"Kill myself? Sorry to say, but I have no suicidal tendencies." Richard argued when he heard the necessity to become one with the Black Heart.
[Your mortality restricts your power. Unless you cling to that pitiful life of yours, you will never be able to gain the full control of the Black Heart.]
Richard...that day, didn't think about it anymore. He didn't have any necessity to gain control over the Black Heart.
However, in front of Ithryx...the only enemy who overwhelmed him in every aspect of the battle, he doesn't have any other option than to sacrifice his life.
....
Bellarine staggered back—not out of horror at seeing her son tearing into his own heart, but from the sheer, bone-chilling terror radiating from his presence.