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 banishing

was the result of an overlapping

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also desired

by two competing sides decided

wouldn't go towards

go

go towards

led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to the path of

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

yourself and doing what

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

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily require supreme

free, and

WHOOOOM!

as it started to banish the lightning

freedom, and freedom

more runes left Gravis' Spirit, he felt

realized that his earlier indecision

get

never be happy

Divine Lightning resisted with all

left Gravis' Spirit, it would

would return to that

be able to change or

would lose

his Divine Lightning, and an expression of

desire

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

and personality might clash with mine, but we both

that isn't an

leaves me the option to kill you

my Spirit, not

gather the remaining runes of the Law

when he got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

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

This Spirit

its will was also born with

born with this Spirit, and both of them saw it as

thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

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

to combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

Safety started to become more powerful until they reached the power of level

the Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to

Everything made sense now!

of these things were just different parts of one big thing, which was

BOOOOM!

which had always looked like a ball of

warping motion. The Avatar was no longer blowing free with the wind

one would be

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

of only showing one objective truth, the Avatar was now showing