Aknarel was mentally exhausted.
He had already lost the count of how many times he died, but due to the effects of the piece of legacy, it hadn't been too much time since the battle started.
The plan was to wait for his wife, but she needed time to reach that place, and enduring that time was extremely difficult for Aknarel.
He had been able to patiently wait a lot of time while being captive, but he would rather wait the double of that time than facing his current situation.
He hadn't given up, but he was sure that even if he gave up, the time loop wouldn't be broken until he won.
Aknarel was experiencing the same as the universe creator on a small scale, but that was still too difficult to endure.
Previously, Gerken only went back once before Yale killed the opponent, so he didn't experience that kind of torture.
