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

the result of an overlapping priority that both of

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them

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

wouldn't go towards

go

would go

led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to the path

person that had decided on something in-between traveled onto

and doing

free. After all, freedom was an

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily require supreme

of mortals felt happy and free,

WHOOOOM!

of Freedom began shining as it started to banish the lightning

freedom, and freedom meant

Gravis' Spirit, he felt himself

that his earlier

get rid

he would never be

the Divine Lightning resisted with all

left Gravis' Spirit,

to that

wouldn't be able to change or

lose

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

only desire freedom, huh?'

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

personality might clash with mine, but we both

suppress anyone that isn't an enemy,

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

is my Spirit, not

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

got reminded of

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly his

all, he had been born with it. This

realized that, from the lightning's perspective, this was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to become conscious and sentient

a sense, its will was also

born with this Spirit, and both of them saw

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't

WHOOOOOOM!

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

his Spirit starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly started

this just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

more powerful until they reached the power

Suppression, and

Everything made sense now!

of one big thing,

BOOOOM!

Avatar, which had always looked like a ball of ethereal

grey, warping motion. The Avatar

one would be able to see

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

one objective truth, the Avatar was now showing all subjective