He wanted to cry, but at the same time, he was smiling. It wasn't a smile for happiness, like the ones that you have when your mother is hugging you, or the ones that u have when you fulfill your dream. 

It was a smile that only showed hope. Hope that his suffering will come to an end. 

Before his tears would start to fall, he got his head up and smiled proudly. He looked at the blade that was about to take his life. The sun washed that blade with a light that he had never seen.

"Well, at least they have a big Welcome to the Afterlife Party" the man laughed while searching in the crowd for some people he knew, but there were none. Somehow, he wanted to see for the last time the people he cared about before his death. 

"Stop looking. You will see none of who you're searching for. All of you lost everything. You and all of your lives were useless. By trying to fight by our side, you just made it harder for us to protect, evolve, and live. Now, all we can do is to make sure there will be no second time." said a man who was sitting on a throne.

"Oho ho, now I am a villain. Let's remember, did you beg me for help? Did you ask me to use my power so you can defeat them? You are playing gods when all of you don't have authority to even protect a little damn thing"

"ENOUGH!!!! You, a mere mortal who obtained the power that defines gods. What do you know about balance and order? You are a being that is made by chaos, we were idiots to think that u could understand our ways."

"Balance and order...tsk...hahaha...HAHAHAHA!!!! From all the things that you could have said, you chose these two. I know more balance and order than all of your fake gods combined. I am the Crownless King, I obtained that title from the universe itself by being everything and nothing at the same time. You can't blame me for trying to save what you can't even fight for."

"Crownless King, that title is without value for everyone here. Even you with all your wisdom from all of your lives and all the powers you gathered chose to side with them."

"Again with this. I am sick of you all. I smiled too many times and cried till my tears couldn't keep up. Lived like I didn't care where I was going, making the same mistakes again and again. Fought like I gave my last breath right then and there. And for what? I assume that everyone watching me right now is thinking "What did he do to be executed?". Let me tell you all. I SAW MY PAST, I FOUND THE ANSWERS I HAD BEEN SEEKING ALL ALONG. I SAW HOW THEY MESSED UP THIS WORLD. And I still can't stop them. This is my last gift to you all, cause this was my last chance. Don't be fooled by their smiles or tears. From all the experiences I lived again knowing my past lives, I can tell u with my soul on the line, the devil shall take it if I am wrong. The smiles usually hide a chaotic monster, one like you all had never seen. A monster that will wait and wait....and eventually will take everything away from you, even your purest dreams. But still....don't panic. There are masks in this cursed world, that are showing only the tears that can't be followed by the naked eye. Behind those masks, behind those echoes of help, there are your allies. There are your saviors. There are your reasons to live, laugh, smile, cry, fight, and most importantly, sacrifice. Even if you are meant to sacrifice your freedom. Don't fear, don't think, just become. This is my last gift to this world, and my last wish to be picked up by another."

"I have heard too much of your nonsense. You are not worthy of the power you hold, you are not worthy of the title you have, you are not worthy to live beside us. As the leader of this council, I sentence you to death, and to never be reborn again." the man on the throne said with confidence.

And just like that, the blade started to move. It was about to cut a man's head apart from his body. But, before the tip of the blade reached the skin of the mortal, his eyes started to glow with power as he whispered.

"Maybe I wasn't able to save this world, but with my help, maybe another can do it someday" 

And then it happened, just like that, a savior seen as a villain was gone.