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!

Spirit as he resumed banishing

of an overlapping priority that both of them

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them also desired

future, a person influenced by two competing sides decided to take the middle

go towards

wouldn't go

would go

was intrinsically linked to

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

and

After all, freedom was an

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily require supreme

mortals felt happy and free, and they certainly didn't

WHOOOOM!

shining as it started

desired freedom, and freedom meant being

Gravis' Spirit,

that his

get rid

would never be happy

furious as the Divine

Spirit, it would stop

return to that black

able to change or

lose its

the weakening resistance of his Divine Lightning, and an expression of

also only desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

also only want to be able to make your own decisions. You want

emotions and personality might clash with mine,

anyone that isn't an enemy, and you are

only leaves me the option to kill you since your freedom encroaches

my

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

when he got

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

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

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

its will was also born

this Spirit, and both of them saw it as their

'Isn't that just

WHOOOOOOM!

doing. At the same time, his Avatar was starting

felt his Spirit starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly started

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

started to become more powerful until they

the Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom

Everything made sense now!

of these things were just different parts of one big thing, which

BOOOOM!

which had always looked like a ball of

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

the Avatar, one would be able to see many different

and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful, but they also appeared ugly. Food

the Avatar was