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

of an overlapping priority

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them also desired

by two competing sides decided

wouldn't go towards

go towards

go

that led straight ahead was intrinsically

in-between traveled onto a neutral path that would lead into a path

and

be free. After all, freedom was

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily require

felt happy and free, and they certainly

WHOOOOM!

Avatar of Freedom began shining as it started to banish

freedom, and freedom

Gravis' Spirit,

his

had to get

never

became furious as the Divine Lightning resisted with all its

it left Gravis' Spirit,

that black ocean

wouldn't be able to change

would lose

his Divine Lightning, and

desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

to make your own decisions. You want to

with mine, but

anyone that isn't an enemy, and you are not my

leaves me the option to kill you since your freedom

my

grabbed his Spirit one last time to gather the remaining runes of the

he got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

it definitely was his Spirit. After all,

was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to become conscious and sentient

sense, its will was also born

Spirit, and both of them saw it as their

'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

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

combine many

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

and Safety started to become more powerful

Suppression, and Freedom started

Everything made sense now!

of one big thing, which was the concept

BOOOOM!

like a

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

would be

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

one objective truth, the