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…"

found himself on a school excursion trip along with his

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

it turned out, it

Or at least on the surface as the true target was him as several Marquis-ranked

their plans, and stop any reinforcements from coming, the demons attacked several places simultaneously, including

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

including his rival, ran away

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

powerful enemy, he

it could kill

color to his dull gray world

eyes shone and

he could

been present, but Liam didn't mind. As far as

alleviate himself from the boredom that had been plaguing him for the past

he was inevitably left disappointed

Crash—!

head and gazed in his direction.

than what the

was holding back a

stared at the Demon, Liam lazily put his sword

"How boring."

he stared

should

at

wait, did you just say that you

brows furrowed, and his

"What about it?"

He asked.

the tree, the demon pondered for a

"Why are you bored?"

"Why am I bored?"

his head, Liam thought for

about his past experiences, and lack of challenge in his life, he

"Because I'm too strong."

"Too strong?"

age. And the older ones won't fight me because they don't want to hurt me. They think that I am too

fact 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

intentions, but their actions only served to increase his

gotten so bored that he had started questioning whether

It was then that.

want is excitement

his head to

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

not asking you to

it was then that the demon shook his head as he murmured in a

crazy enough to sign a

do

a step forward and raised his hand, prepared

up to stare at Liam, the demon

if I tell you of a place where you can fight at your heart's content with your

hand came to a

"…Speak."

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

heard, the more relaxed his hand became as an

will become the Overlord of

"Interesting."

across Liam's face as he thought back on

for a bit,

do I go

with me to

furrowed when

would I know that you aren't messing

was at that

Spurt!

demon suddenly raised his hand and proceeded to pierce his stomach with his sharp nails. black blood spilled on the ground, and the demon slowly pulled out a pulsating

toss it in

"Here you go."

looked at the demon in

"What's this?"

"It's my core."

The demon answered.

Is this enough proof that

at the orb for a couple of seconds, Liam nodded

"Alright."

Spurt—

cut off his arm and

actions shocked the

"You…what are you doing?"

Liam put the demon

during a fight against

to slash