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…"

until he found himself on a school excursion trip along with his classmates during his third

a typical school trip, but reality proved to

turned out, it

the surface as the true target was him

ensure the success of their plans, and stop any reinforcements

a precaution, 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 the Monolith

rival, ran away the

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

at a powerful enemy, he felt an impending

strong that it

color to his dull gray world as he proceeded

he attacked the demon, his eyes shone and a

could go all out

that if they had been present, but Liam didn't mind. As far as he was concerned, he only wanted to fight against

boredom that had been plaguing him for

he was inevitably left

Crash—!

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

what

back

as he stared at the Demon, Liam

"How boring."

muttering as he stared at the demon in front

guess I should finish this

at that

wait, did you just say that you

and his feet came to a

"What about it?"

He asked.

against the tree, the demon pondered for a moment

"Why are you bored?"

"Why am I bored?"

his head, Liam thought

lack of challenge in his life,

"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 precious to

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.

their intentions, but their actions

gotten so bored that he had

It was then that.

you want

to look at

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

not asking you to sign

head as he murmured in a barely audible

crazy enough to sign a contract

what do you

raised his hand, prepared to kill the

his head up to stare at Liam, the

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

came to a

"…Speak."

as he quickly started to inform Liam about the arena

more Liam heard, the more relaxed his hand

winner will become the

"Interesting."

thin smile spread across Liam's face as he thought back on

a bit, he

I

with me to the

brows furrowed when he

would I know that you aren't

at

Spurt!

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

then proceeded to toss it

"Here you go."

Liam looked at the demon in

"What's this?"

"It's my core."

The demon answered.

you control my life and death. Is this enough

a couple of seconds, Liam nodded his

"Alright."

Spurt—

off his arm and blood spilled

shocked

"You…what are you doing?"

ground, Liam put the

day forth, Liam Nefeli is dead. He died during a

around, he proceeded to