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

had

in here

her eyes in shock as she saw a grey shadow appear in front of

she

was, but it

as the most powerful Peak Divine God together with Arc, she was the most

even do

of that, Stella didn't

only hovered

slowly went to the

Creeaak.

door slowly

BANG!

the door

it creaked open

you doing?" Stella

spooky

spooky ghost?" Stella

about I make some of the furniture float?

could only look in

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

this your doing?" she

this is a spooky ghost," the Opposer answered

couldn't properly react

playing a joke on me?"

like I'm joking?" the Opposer

Stella's mind into

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

looked over when she heard

was wearing a suit of armor, and

swords for legs!"

of confusing situations, Stella could only do

She could only laugh.

when he

he

…

Time passed.

…

was reignited. Even though Stella had no

had actually

changed reality the Opposer had created, she had

remember

went to all his

all wanted to remember

Gods, which meant that they had survived the first and

first had been the absorption of the Heaven's

been the assault

the perfect level of power to survive both

Opposer replaced the current

been recreated and

incredibly happy when they knew that he was still

everyone

hard, but Gravis knew that she would recover in

their level only very rarely got stopped by the death of a loved one. They had all

knew how to deal with

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

created

that wanted to cultivate could live

tempering, Law Comprehension, the

or retire, they could go

live for as long as they

nearly no Energy in that

the Opposer had created the opposite, a Cosmos that people could

was still their