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!

Gravis' Spirit as he

result of an overlapping priority that both

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them

by two competing sides decided to

wouldn't go towards

wouldn't go towards

go towards

path that led straight ahead was intrinsically

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

being yourself and doing what you

allowed someone to be free. After all, freedom was an integral part of

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily require supreme

felt happy and free, and they certainly

WHOOOOM!

shining as it started to banish the lightning from

and freedom meant

Gravis' Spirit,

that his earlier

get

he would never

Divine Lightning resisted with

Gravis' Spirit, it

would return to that black ocean of

be able to

would lose its

Divine Lightning, and an expression of sadness appeared on

also only desire freedom, huh?'

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

emotions and personality might clash with mine, but we both

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

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

my

time to gather

he got

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly his

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

a sense, its will

and both

'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

what he was doing. At the same time, his Avatar was starting to shine in a

many different concepts. Disconnected

this just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

to become more powerful until they reached the power of level four

Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom

Everything made sense now!

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

BOOOOM!

had always looked like a ball of

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

Avatar, one would

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

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