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

had entered

in here

her eyes in shock as she saw a

a second, she became

this was, but it also didn't

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

even

of that, Stella didn't immediately

while, the shadow only hovered in

went to

Creeaak.

door slowly creaked

BANG!

the door

it creaked

you doing?"

a spooky ghost," Gravis

spooky ghost?" Stella

Gravis asked. "How about I make some of

could only look in shock at the grey

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

this your doing?"

spooky ghost," the Opposer answered

react

you playing a joke

like I'm joking?" the Opposer answered with a neutral

Stella's mind

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

when she heard

armor, and it was

legs!" the armored ghost said with

situations, Stella

She could only laugh.

he

he

…

Time passed.

…

Stella, and their love was reignited. Even though Stella had no memory of Gravis, it was like

about what had actually happened and

the Opposer had created, she

to remember

all his other friends and

all wanted to remember

friends had been Divine Gods, which meant that

first had been the absorption of the

been the

perfect level of power to survive both of the dangerous

Opposer replaced the current

been recreated and added to

they were all so incredibly happy when they knew that

not everyone

Gravis knew that she would

on their level only very rarely got stopped by the death of a loved one. They had

knew how to deal with

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

created

wanted to cultivate could live in the world with the

tempering, Law Comprehension, the entire

to take a break or retire, they could go

there, they could live for as long as

Energy in that world, and the Laws

years, the Opposer had created the opposite, a Cosmos that people could live

was still