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.

the shell of Balance

Gravis had entered wasn't

was in

her eyes in shock as she saw a grey shadow appear in front of

second, she became incredibly

this was, but it also

she was

even do

that, Stella

only hovered in

slowly went to the

Creeaak.

slowly

BANG!

door slammed

creaked

are you doing?"

a spooky ghost,"

spooky ghost?" Stella

I make some of

could only look in shock at the grey

perception stretched to the Opposer. In comparison to Orthar, the Opposer

this your doing?" she

is a spooky ghost," the Opposer answered with a

properly react to the

joke

I sound like I'm joking?" the

threw Stella's mind

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

when she heard

shadow was wearing a suit of armor, and it

legs!"

assault of confusing situations,

She could only laugh.

when he heard

he

…

Time passed.

…

got to know Stella, and their love was reignited. Even though Stella had

her about what had actually happened and that her mind had

the Opposer had created, she

remember

to all his other friends

also all wanted to

of his friends had been Divine Gods, which meant that they had survived the first and second

had been the absorption

had been the assault of the

been at the perfect level of power to survive

the current reality with his

been recreated and added to the

and they were all so incredibly happy when they

everyone

Azure hard, but Gravis knew that

very rarely got stopped by the death of a loved one. They had

knew how to

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

Opposer created separate

that wanted to cultivate could live

Law Comprehension,

decided to take a break or retire, they could go

could live for as long as they wanted, and

Energy in that world, and the Laws

suffering for 50 billion years, the Opposer had

it was still