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.

would only need to pull the shell of

room Gravis had entered wasn't

was in here

shock as she saw

second, she became incredibly

was, but it also didn't

Arc, she was the most powerful existence in this Cosmos

could even do something like

that, Stella didn't immediately

a while, the shadow only hovered in front

went to

Creeaak.

slowly

BANG!

door

it creaked

are you doing?" Stella

a spooky

spooky ghost?" Stella

I make some of the furniture float? Would

only look in shock at the

to Orthar, the Opposer didn't keep his whereabouts

your doing?" she

is a spooky ghost," the

react to

you playing a joke on

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

threw Stella's

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

she heard a sound, and her

armor, and

I have swords for legs!" the armored ghost said

assault of confusing situations,

She could only laugh.

smiled when he heard Stella's

how he

…

Time passed.

…

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

actually happened and that her mind had been

Gravis came to the changed reality the Opposer

wanted to remember her

Gravis went to all

also all wanted

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

had been the

had been the

perfect level of power to survive both of

Opposer replaced the current reality with

existence had been recreated and added to the

and they were all so incredibly happy when they knew that he

everyone

but Gravis knew that she would recover in

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

to deal with

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

created

live in the

tempering, Law Comprehension, the

they decided to take a break or retire, they could go to a

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

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

Cosmos of suffering for 50 billion years, the

was