You've met Sephiroth, right?

[ Noctis doesn't wait for an answer, just keeps talking ]

He's some super soldier and he was giving me a demonstration of his abilities by killing a few ayakashi. [ This sounds so ridiculous ] One of the ayakashi got to me, so I conjured my blade and killed it... And that's when he said why not fight him since I'm clearly capable.

[ He sighs, looking up at Prompto ]

And, well, I got my ass kicked.