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 he resumed

an overlapping priority that both of them

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them also desired

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

go

go towards

would go towards

ahead was intrinsically linked to

in-between traveled onto

meant being yourself and doing what

free. After all, freedom was an integral part

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily require

mortals felt happy and free, and

WHOOOOM!

as it started to banish

and freedom

left Gravis' Spirit, he felt

his earlier indecision

to get

would never be happy

the Divine Lightning resisted with all

Gravis' Spirit, it would stop

return to that

wouldn't be able to change or

would lose its

his Divine Lightning,

also only desire

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

clash with mine,

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

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

is my Spirit, not

last time to gather the remaining runes

when he got reminded of

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

definitely was his Spirit. After all, he had been

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

its will was also

sides have been born with this Spirit, and both of them saw

'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

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

felt his Spirit starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected

this just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

become more powerful

Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to

Everything made sense now!

parts of one big thing, which

BOOOOM!

had always looked like a ball of ethereal wind, was

replaced with a grey, warping motion. The Avatar was

would be

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

one objective truth, the