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.

need to pull the shell of Balance along with his

room Gravis had entered wasn't

in

eyes in shock as she saw a grey shadow appear in

a second, she

was,

God together with Arc, she was the most

who could even

Stella didn't

while, the shadow only hovered

slowly went to

Creeaak.

slowly creaked

BANG!

door

creaked open

you doing?" Stella

a spooky ghost,"

spooky ghost?"

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

in shock at the

stretched to the Opposer. In comparison to Orthar, the Opposer

this your

this is a spooky ghost," the Opposer answered with

couldn't properly react to the Opposer's

playing a joke on me?" she asked

I sound like I'm joking?" the

Stella's

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

when she heard a

suit of armor, and it was using swords as legs and

have swords for legs!" the armored ghost

confusing situations, Stella could only

She could only laugh.

when he

he

…

Time passed.

…

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

about what had actually happened and

the changed reality the

to remember her life with

went to all his other friends

all wanted

Divine Gods, which meant

first had been the absorption

had been the assault of the Opposer's

level of power to survive

end, the Opposer replaced the

existence had been recreated and added to

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

not everyone had

Gravis knew that

got stopped by the death of a loved one. They had

to deal with

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

Opposer created separate

live in the world with the

Comprehension, the entire

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

they could live for as long as they wanted, and fighting was

Energy in that world,

having ruled over a Cosmos of suffering for 50 billion years, the Opposer had created the opposite, a Cosmos that people could

was