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!

Spirit as he

was the result of an overlapping priority that

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also desired

of the future, a person influenced by two competing sides decided to take the

wouldn't go

go towards

go

was intrinsically linked to the

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

yourself and

allowed someone to be free. After all, freedom was

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily require supreme

of mortals felt happy and free, and

WHOOOOM!

as it started to

desired freedom, and freedom meant

runes left Gravis' Spirit, he felt himself

realized that his

to get rid

would never be

became furious as the Divine

Gravis' Spirit,

return to that black ocean

be able to change or

would lose its

his Divine Lightning,

desire freedom, huh?'

to make

with mine, but

anyone that isn't an enemy, and you are not my

the option to kill you since your freedom encroaches

my Spirit, not

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

he got reminded of

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly his

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

was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to become conscious and sentient for the

its will

this Spirit, and both of them saw it as their

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't

WHOOOOOOM!

the same time, his Avatar was starting

to combine many

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

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

and Freedom started

Everything made sense now!

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

BOOOOM!

looked like a

The Avatar was no longer blowing free with the wind

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

from a different perspective, they appeared sad and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful, but they also appeared ugly. Food

one objective truth, the Avatar was