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

had entered

was in

she saw a grey

she became incredibly

what this was, but it

Arc, she was the most powerful existence in this

who could even

Stella

a while, the shadow only hovered in front

slowly went to the

Creeaak.

slowly creaked

BANG!

door slammed

it creaked open

you

spooky ghost,"

ghost?" Stella

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

could only look in shock at the

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

your doing?"

this is a spooky ghost," the Opposer

react

joke on me?" she asked

I'm joking?" the Opposer

Stella's

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

over when she heard a sound, and her

a suit of armor,

swords for legs!" the armored ghost

this assault of confusing situations, Stella could only do one

She could only laugh.

when he heard Stella's

how he missed

…

Time passed.

…

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

Gravis told her about what had actually

Gravis came to the changed reality the Opposer

wanted to remember her

went to all his other friends and

wanted

friends had been Divine Gods, which

been the absorption

the

had all been at the perfect level of power

the end, the Opposer replaced the current reality with his

had been recreated and

incredibly happy when they knew that he was still

not everyone

hard, but Gravis knew that she

by the death of a loved one. They had all gone through enough pain in

knew how to deal

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

created

that wanted to cultivate could live

tempering, Law Comprehension,

they decided to take a break or retire, they

for as long as they wanted, and

Energy in that world, and the Laws couldn't

billion years, the Opposer had created the opposite, a Cosmos

was