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 as he resumed

of an overlapping priority that both

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them

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

wouldn't go towards

wouldn't go towards

go towards

path that led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to the

on something in-between traveled onto a neutral path

meant being yourself and doing what you

After all,

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily require

felt happy and free, and they certainly

WHOOOOM!

as it started to banish the lightning

desired freedom, and freedom

more runes left Gravis'

realized that his earlier

had to get rid of his

would never be

the Divine

left Gravis' Spirit,

would return to that

able to

would lose its

Divine Lightning, and an expression of sadness

also only desire freedom,

long, you also only want to be able to make your own decisions. You want to think for yourself and do what

might clash with

isn't an enemy, and you are not my

option to kill you since

my Spirit, not

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

got reminded

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

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

this was its Spirit. This Spirit was what

sense, its will was also born with

born with this Spirit, and both of them saw it as

'Isn't that just

WHOOOOOOM!

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

Spirit starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

and Safety started to become more powerful until they

Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom

Everything made sense now!

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

BOOOOM!

Avatar, which had always looked like a

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

one looked into the Avatar, one would

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

showing one objective truth, the Avatar was