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.

need to pull the shell of Balance along

had entered wasn't

was in

she saw a grey shadow appear in

she became

was, but it also

together with Arc, she was

who could even do something like

of that, Stella didn't immediately

only hovered in front

slowly went to

Creeaak.

door slowly

BANG!

the door slammed

it creaked

are you doing?"

a spooky ghost," Gravis

spooky ghost?"

Gravis asked. "How about I make some of the

could only look in shock at

Opposer. In comparison to Orthar, the

your doing?"

this is a spooky ghost," the Opposer answered with a

react to

a joke on me?" she

I sound like I'm joking?" the Opposer answered

Stella's mind

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

looked over when she heard a

a suit of armor, and it

for legs!" the

of confusing situations, Stella could only do one

She could only laugh.

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

what had actually happened

to the changed reality the Opposer

wanted to remember her

Gravis went to all his other friends and

wanted to remember

all of his friends had been Divine Gods, which

been the absorption of

had been the

had all been at the perfect level of power

replaced the current reality

recreated and added to the

all so incredibly happy when they knew

not everyone

Gravis knew that she

death of a loved one. They had all

how to deal with

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

created

to cultivate could live in the world with the old

tempering, Law Comprehension,

to take a break or retire,

live for as long as they wanted, and fighting was

nearly no Energy in that world, and the

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

course, it was