He’s been dead for a while, his goal was to turn the sword into a demon king and be killed (since he can only truly die to a demon king) then have the spear kill the sword and save the world.
TLDR: the entire plot was planned out by the hero of return and he succeeded in his personal goal. Now we just need the sear to pull through and kill the sword
Oh I know I was just see everyone talking about how sad both of their lives are. The hero of return had it the hardest ┗( T﹏T )┛
True, it took him so many tries to get here
Hero of the spear this hero of the sword that blah blah blah what about my baby the hero of return ╥﹏╥ his life was so hard T-T