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

Gravis had entered wasn't

in here

saw a grey shadow appear

a second, she became incredibly

what this was, but it also didn't

Arc, she was the most powerful existence in this Cosmos below

who could even do something like

that, Stella didn't

the shadow only hovered

it slowly went to the

Creeaak.

door slowly

BANG!

the door

it creaked open

are you

a spooky ghost,"

spooky ghost?" Stella

Gravis asked. "How about I make

could only look in

the Opposer. In comparison to Orthar, the Opposer

this your

ghost," the Opposer answered with

properly react to

you playing a joke on me?" she asked

I'm joking?" the Opposer answered with

threw Stella's

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

she heard a sound, and her

grey shadow was wearing a suit of armor, and

I have swords for legs!" the armored ghost said with

assault of confusing situations, Stella could

She could only laugh.

he heard

how he missed

…

Time passed.

…

and their love was reignited. Even though Stella had no memory of Gravis, it

had actually happened

the Opposer

remember her

all

wanted to remember

Divine Gods, which meant that they had survived the first

been the absorption

been the assault of

the perfect level of

replaced the current

existence had been recreated and

remembered him, and they were all so incredibly happy when they knew that he

not everyone

hit Azure hard, but Gravis

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

knew how to

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

created

that wanted to cultivate could live in the world

tempering, Law Comprehension,

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

for as long as they

nearly no Energy in that world, and the Laws

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

course, it was still their