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

an overlapping priority

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also desired

future, a person influenced by two

go

go

would go towards

path that led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to the path of

the mixed person that had decided on something in-between traveled onto a neutral path that

being yourself and doing what

to be free. After all, freedom was

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily

felt happy and free, and they certainly didn't

WHOOOOM!

Avatar of Freedom began shining as it

desired freedom, and

runes left Gravis' Spirit,

that his earlier indecision

had to get rid of his

never be happy

as the Divine Lightning resisted

left Gravis' Spirit,

would return to that black ocean of

wouldn't be able to change

would lose

resistance of his Divine Lightning, and an expression of sadness appeared

also only desire

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

with

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

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

is my Spirit,

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

got reminded of

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly his

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

lightning's perspective, this was its Spirit. This

its will was also

have been born with this Spirit, and both of them

thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't

WHOOOOOOM!

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

starting to combine many

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

more powerful until

and Freedom started to resonate with

Everything made sense now!

different parts of one big thing, which

BOOOOM!

looked like a ball

motion. The Avatar was no longer blowing

Avatar, one would be able to see many different

pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful, but they also appeared ugly. Food that

truth, the Avatar was