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

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

it turned out, it wasn't

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

of their plans, and stop any reinforcements from coming, the demons

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

ran away the moment they spotted

he want to be a hero; he was filled with inexplicable excitement for the

he stared at a powerful enemy, he felt

that it

his dull gray world as he proceeded to

demon, his eyes shone and a smile spread across his

he could go all out

As far as he was concerned, he only wanted to fight against the demon in front

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

he was inevitably left disappointed

Crash—!

the demon raised his head and gazed in his direction. His

what

back

as he stared at the Demon, Liam

"How boring."

ended up muttering as he stared at the demon

I should finish this

was at that

just

brows furrowed, and his feet came

"What about it?"

He asked.

against the tree, the demon

"Why are you bored?"

"Why am I bored?"

Liam thought for

and lack of challenge

"Because I'm too strong."

"Too strong?"

older ones won't fight me because they don't want to

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, protecting

actions only served

that he

It was then that.

you want is

him. Turning his head to look

trying to do. I won't fall for

asking you to sign

as he

crazy enough to

do

step forward and raised his hand,

up to stare at

can fight at your heart's content with your life on

came

"…Speak."

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

the more relaxed his hand became as an interest

the winner will become the Overlord

"Interesting."

thin smile spread across Liam's face as he

for a bit, he

do I

come with me to

brows furrowed when he

I know that you

at

Spurt!

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

toss

"Here you go."

Liam looked at the demon

"What's this?"

"It's my core."

The demon answered.

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

at the orb for a couple of seconds, Liam nodded

"Alright."

Spurt—

he cut off his arm and blood

shocked

"You…what are you doing?"

ground, Liam put the demon

Liam Nefeli is dead. He died during a fight against

around, he proceeded to slash the