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…"

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

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

it wasn't just a

surface as the true target was him as several Marquis-ranked demons were dispatched

order to ensure the success of their plans, and stop any reinforcements

precaution, the Lock had also put in place guards in case something like this happened, however, they too were stopped as the several

rival, ran away the

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 filled with inexplicable excitement for the first time in a long time as his dull gray world

he stared at a powerful enemy, he felt an impending

that it could kill

gray world as he proceeded to attack

eyes shone and a smile spread

who he could

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 in front of him. Nothing else mattered to

to alleviate himself from the boredom that had been

inevitably left disappointed that

Crash—!

his head and gazed

stronger than what the

was holding back a lot of my

the back of his head as he stared at the

"How boring."

as he stared at the demon in front

I should finish this

at

wait, did you just say that you

and his feet came

"What about it?"

He asked.

the demon pondered

"Why are you bored?"

"Why am I bored?"

head, Liam thought

back about his past experiences, and lack of challenge in his

"Because I'm too strong."

"Too strong?"

least for my age. And the older ones won't fight me because they don't want to hurt me. They think

him also contributed to his boredom, as they prevented him from getting into any fights that could endanger his life. Had it

their actions only served to increase his

that he had started questioning whether living

It was then that.

want

his head to

to do. I won't fall

not asking you

he murmured in a barely audible tone. Still

crazy enough to sign a contract with

do

took a step forward and raised his hand, prepared to kill

to stare at Liam, the

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

came to a

"…Speak."

face as he quickly started

his hand became as an interest soon flashed

the winner will become the Overlord of

"Interesting."

face as he thought back on the details of the

a bit, he

do I go

with me

furrowed when he

know that

was at that

Spurt!

his hand and proceeded to pierce his stomach with his sharp nails.

then proceeded to toss it in

"Here you go."

it, Liam looked at the

"What's this?"

"It's my core."

The demon answered.

control my life and death. Is this enough proof that

for a couple

"Alright."

Spurt—

nowhere, he cut off his

shocked the

"You…what are you doing?"

arm on the ground, Liam put the demon

dead. He died during a fight against a demon trying to

proceeded to slash the demon's