Saiba stares straight at Razier's face. Instead of the human head from before, half of it has been replaced with a real skeleton skull. Razier grins while saying,
"It's exactly what it looks like. Although it's not complete, I have become a true monster! A real skeleton!"
He turns his armor back into dust as makes the rest of his fake skeletal body disappear. His previously human body has transformed into a real skeleton's body. The only part of him that remained human was the right side of his face. Saiba thinks,
"At first, it was just like a costume... He was just a human in skeleton's clothing... But now it looks like he's really turned into one! I don't know how he did it or why he would go this far, but what I do know is that I have to take him down now!"
Saiba delivers a flurry of slashes as they collide with Razier's bony body and seem to deal no damage. Razier chuckles and shouts,
"Your attacks have no effect on my new body! I'm not a weak human anymore! You should just give up already!"
Saiba grins and mutters,
"You shouldn't get too ahead of yourself there, Mr. Skeleton King..."
Loud cracking noises follow as all throughout Razier's body, the bones have slightly cracked and dented. In shock, Razier exclaims,
"I-Impossible! I'm a skeleton! My bone is harder than steel! You shouldn't be able to do that so easily!"
In return, Razier launches out some bones while shouting,
"Attack of Bone!"
Saiba dodges to his right as Razier exclaims,
"Where did you go!? Stop hiding! Come out!"
Confused, Saiba replies,
"Huh? I'm right here! Why would I hide from you?"
Razier awkwardly chuckles while turning towards Saiba and muttering,
"I-I knew that! I was just testing you, of course!"
Saiba thinks,
"What's wrong with him? Why couldn't he see me? Unless... Since he turned into a skeleton, he only has one human eye left... I don't know how skeletons see, but it's probably not the same as humans... If I stay on the non-human side, I guess he can't see me!"
Saiba quickly hops to the right again to test his theory. Razier shouts,
"Where did you go this time!?"
Suddenly, Saiba slams into Razier's skull with his sword and launches him a good distance away. Saiba grins and says,
"This just got a whole lot easier!"
Razier picks himself back up and dusts the dirt off of him. Saiba sprints toward Razier once again, making sure to stay on the hidden side. Razier closes his eyes and mutters,
"Skeleton Sense..."
Saiba takes a step and aims straight for Razier neck bone. Without hesitation, Razier smoothly bends backwards, dodging the attack. Saiba hops back while thinking,
"How did he see me?"
Saiba tries getting back on Razier skeleton side, but Razier tracks him, watching his every movement. It seems like his senses have gotten even better than before.
Razier lifts his scepter as bones materialize above Saiba and slam into the ground, creating tremors. Barely noticing them, Saiba somehow manages to roll out of the way.
Saiba looks towards Razier and notices that he's not being tracked anymore. He sees the opportunity and leaps toward him. At the same time, Razier turns back towards Saiba and dodges by jumping backwards.
Saiba does the same to regroup. He thinks,
"That was my chance! Even if it was only for a moment, he stopped watching me... Does it have something to do with the bones slamming into the ground?"
He finally realizes while thinking,
"Since skeletons can't see with their eyes, they enhance their other senses to see their opponent! He probably sensed me with the vibrations I make whenever I move around! So when he attacked, the bones masked all of my movements! Now I just need to find a way to make that happen again!"
Razier points his scepter out as a row of bones come flying out. Saiba reacts and starts running straight towards Razier. He takes his sword and strikes the projectiles off-course. He continues running while muttering,
"Come on... Just one more chance... I need to end this!"
He can feel his body get heavier as the exhaustion starts to take effect. Eventually, his legs stop moving as he stumbles and falls onto one knee. Despite this, bones keep flying toward him.
Slowly picking himself up, Saiba continues to hit the bones, stopping them from hitting him.
From behind, Lily starts running up, but she is swiftly blocked by a thick wall of bone. Razier exclaims,
"You shouldn't interrupt a duel, weak humans!"
Reassuringly, Saiba calls out,
"I'll be fine here! You guys worry about yourselves!"
Suddenly, Saiba gets surrounded by bones as they fall around him, trapping him like prison bars.
Saiba gets an idea as he begins climbing the poles with the little strength he has left. He stands on one of them and thinks,
"If I'm in the air, I shouldn't be making any vibrations which means he shouldn't be able to sense me either! It's do or die now!"
He leaps into the air as Razier frantically looks around, trying to find Saiba. Nearing his target, Saiba grips his sword as Razier finally finds him. However, it is too late to react.
With the air blowing through his hair and his cape trailing behind, Saiba focuses all his power into his arms and shouts,
"Crimson Slash!!"
A wave of crimson emits from his blade and grows out, slashing the entirety of Razier's body. It cuts into his human face and breaks a few ribs as well.
Razier stumbles back as blood drips from his cheek. He touches the cut and stains his hand with red. Noticing this, he shrieks and shouts,
"Ahh!! This can't be happening! I'm a skeleton! Skeletons don't bleed! How could you do this!? I'm a skeleton and you're just a weak human!"
Razier keeps walking backwards as he trips on himself and falls to the ground. Saiba stands above him and thinks,
"What do I do now? I know I'm supposed to defeat him since he's a monster, but he used to be human and there's still parts of him that are human... It wouldn't feel right, doing that to another person..."
Suddenly, Lily calls out,
"Hero! Watch out!"
Razier points his hand towards Saiba as it turns to a needle-like shape and grows out. Lily shouts,
"Lightspeed! Parallel Flash!"
Two waves of bright light emit from her weapon. One slices through Razier's hand, shattering it, and the other slices through Razier, ending his life.
Unlike normal monsters, his body stays there and does not turn into dust. Nevertheless, the trio get a pop-up that reads,
[Congratulations! Razier the Great Skeleton Emperor was Defeated! Level +4. ATK +4. DEF +4. SPD +4. Item Get: Reinforced Bone (x3), Reinforced Skull. Rare Item Get: Bone Staff Fragment (1/3)]
As the sun sets, the trio stands victorious and their long, exhausting war with the skeletons finally comes to a close.