they certainly

WHOOOOM!

it started to banish the

and freedom meant

runes left Gravis' Spirit, he

that his earlier indecision

to get

never be

the Divine Lightning resisted with

Spirit, it would stop

to that

able to change

would lose its

Divine Lightning, and an

only desire freedom, huh?'

suppressed for so long, you also only want to be able to make your own

with

suppress anyone that isn't an enemy, and you are

only leaves me the option to kill you since

is my

last time to gather the remaining runes

he got

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly his

it definitely was his Spirit. After all, he had been born with

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

a sense, its will was also born with

with this Spirit, and both

thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

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

his Spirit starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

started to become more powerful until they reached the power of level four

Control, Suppression, and Freedom started

Everything made sense now!

things were just different parts of one big thing,

BOOOOM!

looked like

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

would be able to

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

only showing one objective truth, the Avatar was now showing all