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

room Gravis had

in

she saw a grey shadow

a second, she became incredibly

didn't know what this was, but it also didn't

with Arc, she was the most powerful existence in this

who could even

of that, Stella

only hovered in

went

Creeaak.

slowly

BANG!

door slammed

creaked open

you

spooky ghost," Gravis

ghost?" Stella

I make some of the furniture

in shock

comparison to Orthar, the Opposer didn't

this your

spooky ghost," the Opposer answered with a

properly react to the

playing a joke on me?" she

the Opposer answered with a

threw Stella's

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

when she heard a sound, and her

a suit of armor,

I have swords for legs!" the armored ghost said with

of confusing situations,

She could only laugh.

smiled when he heard

he missed

…

Time passed.

…

Even though Stella had

Gravis told her about what had actually

reality the

remember

went to all

also all wanted

been Divine Gods, which meant that they had survived the

had been the absorption of the Heaven's

had been the assault of the Opposer's

at the perfect level of

the Opposer replaced the current reality

existence had been recreated and added to the reality

so incredibly happy when they

not everyone had

hard, but Gravis knew that she would

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

knew how to

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

Opposer created separate

to cultivate could live in the world with

tempering, Law Comprehension, the

if they decided to take a break or retire, they

long as they wanted, and fighting

nearly no Energy in that

for 50 billion years, the Opposer

it was