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…"

on a school excursion trip along with his classmates during

reality proved to be

it

at least on the surface as the true

any reinforcements from coming, the demons attacked several places simultaneously,

happened, however, they too

including his rival, ran away the moment

behind because he wanted to save his classmates nor because he want to be

he stared at a powerful enemy, he felt an impending

strong that it

color to his dull gray world as he proceeded to attack

his eyes shone and a smile spread

could

called him crazy for suddenly attacking a demon like that if they had been present, but Liam didn't mind. As far as he was concerned, he only wanted to fight against the demon

than to alleviate himself from the boredom

was inevitably

Crash—!

demon raised his head and gazed in his direction. His eyes were

than what the

that. I was holding back a lot of my

of his head as he stared at the Demon,

"How boring."

stared at the demon

guess I should finish this

at

did you just say that

furrowed, and his feet came to

"What about it?"

He asked.

the tree, the

"Why are you bored?"

"Why am I bored?"

Liam

about his past experiences, and lack of challenge in

"Because I'm too strong."

"Too strong?"

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

that the guilds 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 out plan, they would've probably already been here,

but their actions only served to increase his

gotten so bored that he had

It was then that.

you want is excitement

him. Turning his head to look

I won't fall

asking you to sign

shook his head as he murmured in a barely audible tone. Still enough

crazy enough to

do

forward and raised his hand, prepared to

stare at Liam, the

you of a place where you can fight at your heart's content

came

"…Speak."

face as he quickly started to inform Liam about the arena located in the

heard, the more relaxed his hand

will become the Overlord of

"Interesting."

Liam's face as he thought back on the details of the

a

I go

me to

brows furrowed when

that

was at

Spurt!

his sharp nails. black

toss

"Here you go."

looked at

"What's this?"

"It's my core."

The demon answered.

you control my life and death. Is this enough proof that

orb for a couple of seconds, Liam

"Alright."

Spurt—

of nowhere, he cut off his arm

actions shocked the

"You…what are you doing?"

ground, Liam put the

dead. He died during a fight against a

to slash

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