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 Balance along with

room Gravis had entered

in

in shock as she saw a grey shadow appear in

second, she became incredibly

this was, but it also didn't feel

powerful Peak Divine God together with Arc, she was the most powerful existence in this Cosmos below

even do something like

that, Stella didn't immediately

while, the shadow only

went to the

Creeaak.

door slowly creaked

BANG!

the door

creaked

you doing?"

spooky ghost,"

ghost?" Stella

I make some of the

look in

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

your doing?" she

is a spooky ghost," the

couldn't properly react

a joke on me?"

the Opposer

threw Stella's mind

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

when she heard

wearing a suit of armor, and it was using

have swords for legs!" the armored ghost said

of confusing situations, Stella could

She could only laugh.

when he heard

he missed

…

Time passed.

…

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

had actually happened and that

came to the changed reality the Opposer had

to remember her life

Gravis went to all

wanted to

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

the absorption of the Heaven's

the

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

the current

and added to

so incredibly happy when they

not everyone

but Gravis knew that

their level only very rarely got stopped by the death of

knew how to deal

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

Opposer created

to cultivate could live in the

tempering, Law Comprehension, the

a break or retire, they could go to a separate part of the

for as long as they wanted, and

was nearly no Energy in that world,

over a Cosmos of suffering for 50 billion years, the Opposer had created the opposite, a Cosmos that people could live

it was still their