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.

the shell

had entered

in here

as she saw a grey shadow appear in front of

a second, she became

know what this was, but it also didn't

as the most powerful Peak Divine God together with Arc, she was the most

even do something

of that, Stella

while, the shadow only hovered in

slowly went to

Creeaak.

slowly

BANG!

the door

it creaked

you doing?"

spooky ghost,"

spooky ghost?"

you scared?" Gravis asked. "How about I make some of the furniture float? Would

look in shock at the grey

to Orthar, the Opposer didn't

this your

is a spooky ghost," the Opposer answered

properly react to the Opposer's

you playing a joke on me?" she asked

joking?" the Opposer answered with a neutral

threw Stella's

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

she heard a sound, and her

a suit of armor, and

legs!" the armored

of confusing situations, Stella could only

She could only laugh.

he heard Stella's

he

…

Time passed.

…

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

actually happened and that her mind had been

to the changed reality the Opposer had created, she

wanted to remember her life

went to all his other friends and

all wanted to remember

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

first had been the absorption of the

the assault of the Opposer's

been at the perfect level of power to survive

the Opposer replaced the current reality with his altered

been recreated and

and they were all so incredibly happy when they knew that

not everyone

hard, but Gravis

level only very rarely got stopped by the death of a loved one.

how to

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

created

live in the world with the

Law Comprehension, the

retire, they could

long as they wanted, and fighting

nearly no Energy in that world, and

Cosmos of suffering for 50 billion years, the Opposer had created the opposite,

it was still