Kai's lips curled into a wicked smile as he observed the scene unfolding before him. The soldier in front of him was standing too still, too confident, unaware of the looming threat just above him.
Kai could practically feel the man's arrogance in the air. He was too sure of his own strength, too oblivious to the power that hovered over him.
Without a moment's hesitation, Kai raised one foot, his mind gathering a surge of magic, the kind of power that would make even the bravest soldiers tremble if they truly understood what they were up against.
A burst of energy gathered beneath him as he took aim, and then, in a fluid, almost graceful motion, he drove his foot downward with all the force he could muster.
The soldier didn't even have time to react. His body was too slow, too unaware. Before he could so much as flinch, Kai's foot came down like a hammer, and with a sickening crack, the soldier's face collided with the stone floor beneath him.