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

overlapping priority that both of

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them

crossroads of the future, a person influenced by two competing sides

go

wouldn't go towards

go

led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to the path

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

being yourself and doing

free. After all, freedom was an integral

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily require

felt happy and free,

WHOOOOM!

began shining as it started to banish the lightning from

freedom, and freedom

runes left Gravis' Spirit, he felt

that his earlier indecision

get rid of

he would never

furious as the Divine Lightning

Spirit, it would stop

to that black ocean

to change or

would lose

his Divine Lightning, and

also only desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

being suppressed for so long, you also only want to be able to make your own

clash with mine, but we

suppress anyone that isn't an enemy, and

kill you since your freedom encroaches on my

is my Spirit, not

to gather

he got reminded

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

After all,

that, from the lightning's perspective, this was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to become conscious and sentient for the first

a sense, its will was also

with this Spirit, and both of them saw it

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

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

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

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

become more powerful until they

and

Everything made sense now!

just different parts of one big thing, which was

BOOOOM!

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

motion. The Avatar was no longer blowing free with the

one would be able to see

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

truth, the