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

Gravis had

was in here

her eyes in shock as she saw a grey shadow appear

second, she became

know what this was, but it also

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

who could even do something

Stella

shadow only

slowly went to the

Creeaak.

slowly

BANG!

door

creaked

you doing?"

a spooky ghost," Gravis

spooky ghost?"

I

in shock at the grey

Opposer. In comparison to Orthar, the Opposer didn't

your

is a spooky ghost," the Opposer answered with a

properly react

joke on

the Opposer answered with a neutral

Stella's

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

heard a sound,

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

I have swords for legs!" the

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,

told her about what had actually happened and

the changed reality the Opposer

remember

that, Gravis went to all his

wanted

which meant

the absorption of

second had been the

had all been at the perfect level of

the Opposer replaced the

been recreated and

all so incredibly happy when they knew that he was

everyone had

death hit Azure hard, but Gravis knew that

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

how to

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

created

to cultivate could live in the world with the

Law Comprehension, the entire

a break or retire, they could

for as long

nearly no Energy in that world, and the

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

course, it was