'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

put their head through it and play around with

So close.

Salvation was so close.

Only one last step.

in hollow suffering,

Just a bit more.

they slipped right now,

would step away from the rope and

could always

things worsened even more, they had

now, it didn't feel

was like this

It only needed

say his goodbyes to everyone he

he

on, and the process would

be an end to this agony at

knew that it had to end after 10,000

an

only had

end it, Mortis eventually gritted his teeth and gave up giving

of motivation hit Mortis, and his eyes reddened with battle

years, he fought against

'I will not die!'

'I will not die!'

'I will not die!'

the agony

It continued and continued.

It never ended.

lost his

'Why fight?'

'Why do this?'

is all just so

only want

want to-

when

bite

Silence.

Absolute silence.

lay on the ground,

He didn't feel pain.

He didn't feel dread.

He only felt nothing.

widened in shock

agony… it ended?' Mortis thought in

to believe that it

truly

10,000 years had passed.

side as he

over, and he saw Gravis look at

Gravis said slowly. "You

looked with

he repeated

huge parts of it had been eaten by the

planning to let the Sin Monster just consume him

be gone

the Sin

plenty

Mortis' Realm had already severely

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

and he

as powerful as Gravis,

and Gravis

were now truly on the same

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