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 he

the result of an overlapping priority that

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them also desired

future, a person influenced by two

wouldn't go towards

go towards

go

the path that led straight ahead was

in-between traveled onto a neutral path

and doing

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

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily

and free,

WHOOOOM!

as it started to banish

and

Gravis' Spirit, he felt himself

realized that his earlier

had to get rid

he would never be

the Divine

Spirit, it would stop

that black

wouldn't be able to change

lose its

Divine Lightning, and an expression

only desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

to be able to make your own decisions. You

emotions and personality might clash with mine, but

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

leaves me the option to kill

my Spirit, not

to gather the remaining runes

got

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

After all, he had been born

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

its will was also born with

with this Spirit, and both

thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just

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 rules suddenly

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

become more powerful until

Suppression, and Freedom

Everything made sense now!

one big thing, which was the concept of Perceived

BOOOOM!

Avatar, which had always looked like

The Avatar was no longer blowing free with the wind but

would

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

the Avatar was