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 with

Gravis had entered

was in

in shock as she saw a grey shadow appear

she

what this was, but it also

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

who could even do something like

that, Stella

shadow only

it slowly went

Creeaak.

slowly

BANG!

the door

creaked open

are you

spooky ghost," Gravis

ghost?" Stella

I make some of

only look in

comparison to Orthar, the

your

ghost," the Opposer answered with a

react to the Opposer's

a joke on me?" she asked

I'm joking?" the

threw Stella's mind into

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

looked over when she heard a

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

for legs!" the

of confusing situations, Stella could only do

She could only laugh.

when he heard

how he missed

…

Time passed.

…

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

told her about what had actually happened and

reality the Opposer had created, she

remember her

that, Gravis went to all his other friends

all wanted to

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

first had been the absorption of

had been the

all been at the perfect level of power to

end, the Opposer replaced the current reality

been recreated and added to the

so incredibly happy when they knew that he was still

not everyone

Gravis knew that she would recover

very rarely got stopped by the death of a loved

knew how to deal

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

Opposer created

wanted to cultivate could live in

Law Comprehension, the

decided to take a break or retire, they could

live for as long

in that world,

years, the

it was