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

room Gravis had entered wasn't

in

in shock as she saw a grey shadow

she became

know what this was,

she was the most powerful existence in this

who could even do something like

that, Stella

while, the shadow only hovered

slowly went to

Creeaak.

slowly

BANG!

door

creaked

are you

spooky

spooky ghost?"

about I make some of the

in

In comparison to Orthar,

your doing?"

spooky ghost," the Opposer answered with a

properly react

you playing a joke

like I'm joking?" the Opposer answered with a neutral

threw Stella's mind

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

when she heard

suit of armor, and it

swords for legs!" the armored ghost said with

confusing situations, Stella could only do

She could only laugh.

smiled when he

he

…

Time passed.

…

Stella had no

told her about what had actually

came to the changed reality the Opposer had created, she

to remember her life with

all his other friends and

also all wanted

been Divine Gods, which meant that they had survived

first had been the absorption

the assault of the

all been at the perfect level of power to survive both of the

replaced the current reality

recreated and added to the reality

were all so incredibly happy when they knew that he

everyone

hit Azure hard, but Gravis

only very rarely got stopped by the death of a loved one. They

to deal with

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

created separate

to cultivate could live in the world with the

tempering, Law Comprehension, the

to take a break or retire, they could

long

no Energy in that world, and the Laws couldn't

50 billion years, the

course, it was