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

was the result of an overlapping

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also desired

the crossroads of the future, a person influenced by two competing sides

go towards

wouldn't go

go

that led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to the path of

traveled onto a neutral path that would lead into a path

being yourself and doing what

free. After all, freedom was

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily require supreme

mortals felt happy and free,

WHOOOOM!

as it started

desired freedom, and freedom

Gravis' Spirit,

that his earlier indecision was

to get rid

never be

the Divine Lightning resisted with

Spirit, it would stop

that black ocean of

wouldn't be able to change or

lose

Lightning, and an expression

also only desire freedom,

suppressed for so long, you also only want to be able to make your own decisions. You want to think for

clash with mine, but we both

anyone that isn't an enemy,

that only leaves me the option to kill you since your

my Spirit,

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

got

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

definitely was his Spirit. After all, he had

from the lightning's perspective, this was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to become

sense, its will was also born with

this Spirit, and both of them

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

stopped what he was doing. At the

felt his Spirit starting to combine many

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

become more powerful until they

Suppression, and Freedom started to resonate

Everything made sense now!

one big thing, which was the concept of Perceived

BOOOOM!

had always looked like a ball of ethereal wind, was

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

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

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

one objective truth, the Avatar was now