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

an overlapping priority that

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also

person influenced by two competing sides decided to

wouldn't go towards

wouldn't go towards

go

was intrinsically linked to the path of

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

being yourself and doing what you

free. After all, freedom was an integral

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily require supreme

felt happy and free, and

WHOOOOM!

as it started to banish the

freedom, and

runes left Gravis' Spirit,

realized that his earlier indecision

get rid of his

never be happy

became furious as the Divine Lightning resisted with all

it left Gravis' Spirit, it would

to that black

wouldn't be able to

lose

Divine Lightning, and an expression of sadness appeared on

desire

you also only want to be able to make your

clash with mine, but we

isn't an

the option to kill you since your freedom encroaches on

my Spirit, not

last time to gather the remaining runes of the Law of Divine

got reminded of

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

Spirit. After all, he had been born with it.

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

will was also born

been born with this Spirit, and both of them saw

'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

he stopped what he was doing. At the same time, his

combine many

this just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

Safety started to become more powerful

of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started

Everything made sense now!

of one big thing, which

BOOOOM!

always looked like a ball of ethereal

grey, warping motion. The Avatar was no longer blowing free with the

one looked into the Avatar, one would be able to

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

one objective truth, the Avatar was now