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

had entered

was in

saw a grey shadow appear

she

know what this was, but it

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

who could even do

that, Stella didn't

shadow only hovered in

went to the

Creeaak.

door slowly

BANG!

door slammed

it creaked

are you doing?"

a spooky

ghost?"

are you scared?" Gravis asked. "How about I

in shock

to Orthar, the Opposer didn't

this your

the Opposer answered

properly react to

playing a joke on me?"

joking?" the Opposer

threw Stella's

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

heard a

of armor, and it was using swords as legs

I have swords for legs!" the armored ghost

assault of confusing situations, Stella could

She could only laugh.

when he

how he missed

…

Time passed.

…

Stella had no memory

actually happened and that her mind had been

reality the Opposer had

remember her

to all his

wanted to

his friends had been Divine Gods, which

been the absorption of

had been the assault of

at the perfect level of power to survive both

the current reality with

and added to the reality

him, and they were all so incredibly happy when they knew that he was

everyone

death hit Azure hard, but Gravis knew

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

to deal

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

Opposer created separate

live in the

Law Comprehension, the entire

a break or retire, they

long as they wanted,

in that world, and the

suffering for 50 billion years, the Opposer had created the opposite, a Cosmos that people could live happily

it was still