Until the very end, Axel never gave up resisting.
[No matter what you say] he spoke calmly in the space-time bubble: [All thoughts will eventually be realized. If you want to defeat me, you cannot expect my surrender, you can only truly seal me]
[I will fight until the last moment]
No enemy will ever surrender, especially not the strong ones on Terra. They may not believe in miracles, but fighting to the last moment is the greatest respect for their own and their enemy's dreams.
Especially since Axel's goal is not to immediately defeat Ian and Michael, but to spread the power of the spiritual beacon across the whole of Terra and maintain it for as long as possible.
But Ian was also prepared.
Imperial Capital.
Yisen Gard walked all the way to the Upper City District.
