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 along

had

in

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

second, she became

know what this was, but it also

Divine God together with Arc, she was the most powerful

who could even do

that, Stella

only hovered in front of

went

Creeaak.

door slowly

BANG!

door slammed

creaked

you doing?"

spooky ghost," Gravis

spooky ghost?" Stella

"How about I

in shock at

the Opposer. In comparison to Orthar, the Opposer didn't keep his whereabouts

this your doing?" she

this is a spooky ghost," the Opposer answered with

properly react to the Opposer's

playing a joke on me?" she asked

joking?" the Opposer answered with a neutral

Stella's mind into

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

looked over when she heard a sound, and her eyes

suit of armor, and it was using swords

for legs!" the armored ghost

of confusing situations, Stella could only do

She could only laugh.

smiled when he heard

how he

…

Time passed.

…

Even though Stella had no memory of Gravis,

her about what had actually happened and that her mind had

to the changed reality the Opposer had created, she

wanted to remember

all his other

wanted

which meant

first had been the absorption of the

second had been the assault of

been at the perfect level of power

end, the Opposer replaced the current

existence had been recreated and added to the

all so incredibly happy when they knew

everyone had

Gravis knew that she would

on their level only very rarely got stopped by the death of a loved one.

knew how to deal with

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

created separate

wanted to cultivate could live in the world with the

Comprehension, the entire

break or retire, they could go to

as long as they wanted,

that world, and the Laws couldn't

of suffering for 50 billion years, the Opposer had created the opposite, a Cosmos that

it was still