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 Balance

Gravis had entered

was in here

saw a grey

a second, she became incredibly

what this was, but it

Peak Divine God together with Arc, she was the most

even do something

of that, Stella

while, the shadow only hovered

slowly went to the

Creeaak.

slowly

BANG!

door

it creaked

you

spooky ghost,"

spooky ghost?"

about I

could only look in shock at the grey

perception stretched to the Opposer. In comparison to Orthar, the

your doing?"

this is a spooky ghost," the Opposer answered

properly react to the

you playing a joke on me?"

the Opposer answered

threw Stella's mind

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

heard a sound,

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

legs!" the

this assault of confusing situations, Stella could only do one

She could only laugh.

he

he missed

…

Time passed.

…

their love was reignited. Even though Stella had

told her about what had actually happened and that her mind had been

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

to remember her life with

Gravis went to all his other

wanted to remember

which meant that they had survived the first

been the absorption of the Heaven's

second had been the assault of

been at the perfect level of power to survive

end, the Opposer replaced the current reality with his

been recreated and added

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

not everyone had

Azure hard, but Gravis knew that she would recover

on their level only very rarely got stopped by the death of a loved

how to deal

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

created

could live in the world with the

tempering, Law Comprehension, the

take a break or retire, they could go to

live for as long as they

nearly no Energy in that world, and the

the Opposer had created the opposite,

was