'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.

they would just look at

they would put their head through it and play around with

So close.

Salvation was so close.

Only one last step.

spend a couple of minutes in hollow suffering, just feeling the closeness of

Just a bit more.

slipped right now, everything would

the mortal would step away from the rope and go to sleep in

didn't improve, they could always come

worsened even more, they

it didn't feel

like

was so close to ending it all. It only needed a thought, and Mortis'

every second, minute, or hour, Mortis would say his goodbyes to everyone he loved, fully intent

he would just

would drag on, and the process would

an end to this

that it had to end after 10,000

an end

had to

trying to end it, Mortis eventually

push of motivation hit Mortis, and his eyes reddened with battle

fought against

'I will not die!'

'I will not die!'

'I will not die!'

the agony continued without

It continued and continued.

It never ended.

Mortis lost his

'Why fight?'

'Why do this?'

all

want

only want

when the agony

bite didn't

Silence.

Absolute silence.

only lay on the ground, looking at

He didn't feel pain.

He didn't feel dread.

He only felt nothing.

widened in shock and

ended?' Mortis

believe

it truly

10,000 years had passed.

Mortis' body jerked to the side as he felt something touch

fear over, and he saw Gravis look at

Gravis said slowly. "You

with shock at

survived?" he repeated

was absolutely wrecked, and huge parts of it had been eaten by the

been planning to let the Sin Monster just consume

gone in

the agony had ended before the Sin Monster

plenty of Life

Mortis' Realm had already

level of the Star God Realm, and his Will-Aura had fallen to the level of a level seven Star

and he

proven that he was as powerful as Gravis, both in the form of

only thing keeping both Mortis and Gravis from

were now truly on the

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