Evan charged at Alphaeus while raising Excalibur. He performed a vertical slash that bounced off Alphaeus's Monado.
Alphaeus laughed and swung the Monado, the energy blade sliced Evan's jacket. Evan was not pleased by this.
He placed his palm on the ground, causing several swords to erupt from the ground at Alphaeus's feet.
Alphaeus jumped into the air. "I haven't even had to use my power yet," he mocked. Evan was beginning to get angry.
"Vertical Edge!!!" he yelled. Evan thrust Excalibur forward, before jumping into the air after Alphaeus.
Before Evan could reach Alphaeus, however, he saw that he was already plummeting to the ground and Alphaeus was nowhere in sight.
Evan landed on the ground and began looking all around him. From behind Alphaeus ran up to Evan and slashed him in the back.
Evan was launched forward. He rolled on the ground and got back up. He swung his sword vertically and yelled, "Blade Beam!!!" the slash released a shock wave that went zooming for Alphaeus.
Alphaeus drew back the Monado and swung it, deflecting the shockwave. The wave crashed into some boulders and exploded, making chunks of rock rain down all around them.
Evan redoubled his assault. He ran up to Alphaeus and tried another cross-slash. Alphaeus simply blocked them with the Monado.
Alphaeus then disappeared. Evan knew he had skipped time and whipped his head around. However, Alphaeus wasn't there. Evan looked confused as he scanned his surroundings once more.
"Looking for me?" Alphaeus called out. Evan watched in horror as a blade pierced his stomach and stuck straight through him.
Evan was blinded by the shock as orange energy began to crackle along his body. Alphaeus removed his sword and watched as Evan fell to the ground.
"Looks like our little rematch is coming to an end," Alphaeus said, sighing. He kicked Evan in the gut and laughed.
"I'm going to enjoy watching you die," Alphaeus said in a manic voice. Alphaeus raised the Monado and slashed down at Evan, attempting to end his life. At that moment, Evan's vision went orange.
He saw Alphaeus swinging the sword down on him. Evan's vision went back to normal to see Alphaeus raising the sword over his head.
Evan rolled away from Alphaeus in time to dodge the strike. Evan jumped back up. The hole in his stomach was still bleeding profusely and it hurt like heck.
However, Evan was given new hope by his new ability. Alphaeus sneered and rushed at Evan, skipping time to catch Evan off guard.
Evan almost immediately got a vision of Alphaeus attacking him from the left. Evan ducked under Alphaeus and thrust his sword upward, catching Alphaeus in the leg.
Alphaeus flipped and landed on the ground. He plunged his sword into the ground, opening a massive chasm.
Evan jumped into the air before the crack could open under him. Evan summoned swords beneath him that he stepped on to get to Alphaeus.
While Evan was in the air, he got a vision of Alphaeus sending a shock wave at him. Evan snapped back to reality to see Alphaeus swinging his sword.
Evan flipped in midair to dodge the shockwave and swung Excalibur at Alphaeus. Alphaeus raised the Monado to block it.
Alphaeus was pushed into the ground slightly. Evan jumped back into the air and sent a blade beam at Alphaeus.
Alphaeus blocked it with the Monado once again before jumping into the air after Evan. However, Evan had wanted this to happen.
When Alphaeus reached him, Evan received a vision of what Alphaeus was going to do. Evan dodged the downward slash and slashed vertically, hitting Alphaeus in the chest and knocking him away.
Though Evan had a newfound heart for his vision ability, he knew he needed to end the fight soon. Evan was losing quite a bit of blood. Evan knew what he had to do.
He summoned a sword and meshed it with Excalibur. Excalibur began to furiously glow orange, showing that the fusion had worked. Alphaeus righted himself.
"I don't know what kind of blasphemy you're using, but I will defeat you," he said, the rage evident in his voice.
Alphaeus began to rapidly skip time, creating after images of himself.
The afterimages all rushed at Evan, motioning as if they would attack him, before disappearing.
Meanwhile, Evan sat with his eyes closed, funneling as much power to Excalibur as he could muster. Evan sat in his stance, waiting for the vision to come.
As if by clockwork, Evan's vision went orange and he saw Alphaeus trying to slice his head off. Evan prepared himself. I can do this, Evan thought.
Out of nowhere, he felt a power that he hadn't felt in all his 14 years of life.
This newfound power and determination replaced the feeling of tiredness he had felt. Thanks to this, he felt his power skyrocket. Evan felt Excalibur as if it had a will of its own.
As if it were a completely separate entity. Excalibur, Evan thought. Alphaeus lunged at Evan prepared to slice Evan's head off. Evan opened his eyes.
He swung Excalibur at Alphaeus. Excalibur and the Monado met, their clashing created a shower of sparks.
"Excalibur!!!"Evan yelled. Excalibur's aura burned even brighter than before and in a flash of light, it cut straight through the Monado.
Alphaeus only got a brief look of shock as Excalibur slashed his neck, decapitating him in a single stroke.
The pieces of the monado clattered to the ground as Alphaeus stood there. His head fell to the ground with a thunk, followed by his body.
Evan stabbed Excalibur into the ground, using it to support his body.
Evan's vision began to go blurry as he whispered, "I did it." The monado began to glow orange as if it were reacting to Evan slowly dying.
Evan looked over at it. It was almost as if the blade were calling to him. He reached over and touched it, causing orange energy to emit from the blade and surround him.
Alphaeus's body was thrown to the side as Evan was encased in the orange energy.