Saiba begins to climb up the monster's body as Lazaro provides support from below.
The skeleton swings at Saiba with its bony limbs, but Lazaro shoots at back, throwing the attacks off-course. As Saiba reaches the skull, he mutters,
"I knew playing all those RPG's would come in handy! If I remember correctly, even with strong armor, there's always some weak points! One of them just happens to be here... The eyes!"
He takes his sword and thrusts it through the eyehole in Sekuroth's armor. It goes in, through the empty eye socket.
Saiba points his blade down and pulls against the bone from inside the skull, letting gravity do most of the work. It starts to chip away at the hard bone as Saiba pulls harder and harder.
Suddenly, Lazaro shouts,
"Jump!"
Confused, Saiba replies,
"Jump..?"
Again, Lazaro shouts,
"Jump!"
Saiba looks down and sees a [Water Missile] shooting straight towards him as he pushes his feet and throws his body upward.
The missile makes contact with the bony skull as Lazaro shouts,
"Freeze!"
In an instant, half of Sekuroth's skull transforms into a fragile, frigid ice. Saiba thinks,
"This is my chance!"
From above the monster, he grips his sword and brings it down onto the skull. The skeleton general lets out an echoing screech as half of its head shatters and turns to dust. Saiba cheers and shouts,
"Alright! We got him!"
Lazaro shouts,
"Saiba! Watch out!"
Suddenly, a bony palm swings at Saiba and launches him towards the ground. He launches into the ground and coughs out some blood. Saiba notices something as he mumbles,
"That didn't hurt as much as I expected... If I was still wearing my Graystone Armor, I'm sure that would've knocked me out..."
He is interrupted by a screech followed by loud a slam. He looks around and sees that Lily managed to take down her opponent. She shouts,
"Hey Hero! I'll go help Lazaro with the other guy! You go get the Skeleton Emperor!"
Saiba nods as he picks himself back up and directs all his focus on defeating Razier. The Emperor finally arises from his seat as he exclaims,
"We are nearing the end as it seems. I would've never expected you three to defeat this many of my servants, nevertheless, I have prepared myself for the worst case scenario."
He holds his scepter out, pointed towards Sekuroth. He shouts,
"Transform and be my strength, Armor of Bone!"
Sekuroth suddenly collapses and fades to dust as the dust travels towards Razier.
It flies around him and an armor, similar to the one the Skeleton Generals were wearing, begins to materialize, starting from the bottom. Saiba says,
"You're still doing things like that? I've never heard of a king that would sacrifice its own people."
Razier replies,
"'My people' are overjoyed to serve me in any way. I'm not a mere king anymore, after all. I am an Emperor!"
Saiba grins as he rushes towards Razier. He unleashes a flurry of blows with his sword, but Razier manages to deflect every attack, like before.
Saiba changes his plan of attack and quickly pulls out a [Skeleton Bone] from his [Inventory]. He swings at Razier as the skeleton smoothly dodges the attack and says,
"Did you really think I would fall for the same trick twice?"
Calmly, Saiba replies,
"Nope! That's why I did this!"
He lets go of his sword and pulls out another [Skeleton Bone] with his empty hand. He positions the weapon directly in the trajectory of Razier as he dodges straight into the other bone. Saiba shouts,
"I've got you now!"
Expecting to land his attack, Saiba grins confidently, however that is not the case. With complete composure, Razier mumbles,
"How many times must I tell you, don't get too ahead of yourself, hero."
He grabs both bones at the same time and snaps them in half, creating a satisfying crack noise.
Saiba picks his sword up and leaps back to come up with another plan. Razier taunts him by saying,
"Is that all you got, hero? I was expecting a little more from you!"
Saiba clenches his jaw, getting very annoyed.
Seeing the opportunity, he quickly checks his [SI] to see his [Energy]. He opens the [Skill] menu and at the bottom, there is a depleted bar with a number above it that reads,
[Skill Energy: 2/49]
Saiba thinks,
"I only have 2 left... I don't think that's enough to use any of my Skills... I wonder how much Energy each skill uses..."
He hovers over a bar that reads, [Crimson Strike] and sees a line of text that he never noticed before. It reads,
[Energy Cost: 7]
He does the same with his other skill as the text reads,
[Energy Cost: 25]
He thinks,
"I don't have enough... I probably regain Energy over time, but I don't know how long it takes to do that... I'm gonna have to rely on my swordsmanship for this fight... Let's hope Lily's training paid off!"
He scans Razier's body and thinks,
"His armor has the same weak points as the generals, so I can go for those areas... His stick is gonna be a problem though... I have to think of a way to get rid of it..."
Razier chuckles and shouts,
"Don't keep me waiting for too long! Unless, you've given up already?"
Saiba's eyes flash with concentration as he mumbles,
"That's it!"
He rushes toward Razier and stops right in front of him while thinking,
"First, look for an opening!"
He then takes a step while thinking,
"Next, use my legs to make my hit land harder!"
He grips his sword and aims for Razier's skull. Like usual, Razier uses his scepter to defend, but Saiba anticipated this.
Using his legs to support him, he pushes his sword up against Razier's scepter, causing it to slam into Razier's helmet.
His helmet shatters and continues to collide with Razier's unusual skull. The skull completely disappears, revealing the interior. Saiba notices while muttering,
"What's going on here?..."