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!

runes left Gravis' Spirit

was the result of an overlapping priority that both

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also

influenced by

go towards

go

would go

was intrinsically linked to

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

yourself and

all, freedom was an

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily require supreme

felt happy and free,

WHOOOOM!

it

desired freedom, and

Gravis' Spirit, he felt himself

that his earlier indecision

to get rid

never

as the Divine Lightning

it left Gravis' Spirit, it

to that

able to change or think

would lose

Lightning, and an expression of sadness appeared on

only desire freedom,

want to be able to make your own decisions. You

might clash with mine, but we both

don't want to suppress anyone that isn't an enemy,

leaves me the option to kill you since

my Spirit, not

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

he got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly his

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

perspective, this was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed

will was also born

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

'Isn't that just

WHOOOOOOM!

he was doing. At the same time, his Avatar

felt his Spirit starting to combine many

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

become more powerful until they

the Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to

Everything made sense now!

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

BOOOOM!

Avatar, which had always looked like a ball of ethereal wind,

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

looked into the Avatar, one would be able to see many

seemed to appear. They appeared happy, but from a different perspective, they appeared sad and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful, but they

showing one objective truth, the Avatar was now showing all subjective