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.

pull the shell of

had entered wasn't

in

she saw

second, she

didn't know what this was, but it also

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

who could even do something

that, Stella didn't

the shadow only hovered

went to

Creeaak.

slowly

BANG!

the door

creaked open

are you doing?" Stella

spooky ghost," Gravis

ghost?"

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

could only look in shock at

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

your doing?"

spooky ghost," the Opposer answered with a neutral

properly react

you playing a joke on

joking?" the Opposer answered with a

Stella's

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

heard

grey shadow was wearing a suit of armor, and it was

swords for legs!" the armored

this assault of confusing situations, Stella could only do

She could only laugh.

he heard

he

…

Time passed.

…

Stella, and their love was reignited. Even though Stella had no

about what had actually happened and that

reality the Opposer had created, she had immediately

to remember her life

Gravis went to all his other

wanted to

had been Divine Gods, which meant that they had survived the first and second

first had been the absorption of the Heaven's

the assault of

the perfect level of power

the Opposer replaced the

recreated and added to the

incredibly happy when they knew that he was still

everyone

death hit Azure hard, but Gravis

of a loved one.

how to

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

created separate

could live in the world with the

tempering, Law Comprehension, the entire

retire, they could go to a separate

as long as they wanted, and fighting

no Energy in that world, and the Laws couldn't be

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

course, it was still