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.

need to pull the shell of Balance along with

Gravis had entered

was in

her eyes in shock as she saw a grey shadow appear

she became incredibly

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

as the most powerful Peak Divine God together with Arc, she was the most powerful existence

could even

Stella didn't

a while, the shadow only hovered in front

slowly went to the

Creeaak.

door slowly creaked

BANG!

the door

creaked open

are you

spooky ghost," Gravis

ghost?"

asked. "How about I make some of

look in shock

stretched to the Opposer. In comparison to Orthar, the

this your doing?"

spooky ghost," the Opposer answered with

couldn't properly react to

playing a joke on me?" she

I'm joking?" the

threw Stella's mind into

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

looked over when she heard a sound, and

armor, and it was

swords for legs!" the armored ghost said with

assault of confusing situations, Stella could only do

She could only laugh.

when he heard Stella's

he

…

Time passed.

…

Even though Stella had no memory of Gravis, it was like they had always been

told her about what had actually happened and that

to the changed reality the Opposer had created, she

remember her life with

all

all wanted

Gods, which meant

the absorption

been the assault of

had all been at the perfect level of power to survive both of

the Opposer replaced the current reality

recreated and added to the reality

they were all so incredibly happy

everyone had

hard, but Gravis knew

very rarely got stopped by the death of a loved

knew how to deal

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

Opposer created

wanted to cultivate could live in

tempering, Law Comprehension,

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

for as long as they wanted, and fighting

in that world, and the Laws

Cosmos of suffering for 50 billion years, the Opposer had

was still