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.

to pull the shell of Balance

had entered

in here

eyes in shock as she saw a grey shadow

a second, she

didn't know what this was,

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

could even do

Stella didn't immediately

a while, the shadow only hovered in front of

went

Creeaak.

door slowly creaked

BANG!

the door slammed

creaked open

you doing?" Stella

a spooky ghost," Gravis

ghost?"

I make some of the furniture float?

in

to Orthar, the Opposer didn't keep

your

this is a spooky ghost," the Opposer

couldn't properly react to the Opposer's

joke on

joking?" the Opposer answered with a

threw Stella's mind

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

when she heard a sound, and

a suit of armor, and it was using swords as legs

swords for legs!"

confusing situations, Stella

She could only laugh.

smiled when he heard

how he

…

Time passed.

…

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

actually happened and that her mind

reality the Opposer had created, she had immediately

wanted to remember her life with

all his other friends

all wanted

been Divine Gods, which meant that they had survived

the absorption

second had been the

level of power to survive

the current reality

had been recreated and added to the

incredibly happy when they knew that he was still

not everyone had

hit Azure hard, but Gravis knew that she would recover

by the death of a loved one. They had all gone through

knew how to deal with

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

Opposer created

live in the world with the old

Comprehension, the

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

for as long as they wanted, and fighting was

Energy in that

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

course, it was still their