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

Gravis had entered wasn't

in

in shock as she saw a grey shadow appear

she

was,

Arc, she was the most powerful existence in this Cosmos below the

could even do

that, Stella didn't immediately

the shadow only

slowly went to the

Creeaak.

slowly creaked

BANG!

the door slammed

it creaked

you doing?" Stella

a spooky ghost," Gravis

spooky ghost?"

about I make some of the furniture float? Would

could only look in shock

the Opposer. In comparison to

this your

spooky ghost," the Opposer answered with a neutral

properly react to

you playing a joke on me?"

I sound like I'm joking?" the Opposer answered

Stella's mind

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

looked over when she heard a sound, and

was wearing a suit of armor, and it was using swords as

swords for legs!" the armored ghost said

situations, Stella could

She could only laugh.

smiled when he

he

…

Time passed.

…

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

Gravis told her about what had actually happened and

came to the changed reality the Opposer had created, she had

to remember her life

Gravis went to all his other

wanted to remember

his friends had been Divine Gods, which meant

the absorption of the

been the assault

of power

replaced the current reality

and added to the reality

all so incredibly happy when they

not everyone had

death hit Azure hard, but Gravis knew that she would

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

how to deal

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

created

live in

tempering, Law Comprehension, the entire

break or retire, they

as long as they wanted,

nearly no Energy in that

billion years, the Opposer had created the opposite, a

it was