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 with his

had

in here

her eyes in shock as she saw

a second, she

was, but it

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

even do something

of that, Stella

while, the shadow only hovered in

slowly went

Creeaak.

door slowly

BANG!

door slammed

it creaked

you doing?"

spooky ghost,"

ghost?"

asked. "How about I make

could only look in

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

your doing?" she

a spooky ghost," the Opposer answered with a

properly react to the Opposer's

a joke

like I'm joking?" the Opposer answered with

threw Stella's mind into

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

heard a sound, and

of armor, and it was using swords as legs and

for legs!"

of confusing situations, Stella could only do one

She could only laugh.

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 been

about what had actually happened and that her mind had

reality the Opposer had created, she had

remember her life with

went to all his other

wanted

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

the absorption of the Heaven's

second had been the assault of the Opposer's

had all been at the perfect level of power

the Opposer replaced the current reality with his altered

been recreated and added to the reality

incredibly happy

not everyone had

death hit Azure hard, but Gravis knew that she would

the death of a loved one. They had all gone through enough pain in their

how to

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

created

that wanted to cultivate could live in

Law Comprehension, the entire

if they decided to take a break or retire, they could go to a separate part of

live for as long as they wanted, and fighting

in that

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

course, it was