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

the result of an overlapping priority that both

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them also

future, a person influenced by two

wouldn't go towards

go towards

would go towards

led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to

of that, the mixed person that had decided on something in-between traveled onto a neutral path that would lead into a

meant being yourself and doing

free. After all, freedom was an integral

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily require

of mortals felt happy and free, and they

WHOOOOM!

it started to

freedom, and freedom meant

Gravis' Spirit, he felt himself

that his earlier

had to get

never be

became furious as the Divine Lightning resisted with all its

Spirit, it would

that black

able to change

lose

the weakening resistance of his Divine Lightning, and

also only desire freedom,

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

emotions and personality might clash with mine, but

anyone that isn't an enemy, and you are

only leaves me the option to kill you since your freedom

my Spirit, not

time to gather the remaining runes

got reminded

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

Gravis' perspective, it definitely was his Spirit. After all, he had

this was its Spirit. This Spirit was

sense, its will was

this Spirit, and

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

was doing. At the same time, his Avatar was starting

felt his Spirit starting to combine many

this just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

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

and Freedom started to

Everything made sense now!

one big thing, which was the

BOOOOM!

always looked like a

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

the Avatar, one would be able to see many

and pitiful. Trees appeared that

truth, the Avatar was now showing all subjective