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…"

on a school excursion trip along with his classmates during

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

out, it

target all Lock students. Or at least on the surface as the true target was him as several Marquis-ranked demons were

stop any

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 the Monolith members had arrived to stop

his rival, ran away the

run away that 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

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

it

color to his dull gray world as he proceeded to attack the

he attacked the demon, his eyes shone

who he could go

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

wanted nothing more than to alleviate himself from the boredom

inevitably

Crash—!

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

what the

that. I was holding back a lot of my

back of his head as he stared at

"How boring."

as he stared at the demon in front of

guess I should

at that

you just say that you

brows furrowed, and his feet came

"What about it?"

He asked.

back against the tree, the demon pondered

"Why are you bored?"

"Why am I bored?"

his head, Liam

past experiences, and lack of challenge in his life,

"Because I'm too strong."

"Too strong?"

for my age. And the older ones won't fight me because they don't

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

understood their intentions, but their actions only served to

bored that he had started questioning whether living was worth

It was then that.

you want

Turning his head to look

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

you

then that the demon shook his head as he

crazy enough to sign a contract

what do

raised his hand, prepared to

to stare at Liam,

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

came

"…Speak."

as he quickly started to

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

the winner will become

"Interesting."

face as he thought back

a bit, he

I go

come with me to the

furrowed when he

that you

at

Spurt!

stomach with his sharp nails. black blood spilled on the

to toss

"Here you go."

at the

"What's this?"

"It's my core."

The demon answered.

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

at the orb for a couple of seconds, Liam

"Alright."

Spurt—

off his arm and blood spilled

shocked the

"You…what are you doing?"

the ground, Liam put the demon core

is dead. He died during a fight against

he proceeded to