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

room Gravis had

in

her eyes in shock as she saw a grey shadow appear in front

second, she

what this was, but it

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

even do something

that, Stella didn't

a while, the shadow only hovered in front of

slowly went

Creeaak.

slowly

BANG!

the door

creaked open

you doing?" Stella

spooky ghost," Gravis

ghost?" Stella

"How about I make some of the furniture float? Would that

could only look in shock at

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

your doing?" she

is a spooky ghost," the Opposer

properly react to the

joke on me?" she

I'm joking?" the

threw Stella's mind into

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

when she heard

a suit of armor, and it was

for legs!" the armored ghost

of confusing situations,

She could only laugh.

smiled when he heard Stella's

how he

…

Time passed.

…

love was reignited. Even though Stella had

about what had actually happened and that her

came to the changed reality the Opposer had created, she had immediately

wanted to remember her

that, Gravis went to all his

also all wanted

which meant that they had

been the absorption

second had been the assault

at the perfect level of power to survive

the Opposer replaced the

been recreated and added to

all so incredibly happy when they

not everyone

but Gravis knew that she would

stopped by the death of a loved one.

how to deal with

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

created

cultivate could live in the world with the

Law Comprehension, the entire

retire, they could go to a separate

live for as long as

there was nearly no Energy in that world, and the

50 billion years, the Opposer

it was