The Author's POV

"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…"

life continued until he found himself on a school excursion trip along with his classmates

was supposed to be a typical school trip, but reality proved to be quite different as they were suddenly

it wasn't just a random

on the surface as the true target was him

plans, and stop any reinforcements

place guards in case something like this happened, however, they too

including his rival, ran away

he didn't stay behind because he wanted to save his classmates nor because he want to be a hero;

stared at a powerful enemy, he felt an impending sense of

strong that it could kill

gray world as he proceeded to attack

attacked the demon, his eyes shone and a smile spread

someone who he could

been present, but Liam didn't mind. As far as he was concerned, he only wanted to fight against the demon in

wanted nothing more than to alleviate himself from the boredom that had been plaguing him

he was inevitably left disappointed

Crash—!

head and gazed in his direction. His eyes

stronger than what the reports

back a

of his head as he stared at the Demon, Liam lazily

"How boring."

stared at the demon

I should finish

at

just say that you

and his feet came

"What about it?"

He asked.

tree, the demon pondered for a moment before

"Why are you bored?"

"Why am I bored?"

Liam

his past experiences, and lack of challenge in

"Because I'm too strong."

"Too strong?"

won't fight me because they don't want to hurt me. They think that I

were all keeping a close eye on him also contributed to his boredom, as they prevented him from getting into any fights that could endanger his life. Had it not been for the demon's carefully thought

their intentions, but their actions only served to increase

he had gotten so bored that he had started questioning whether living was

It was then that.

you want

head to look at him,

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

not asking you to sign a

that the demon shook his head as he murmured in a barely audible tone. Still enough for Liam to

to sign

do

his hand, prepared to kill

stare at Liam,

you of a place where you can

came to a

"…Speak."

as he quickly started to inform Liam about the arena

his hand became as an interest soon flashed across his

winner will become the

"Interesting."

he

for a

do I go

must come with me to the

brows furrowed when

that you aren't messing with

at that

Spurt!

stomach with his sharp nails. black blood spilled

then proceeded to toss it in

"Here you go."

looked at the demon in

"What's this?"

"It's my core."

The demon answered.

my life and death. Is this enough proof that I will

for a couple of seconds, Liam nodded

"Alright."

Spurt—

off his arm

shocked

"You…what are you doing?"

Liam put the

during a fight

he proceeded to slash