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.

only need to pull the shell

Gravis had entered wasn't

was in

shock as she saw a grey shadow appear in front

she became

know what this was, but

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

who could even do something like

of that, Stella

only

it slowly went

Creeaak.

slowly

BANG!

the door

it creaked open

you

a spooky ghost,"

spooky ghost?"

Gravis asked. "How about I make some of the furniture

look in shock at the

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

this your doing?" she

ghost," the Opposer answered

properly react

joke on me?"

like I'm joking?" the Opposer answered with

threw Stella's

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

when she heard

a suit of armor,

I have swords for legs!" the armored ghost

this assault of confusing situations, Stella could only do

She could only laugh.

smiled when he

how he missed

…

Time passed.

…

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

about what had actually happened

to the changed reality the Opposer had

wanted to remember

that, Gravis went to all

also all wanted to remember

all of his friends had been Divine Gods, which

had been the

had been the assault

the perfect level of

end, the Opposer replaced the current reality

recreated and added to

and they were all so incredibly happy when they knew that he was

not everyone

Azure hard, but Gravis knew that she would

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

to deal

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

Opposer created

to cultivate could live in the world with the

Law Comprehension, the entire

a break or retire, they

as long as they wanted, and fighting was

in that world, and the Laws couldn't

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

course, it was still their