Lightning Is the Only Way

"Like this?"

"No, not like this. I cut off part of my femur to make a blade. You should know what a blade looks like."

"Yes, but I haven't done that before."

"Just imagine it."

"So, like this?"

"Wrong cut. It's more of a diagonal one."

The Opposer frowned.

He was just recreating reality to include Gravis again.

Gravis had told his father his story, and the Opposer very quickly realized that Gravis was speaking the truth.

First of all, the Opposer knew about the ultimate price one had to pay to become the Will of Death.

Second, after Gravis highlighting weird parts in the Opposer's memory, the Opposer realized that his memories didn't make much sense in some parts.

Sure, to him, they felt natural.

However, the Opposer could see that Gravis' explanation made more sense.

The Opposer was still unused to having another son, but he tried his best to accept Gravis.

"Why is our last name Bauer anyway?" Gravis asked.

"What's with that question?" the Opposer asked.

"Well, I just thought of it," Gravis answered.

"Back in the old world, we spoke a different language. Bauer means farmer in that language. I think the old bastard changed the language so that no one would ever think about creating the word Bauer again."

"Wait, so I'm literally called Gravis Farmer? All this time without knowing my last name, and it's just straight-up farmer?" Gravis asked.

"What did you expect? You saw my past. I was born into a farmer's family, and mortals often have very straightforward last names," the Opposer answered matter-of-factly.

"The great Will of Death, Mr. Bauer," Gravis mocked.

"You can change it if you want. Who's going to stop you?" the Opposer asked.

"Nah, I don't wanna," Gravis answered. "It's my name, and I'll just have to deal with it. Also, the entire name thing doesn't really matter anymore. After all, I don't have a Cosmos."

Then, Gravis frowned. "That might actually be for the better. The only time I created a Cosmos, I made a land of suffering."

"You had good intentions," the Opposer said.

"So? You should've seen it. I think I went even crazier than you."

"I doubt that," the Opposer answered.

As Gravis and his father continued to bicker lightheartedly, the Opposer was focusing on adapting the reality of his Cosmos to include Gravis.

It was a lot of work since Gravis couldn't directly create images since he had no access to Energy, but eventually, they managed to somewhat make it fit.

A couple of minor details were different, but everything important was there.

And then, when they were finally done, the Opposer was just waiting for the go-ahead.

"Wait here. I wanna test something," Gravis said before vanishing.

The Opposer lifted an eyebrow, but he quickly saw what Gravis meant.

Inside a room, a grey shadow appeared.

Grey?

Hadn't Gravis been a black shadow?

Well, the Opposer had created a shell of Balance around Gravis. With that, Gravis could interact with Energy without using the filter of the Cosmos.

to pull the shell of Balance along with his

had entered wasn't

in

shock as she saw a grey

second, she became

didn't know what this was,

Divine God together with Arc, she

even do something

Stella didn't immediately

while, the shadow only hovered in front

it slowly went to the

Creeaak.

slowly

BANG!

the door slammed

creaked open

you doing?"

spooky ghost,"

spooky ghost?" Stella

you scared?" Gravis asked. "How about I make some of the furniture float? Would that

look in

comparison to Orthar, the Opposer didn't keep

this your doing?" she

the Opposer answered with a neutral

properly react

joke on me?" she

I sound like I'm joking?" the Opposer answered

threw Stella's

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

heard a sound, and her eyes

suit of armor, and it was using swords as

have swords for legs!" the armored ghost

assault of confusing situations, Stella could only do one

She could only laugh.

he heard

how he missed

…

Time passed.

…

though Stella

told her about what had actually happened

reality the Opposer had created, she had

to remember her life with

Gravis went to all

wanted to

his friends had been Divine Gods, which meant that they had survived

been the absorption of

been the assault of

at the perfect level of power to survive both of the dangerous

end, the Opposer replaced the current reality

had been recreated and added to the reality

so incredibly happy when they knew

not everyone

death hit Azure hard, but Gravis knew that she would recover in

the death of a loved one. They had all gone

how to deal with

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

created

live in the world with the

Law Comprehension, the

if they decided to take a break or retire, they could go to a

for as long as they wanted,

Energy in that world,

a Cosmos of suffering for 50 billion years, the Opposer had created the opposite, a Cosmos that people could

it was still