'I'm so sorry, Azure!'

'I'm so sorry I can't be with you anymore.'

'Please, forgive me!'

These were all the things Mortis was thinking.

He was planning to end his life to end the suffering.

He didn't know how long he had already survived, but it didn't matter anymore.

He only wanted to end it.

'I can't live like this.'

'I'm sorry!'

Mortis continued thinking these thoughts.

He continued repeating them.

Again.

And again.

And again.

Yet, for some reason, he never actually went through with it.

Something inside of him was telling him to hang on just a bit longer.

He only had to hang on a bit longer.

Just a little bit.

Azure's face shot through Mortis' mind.

He imagined her crying after realizing that she wouldn't see him again.

He imagined her choosing death over a lonely life.

He imagined the kids he could have in the future.

And whenever these images shot through his head, Mortis hung on just a bit more.

All of these instances only bought him seconds, but they kept on coming without end.

Just one more second.

Just a bit more.

Mortis had said his goodbyes a million times by now, but he actually never did it.

Mortis didn't realize it, but he was essentially venting his fear.

He knew that he could end his suffering, and that gave him hope.

Mortis knew that he wasn't forced to go through all this suffering.

He could always just end it.

Then, it would end.

This thought gave him solace.

There was a way out.

Mortis was like a mortal on the bottom of their life. Every single day was agony, and that person had a noose hanging in their attic, which they would watch in the evenings after the day was over.

Sometimes, that mortal would stand in front of the noose.

just look at

through it and play around with the chair under

So close.

Salvation was so close.

Only one last step.

in hollow suffering, just feeling the

Just a bit more.

now,

after just some minutes, the mortal would step away from the rope and go to

could always

more,

didn't feel like it

like this

to ending it all. It only needed a thought, and Mortis' life would

his goodbyes to everyone he loved, fully

he would

on, and

end to this agony at some

that it had to end after 10,000

an

only had

trying to end it, Mortis eventually gritted his teeth

hit Mortis, and his eyes reddened

fought

'I will not die!'

'I will not die!'

'I will not die!'

agony continued without

It continued and continued.

It never ended.

lost his

'Why fight?'

'Why do this?'

all

want to

only want

when

bite

Silence.

Absolute silence.

only lay on the ground, looking

He didn't feel pain.

He didn't feel dread.

He only felt nothing.

eyes widened in

agony… it ended?' Mortis thought

didn't dare to believe

truly

10,000 years had passed.

the side as he felt something

over, and he saw Gravis look

Gravis said

looked with shock

survived?" he repeated with a hoarse

absolutely wrecked, and huge parts of it had

planning to let the Sin Monster just consume him without healing

would be gone in a

the Sin

had plenty

Mortis' Realm had already

in the second level of the Star God Realm, and his Will-Aura

Monster had already been destroyed by Orthar, and he only looked

as Gravis,

thing keeping both Mortis and Gravis from the Heaven

truly

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