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…"

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

but reality proved to be quite different as they were suddenly

out, it

on the surface as

order to ensure the success of 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 as the several Marquis ranked demons,

including his rival, ran away the moment they spotted

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

stared at a powerful enemy, he felt an impending sense

strong that it could

dull gray world as he proceeded to attack

eyes shone and

someone who he could go

suddenly attacking a demon like that if they had been present, but Liam didn't mind. As far as he was concerned, he

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

inevitably left

Crash—!

trees, the demon raised his head and gazed in his direction. His eyes were clearly

stronger than what

was holding back a lot of

he stared

"How boring."

stared at the demon in front of

guess I should finish this

at that

just

brows furrowed, and his feet came to

"What about it?"

He asked.

against the tree, the

"Why are you bored?"

"Why am I bored?"

Liam thought for a

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

"Because I'm too strong."

"Too strong?"

the older ones won't fight me because they don't want to hurt me. They

also contributed 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 started questioning whether living was worth

It was then that.

want is excitement

demon asked him. Turning his head to look at him, Liam shook his

to do. I won't fall for it. I'm not going to sign a demon

you to sign

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

enough to

do you

and raised his hand, prepared to kill the demon at any

up to stare at

you can fight at your heart's content

came to

"…Speak."

as he quickly started to inform Liam about the arena

more Liam heard, the more relaxed his hand became as an

become the Overlord of the

"Interesting."

he

a bit,

do I go

must come with me to

when

know that you aren't messing

was at

Spurt!

to pierce his stomach with his sharp nails. black blood spilled on the ground, and

proceeded to toss it

"Here you go."

it, Liam looked at the demon in

"What's this?"

"It's my core."

The demon answered.

Is this enough proof that I will

for a couple of seconds,

"Alright."

Spurt—

off his arm and

actions shocked the

"You…what are you doing?"

arm on the ground, Liam put the demon core

Nefeli is dead. He died during a fight against a demon trying to save his

proceeded to slash the