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

overlapping

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also

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

go towards

go towards

go

that led straight ahead was intrinsically linked

in-between traveled onto a neutral path

meant being yourself and

After all, freedom was an integral

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily

mortals felt happy and free, and they certainly

WHOOOOM!

as it started to banish the lightning from Gravis'

and freedom meant

Gravis' Spirit,

his

to get rid of

would never be

as the Divine Lightning resisted with

Gravis' Spirit,

would return to that black ocean

able to change

lose its

Lightning, and an expression of sadness appeared on his

also only desire freedom, huh?'

only want to be able to make your own decisions. You want

with mine, but we both want

that isn't

kill you since your freedom

my Spirit, not

his Spirit one last time to gather the remaining runes

when he got reminded of

His Spirit was lightning.

truly

Gravis' perspective, it definitely was his Spirit. After all, he had

Gravis also 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 it

mirthlessly. 'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

At the same time, his Avatar

many different

this just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

to become more

Suppression, and Freedom

Everything made sense now!

one big

BOOOOM!

looked like a ball of

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

one would be able to

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

objective truth, the Avatar was now showing