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

of an overlapping priority that both of

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them also

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

go

go

would go

that led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to

decided on something in-between traveled onto a neutral path that would lead into a path that one party

yourself and doing what you

someone to be free. After all, freedom was an

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily require

free, and they certainly didn't have

WHOOOOM!

shining as it

and freedom

left Gravis'

that his earlier

had to get rid

would never be happy

the Divine Lightning

it left Gravis' Spirit,

to that

wouldn't be able to

lose

the weakening resistance of his Divine Lightning,

only desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

being suppressed for so long, you also only want to be able to make your own decisions. You want to think for yourself and do what

with

that isn't an

to kill

is my Spirit,

gather the remaining runes of the Law

he got reminded of

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

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

was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to become

a sense, its will was also

Spirit, and both of them

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

doing. At the same time, his

starting to combine many different concepts.

this just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

Safety started to become more powerful until

of Control, Suppression, and Freedom

Everything made sense now!

these things were just different parts of one big thing,

BOOOOM!

which had always looked like a ball

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

would be able to see many

appeared sad and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful, but they also

showing one objective truth, the Avatar