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 resumed

overlapping priority that both

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also desired

person influenced by two competing

go

wouldn't go towards

would go

that led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to the path of

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

yourself and

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

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily require supreme

of mortals felt happy and free, and they certainly

WHOOOOM!

began shining as it started to banish

desired freedom, and

more runes left Gravis' Spirit,

realized that his earlier indecision was

to get rid of

would never

furious as the Divine Lightning resisted with

left Gravis' Spirit, it would

to that black ocean of

be able to change or think

lose

felt the weakening resistance of his Divine Lightning, and an expression of sadness appeared

only desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

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

clash with

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

that only leaves me the option to kill

my Spirit,

time to gather the remaining runes of the Law of Divine

he got

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

was his Spirit. After all, he had

the lightning's perspective, this was its Spirit. This

a sense, its will was

with this Spirit, and both of them saw it

'Isn't that just Perceived

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was doing. At the same time, his Avatar was

Spirit starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

become more powerful until they reached the power of level

Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to resonate

Everything made sense now!

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

BOOOOM!

like a ball of ethereal wind,

a grey, warping motion. The Avatar

the Avatar, one would be able to see many different

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

truth, the Avatar was