More Excalibur powers

Like, he’s showing off skill that makes the crowd go “Man, that Arthur? He don’t shiv, he balls nasty!” but he’s still getting slashed to ribbons each time Accolon’s sword so much as brushes his chainmail and Arthur’s getting exhausted, while Accolon fresh to death both in terms of health and style. Finally, our King notices the Excalibur in his hand is a fake, and Accolon is holding the real one. Which really coulda helped him earlier but now’s fine too.
21st Century Guide to Mythology: Arthurian Myths Retold page 47