The bloodstains remained.
As Porter was carried away, Ixion looked over at the spectators who held looks of absolute horror. To witness a dreamer crushed so brutally and handily — it was discouraging.
At the same time, Porter's defiance in general, even if it did end that way, had stoked the flame in the people's hearts.
Not that his actions of berating the king to his face were utterly foolish, but it was his bravery in and of itself that was the message to the people.
A message calling out the cowards who dared let King Ixion's tyranny go on for another minute.
'How heroic…'
Porter was the type who didn't last long in the world, but his impact would reverberate for generations.
'If we had generations left…'
Well, technically Kaldora did.
Even if all nations collapsed, the defiant strong were bound to remain, fighting to the bitter end for however long their strength allowed.
