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.

the

room Gravis had entered wasn't

was in

opened her eyes in shock as she saw a grey shadow

she

know what this was, but it also

together with Arc, she was

even do

Stella didn't immediately

the shadow only hovered in front of

it slowly went

Creeaak.

door slowly creaked

BANG!

door

creaked open

are you

a spooky ghost,"

spooky ghost?" Stella

asked. "How about I

look in shock at

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

your

this is a spooky ghost," the Opposer answered with a

react to the Opposer's

joke

the Opposer answered with a neutral

Stella's mind into

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

she heard a sound,

suit of armor, and it

legs!" the armored ghost

assault of confusing situations, Stella could only do one

She could only laugh.

he heard

he

…

Time passed.

…

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

Gravis told her about what had actually

changed reality the Opposer had

wanted to remember her

all his

also all wanted to

friends had been Divine Gods, which meant that they

had been the absorption of the Heaven's

had been the assault of the Opposer's

had all been at the perfect level of power to survive both of the

the Opposer replaced the current

recreated and added to

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

everyone had

but Gravis knew that she would recover in

by the death of

how to deal

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

Opposer created separate

that wanted to cultivate could live in the world

tempering, Law Comprehension, the entire

break or retire, they could go to

for as long as they wanted,

no Energy in that

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

course, it was