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 with his

Gravis had

in here

saw a grey shadow appear in front

she became incredibly

this was, but it also

Peak Divine God together with Arc, she was the most powerful existence in this Cosmos below

could even do something

Stella didn't immediately

only hovered

slowly went to

Creeaak.

slowly

BANG!

door

it creaked open

you doing?"

a spooky ghost,"

spooky ghost?" Stella

I make

look in shock at the

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

this your doing?" she

spooky ghost," the Opposer answered

properly react

a joke

sound like I'm joking?" the Opposer

threw Stella's mind

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

over when she heard a

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

have swords for legs!" the armored ghost said with

situations,

She could only laugh.

when he heard Stella's

he missed

…

Time passed.

…

Stella had no memory of Gravis, it was like they had always been

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

the Opposer had created, she

to remember her life with

that, Gravis went to all his

wanted

all of his friends had been Divine Gods, which meant that they

the absorption of the Heaven's

had been the assault of the Opposer's

all been at the perfect level of power to survive both of the dangerous

the end, the Opposer replaced the current reality with

been recreated and added

all so incredibly happy when they knew that he was still

not everyone had

Azure hard, but Gravis knew that she would

by the death of

how to

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

Opposer created

to cultivate could live in

Comprehension, the entire

break or retire, they could

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

nearly no Energy in that world, and the Laws

years, the

it was