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.

pull the shell

had entered

was in here

as she saw

a second, she became incredibly

what this was,

Divine God together with Arc, she was the most

could even do something

that, Stella didn't

while, the shadow only hovered in

went

Creeaak.

door slowly creaked

BANG!

the door slammed

creaked open

you doing?"

a spooky ghost," Gravis

spooky ghost?" Stella

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

look in shock at the

the Opposer. In comparison to Orthar,

your doing?" she

is a spooky ghost," the Opposer answered with a

properly react

you playing a joke

joking?" the

Stella's

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

over when she heard a

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

have swords for legs!" the armored ghost said with

confusing situations, Stella could only do

She could only laugh.

he heard Stella's

how he

…

Time passed.

…

love was reignited. Even though Stella had no memory of Gravis,

actually happened

reality the Opposer had

wanted to remember

that, Gravis went to all his other friends and

also all wanted

had been Divine Gods, which meant that

been the absorption

the

level of

the current

been recreated and

were all so incredibly

everyone

hard, but Gravis knew that

death of a loved

to deal

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

created

to cultivate could live in the world with

tempering, Law Comprehension,

to take a break or retire, they could go to a separate part

live for as long as

nearly no Energy in that world, and the Laws

of suffering for 50 billion years, the Opposer had created

course, it was still