Making Promises.

Being split into two might not lead to Silver Mirror's death, but it would surely turn Silver Mirrior into a cripple and would make living painful for him.

Silver Mirror might even die if he is split into more than two or if his head is severed from his body. These thoughts went through both Silver Mirror and Clark's mind.

Silver Mirror was afraid of dying while Clark was regretful because he was done. He was too weak to take any more initiative in this fight. He couldn't anything more to bring Silver Mirror close to death. The best he could do was hold on tightly to Silver Mirror.

Clark died like this. He died holding onto Silver Mirror, hoping to give the two lamp bearers who followed him a chance to survive.

Unfortunately, the two lamp bearers didn't manage to escape. They too were currently in the process of being killed.