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 resumed banishing

result of an overlapping priority that both of them

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them also desired

influenced by two competing sides decided to take the

wouldn't go

wouldn't go

go

led straight ahead was intrinsically

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

being yourself and doing what

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

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily

and free, and they certainly

WHOOOOM!

it started to banish the

desired freedom, and freedom

Gravis' Spirit, he

his

get rid

never

became furious as the Divine Lightning

Gravis' Spirit, it would

would return to that

able to change

lose its

Lightning, and an expression of sadness

only desire freedom,

long, you also only want to be able to make your own decisions. You want to think

personality might clash with mine, but we

that isn't an enemy, and you

kill

is my Spirit, not

Spirit one last time to gather the

he got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

was his Spirit. After all, he had been

perspective, this was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to become conscious and

its will was also born with

sides have been born with this Spirit, and both of them

thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just

WHOOOOOOM!

doing. At the same time, his Avatar was starting

his Spirit starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

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

and Freedom started to resonate with

Everything made sense now!

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

BOOOOM!

looked like a ball of ethereal

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

looked into the Avatar, one would be able

appear. They appeared happy, but from a different perspective, they appeared sad and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful, but they also appeared ugly. Food that was

one objective truth, the Avatar