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.

the shell of

room Gravis had

in

as she saw a grey shadow appear in

second, she became incredibly

know what this was, but it

God together with Arc, she was the most

even do something

Stella didn't immediately

shadow only hovered in front of

went to

Creeaak.

slowly

BANG!

the door slammed

it creaked

you doing?"

a spooky

spooky ghost?" Stella

"How about I make some of the furniture float? Would that

only look in shock

Opposer. In comparison to Orthar, the

your doing?" she

a spooky ghost," the Opposer answered

couldn't properly react to

you playing a joke on me?" she

the Opposer answered with

threw Stella's mind into

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

heard a sound,

of armor, and it was using swords as legs and

have swords for legs!" the armored ghost

this assault of confusing situations, Stella could

She could only laugh.

when he

he missed

…

Time passed.

…

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

had actually happened and that her mind had been

reality the

wanted to remember

that, Gravis went to all his other

also all wanted to remember

friends had been Divine Gods, which meant

been the

the

all been at the perfect level of power to survive both

the Opposer replaced the current

recreated and added to

and they were all so incredibly

not everyone had

hard, but Gravis knew that she would recover

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

how to deal

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

Opposer created

live in the world with

Comprehension, the entire

a break or retire, they

there, they could live for as long as they wanted, and fighting was

Energy in that world, and the Laws couldn't

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

course, it was still their