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

result of an overlapping

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also

crossroads of the future, a person influenced by

go towards

go towards

go towards

ahead was intrinsically linked to

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

meant being yourself and

After all, freedom was an integral part

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily

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

WHOOOOM!

as it

and freedom

Gravis' Spirit, he felt

realized that his earlier

get rid of

would never

the Divine

Spirit, it would

would return to that black ocean

to change or

would lose

felt the weakening resistance of his Divine Lightning, and an expression of sadness appeared on

only desire freedom, huh?'

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

and personality might clash with mine, but we both want

want to suppress anyone that isn't an

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

is my Spirit, not

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

he got reminded

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

his Spirit. After all, he had been

its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to

its will was also

have been born with this Spirit, and both of them saw it

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just

WHOOOOOOM!

was doing. At the

many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly

this just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

started to become more

the Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to resonate

Everything made sense now!

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

BOOOOM!

which had always looked like a ball of

a grey, warping motion. The Avatar was no

the Avatar, one would be

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

only showing one objective truth, the Avatar was