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!

left Gravis' Spirit as

overlapping priority that both

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them

person influenced by two competing sides decided to take the middle

wouldn't go

wouldn't go towards

would go towards

ahead was intrinsically linked to the path of

of that, the mixed person that had decided on something in-between traveled onto a neutral path that would lead into a path

yourself and doing what

all,

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily require supreme

mortals felt happy and free, and they certainly didn't have supreme

WHOOOOM!

began shining as it started to

and freedom

left Gravis' Spirit, he

that his earlier

to get rid of

never

Divine

left Gravis' Spirit, it

that black ocean of

to change or think

lose its

Lightning, and an expression

desire

make your own decisions. You want to think for

with

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

option to kill you since your freedom encroaches on

is my Spirit, not

last time to gather the remaining runes of

got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

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

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

its will was also

this Spirit, and both of them saw it as their

mirthlessly. 'Isn't

WHOOOOOOM!

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

starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

Laws of Danger and Safety started to become more powerful until they reached the power

the Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom

Everything made sense now!

different parts of one big thing, which was the concept

BOOOOM!

always looked like a ball of ethereal wind, was

a grey, warping motion. The Avatar was no

one would be able to see many

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

one objective truth, the Avatar