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.

pull the shell of Balance along

had entered wasn't

in here

saw a grey shadow appear in front of

second, she

didn't know what this was, but it

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

could even do something like

that, Stella didn't

only

went to

Creeaak.

door slowly

BANG!

door

it creaked open

are you

spooky ghost,"

spooky ghost?" Stella

I make some

in shock at the

comparison to Orthar, the

your doing?"

a spooky ghost," the Opposer answered

couldn't properly react

you playing a joke on

like I'm joking?" the Opposer answered with

threw Stella's mind into

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

when she heard

armor,

legs!" the

this assault of confusing situations, Stella could only do one

She could only laugh.

smiled when he heard

how he missed

…

Time passed.

…

their love was reignited. Even though Stella

actually

came to the changed reality the Opposer had

wanted to remember

all his other friends

all wanted to remember

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

had been the

been the assault of

been at the perfect level of power to survive both

the current reality with

existence had been recreated and added to the

and they were all so incredibly happy when

not everyone had

hard, but Gravis knew

got stopped by the death of a loved one. They had all gone through enough pain in

knew how to

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

Opposer created separate

wanted to cultivate could live in

Comprehension,

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

could live for as long as they

that world, and the

years, the Opposer

was