The air inside the Dragon chamber grew heavier.
Kai's eyes glowed bright red, veins of power pulsing across his body.
Something inside him snapped.
His calm, calculated side… gone.
"Step aside," he growled, voice deeper, colder than ever.
The Dragon leader smirked.
"You think you can control that?"
Kai didn't answer.
He didn't need to.
A single movement—faster than the eye could follow—sent the leader flying across the chamber, slamming into the wall.
CRASH!
Axel staggered back.
"Kai… what the hell?!"
But Kai didn't respond.
His hands clenched. Energy exploded outward, tearing the room apart.
The Dragon members tried to attack, but it was useless.
Every strike Kai made obliterated anything in its path.
Even the leader, who had survived countless fights, was on the defensive, struggling to keep up.
Kai's mask had shattered slightly, revealing his glowing red eyes and an expression no one had ever seen before.
"…You will pay…" he hissed, voice almost unhuman.
The leader's smirk vanished.
"This… this is insane…"
Kai's power flared uncontrollably, ripping the restraints holding Zara. She tumbled to the floor but was unharmed.
Axel tried to intervene.
"Kai! Control yourself!"
But it was too late.
The room shook. Walls cracked. Lights shattered. Energy tore through the building.
Kai lunged at the Dragon leader with unimaginable speed, striking him multiple times in a blur.
The leader barely blocked, staggering backward, gasping.
Kai froze only when he heard Zara's voice.
"Kai… stop!"
His eyes softened just a fraction, but the red glow lingered.
He looked at the destruction around him—Dragon's strongest soldiers defeated, walls crumbling—and realized he had almost gone too far.
Breathing heavily, Kai stepped back.
The Dragon leader, barely alive, glared at him.
"You… you're not human," he whispered.
Kai said nothing. He didn't need to.
The entire chamber now knew one truth:
The Masked King was beyond anyone's control.
Zara crawled to his side.
"Kai… please… calm down…"
Kai looked at her.
"…I know," he muttered, finally forcing control back.
But inside, the fire was still burning… waiting for the next battle.