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 he resumed banishing

of an overlapping priority

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them

the future, a person influenced by two

go towards

wouldn't go

would go towards

led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to the

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

yourself and doing

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

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily require

and free, and they certainly didn't

WHOOOOM!

Avatar of Freedom began shining as it started

desired freedom, and freedom

runes left Gravis' Spirit, he felt himself

that his

had to get rid of

never be happy

as the Divine

Gravis' Spirit, it would

to that black

be able to

lose its

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

also only desire freedom,

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

clash with mine,

isn't an enemy, and you are

to kill

my Spirit, not

last time to gather the remaining

he got reminded of

His Spirit was lightning.

truly

it definitely was his Spirit. After all,

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

sense, its will was also

have been born with this Spirit, and

thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't

WHOOOOOOM!

the same

combine many different

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

Danger and Safety started to become more

of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to resonate with

Everything made sense now!

these things were just different parts of one big thing,

BOOOOM!

which had always looked like a ball of ethereal

as it got replaced with a grey, warping motion. The Avatar was no longer blowing free

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

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

the Avatar was