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!

runes left Gravis' Spirit as he resumed banishing

result of an overlapping

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also desired

by two competing sides decided to take

wouldn't go towards

wouldn't go

go towards

led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to the path of

had decided on something in-between traveled onto a neutral

and doing what

be free. After all, freedom was an integral part

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily require supreme

mortals felt happy and free,

WHOOOOM!

shining as it started to banish the lightning

freedom, and freedom meant

Gravis' Spirit, he felt himself

that his earlier indecision was

had to get rid

never be happy

Divine Lightning resisted

it left Gravis' Spirit, it would stop

return to that black

wouldn't be able to

lose its

Divine Lightning, and an expression of sadness

also only desire freedom,

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 you

and personality might clash with mine, but we both

isn't an enemy,

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

my Spirit,

his Spirit one last time to gather the remaining runes of the Law

got reminded

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

After all,

realized that, from the lightning's perspective, this was its Spirit. This

will was also

and both of them saw it

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

doing. At the same time, his Avatar was starting to

many different concepts. Disconnected rules

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

more powerful until they reached the power of level four

the Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to resonate with

Everything made sense now!

of one big thing, which was the concept of Perceived

BOOOOM!

always looked like a ball of ethereal

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

into the Avatar, one would be able to see many different

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

showing one objective truth, the Avatar was now showing all subjective