'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.

would just look at

their head 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 closeness of

Just a bit more.

now, everything

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

improve, they could

things worsened even more, they had

didn't feel like it

like this

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

hour, Mortis would say his goodbyes to everyone he loved,

then, he would

on, and the process would

be an end to this

it had to end after 10,000

was an end in

only had to

to end it, Mortis eventually gritted

Mortis, and his eyes reddened with battle

he fought

'I will not die!'

'I will not die!'

'I will not die!'

agony continued

It continued and continued.

It never ended.

Mortis lost his

'Why fight?'

'Why do this?'

is all just so

want to

only want to-

that's when the agony

next bite

Silence.

Absolute silence.

the ground, looking at the

He didn't feel pain.

He didn't feel dread.

He only felt nothing.

in shock

it ended?'

dare to believe that

it truly was

10,000 years had passed.

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

over, and he saw Gravis

did it," Gravis said

with shock at

survived?" he repeated with a hoarse

huge parts of it had been eaten by

let the Sin Monster just consume him without

he would be gone in

agony had ended before the Sin Monster could fully

still had plenty of Life

Mortis' Realm had

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

and he only looked at Mortis with

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

both Mortis and Gravis from the

were now truly on the same

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