The Author's POV

Chapter 524

"I'm bored."

Over the course of Lightning Dragon's short life, the same words had been repeated so many times that he had also gotten bored of saying them.

But he couldn't help it.

He had truly gotten bored.

'Prodigy.'

'Next Union head.'

'Humanity's hope.'

Originally known as Liam Nefeli, Lightning Dragon was once hailed as one of mankind's brightest prodigies.

In the past, he had attended the Lock, and that was where he gained his fame.

In spite of this, he had no pleasant memories of the place.

As a transfer student, he had great expectations when he first arrived at the Lock.

Why wouldn't he? It was supposed to be the number one academy in the human domain.

It was a world filled to the brim with huge prodigies who would one day become the backbone of mankind.

His first year at the Lock was probably the best year he had ever had. His constant drive to improve himself, along with his friendship, kept life from becoming monotonous.

As a matter of fact, he had also acquired a rival while at the Lock. An individual who pushed him forward and followed him from behind.

His name was...

What was it again? Givan? Gary? Gilbert?

Ah, it was such a long time ago that he had already forgotten.

But those were truly fun days for Liam.

It was probably the last time he had ever truly been happy.

Unfortunately, those days never really lasted long.

After his talent began to outshine everyone else's, his so-called 'friends' began to look at him differently.

It was no longer out of friendship, but out of greed.

'If he becomes the next of the Union he will support me in the future.'

'I should stay closer to him.'

'He will make a good connection.'

They didn't need to say anything for him to understand what they were thinking. Their faces said it all.

Life became duller from that point on.

Despite this, he continued to train hard, and his strength continued to rise at an alarming rate. It had gotten to the point where almost all the big guilds in the human domain were salivating over him.

He would constantly get secret offers from the top guilds or even the Union itself.

He naturally rejected them.

He wasn't interested in such things. Responsibilities weren't his thing.

They were boring.

That said.

In spite of losing a lot of his friends, Liam kept staying at the Lock because of his rival, or should he say, best friend?

Yeah...

That sounded about right.

Bests friend...

As far as he was concerned, he was the only one who hadn't given up on him.

…It was kind of fun.

But, that too inevitably came to an end as his rival soon stopped comparing himself to him and pushing himself like he once did.

He tried to remedy the situation by holding back a lot, but in the end, his friend and rival found out about his intentions and stopped talking to him altogether.

Whenever they met thereafter, he would greet him with a short nod and disappear into the distance.

It was from that point on that Liam's world became dyed in grey.

His life had become monotonous as nothing excited him anymore.

"How boring…"

school excursion trip along

proved to be quite different as

it turned out, it wasn't just a random

Or at least on the surface as the

to ensure the success of their plans, and stop any reinforcements from coming, the demons attacked several places

this happened, however, they too were stopped as the several Marquis ranked demons, including the Monolith members had

including his rival, ran away

day was Liam. At that moment, he didn't stay behind because he wanted to save his classmates nor because he want to be a hero; he was

stared at a powerful enemy, he felt an impending sense

that it

also brought color to his dull gray world as he proceeded to

the demon, his eyes shone and a smile spread across

he could go all

mind. As far as he was

more than to alleviate himself from the boredom that had

was inevitably left

Crash—!

and gazed

what the reports have

I was holding back a lot of my

he stared at the

"How boring."

as he stared at the demon

should finish

was at that

just say that you

and his feet came

"What about it?"

He asked.

the tree, the demon pondered for a moment before

"Why are you bored?"

"Why am I bored?"

head, Liam thought for a

experiences, and lack of challenge in his life, he

"Because I'm too strong."

"Too strong?"

they don't want to hurt me. They think

to his boredom, as they prevented him from getting into any fights that

but their actions only served to

he had gotten so bored that he had

It was then that.

want is

to look at him, Liam shook

what you're trying to do. I won't fall for it. I'm not going

not asking you

shook his head as he murmured in a

not crazy enough to

what do you

forward and raised his hand, prepared to kill the

head up to stare at Liam, the

can

hand came to

"…Speak."

across the demon's face as he quickly started to inform Liam about the arena located

his hand became as an interest soon

become the Overlord of the

"Interesting."

thin smile spread across Liam's face as he thought back

for a bit, he

I

come with me to the demon

furrowed when he

that

at that

Spurt!

his sharp nails. black blood spilled on the ground, and the demon slowly pulled out

then proceeded to toss it in

"Here you go."

at the demon in

"What's this?"

"It's my core."

The demon answered.

my life and death. Is this enough

couple of seconds, Liam nodded

"Alright."

Spurt—

of nowhere, he cut off his arm

actions shocked

"You…what are you doing?"

Liam put

during a fight against a demon trying to save

proceeded to slash the

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