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.

only need to pull the shell of Balance

had

was in

she saw a grey shadow appear in

second, she became

didn't know what this was, but it also didn't

Peak Divine God together with Arc, she

could even

that, Stella didn't

only hovered in front

went to

Creeaak.

door slowly creaked

BANG!

the door

creaked

you doing?"

a spooky

ghost?" Stella

I make some of the

look in shock at the

comparison to Orthar, the Opposer didn't keep

your doing?"

ghost," the Opposer

properly react to the

playing a joke on me?"

I'm joking?" the Opposer answered with a

threw Stella's mind

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

looked over when she heard a

shadow was wearing a suit of armor, and it was using swords

swords for legs!"

confusing situations, Stella could only do

She could only laugh.

smiled when he heard

how he missed

…

Time passed.

…

got to know Stella, and their love was reignited. Even though Stella had no memory of Gravis,

what had actually

the Opposer had created, she

to remember her

that, Gravis went to all

wanted to

which meant

the absorption of the

been the assault

at the perfect level of power to survive both of

replaced the current reality with his

had been recreated and added to the

remembered him, and they were all so incredibly

not everyone

Azure hard, but Gravis knew

of a loved

knew how to deal with

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

Opposer created

wanted to cultivate could live in the world with the

Comprehension, the

retire, they could go to a separate part of

could live for as long as they wanted, and

there was nearly no Energy in that world, and the

of suffering for 50 billion years, the Opposer

course, it was still their