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.

only need to pull the shell of Balance along

room Gravis had entered

in

shock as she saw

second, she

was, but it

Arc, she

who could even

Stella didn't

while, the shadow only

went to

Creeaak.

slowly creaked

BANG!

the door slammed

creaked

are you doing?" Stella

a spooky ghost,"

ghost?" Stella

scared?" Gravis asked. "How about I

could only look in shock

comparison to Orthar, the Opposer didn't keep his whereabouts

your

a spooky ghost," the

properly react to the

joke on me?"

like I'm joking?" the Opposer answered

threw Stella's

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

when she heard a sound, and her

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

I have swords for legs!" the armored ghost said

of confusing situations, Stella could only do one

She could only laugh.

smiled when he

he missed

…

Time passed.

…

love was reignited. Even though Stella

Gravis told her about what had actually happened and that her

Gravis came to the changed reality the Opposer had created,

to remember her life with

to all his other

also all wanted to

of his friends had been Divine Gods, which meant that they had survived the first

been the absorption of

second had been the assault of

at the perfect level of power to survive both of the

the Opposer replaced the current

had been recreated and added

all so incredibly happy when they knew

everyone

hard, but Gravis knew that she would recover

death of a loved one. They had all gone through

knew how to deal with

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

created separate

to cultivate could live

Comprehension,

take a break or retire, they could

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

in that

Cosmos of suffering for 50 billion years, the Opposer

was still their