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…"

school excursion trip along with his

typical school trip, but reality proved to be

it wasn't just a random

attack seemed to target all Lock students. Or at least on the surface as the true target was

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

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

including his rival, ran away

because he wanted to save his classmates nor because he want to be a hero; he was filled with inexplicable excitement for the

stared at a powerful enemy, he felt an

strong that it could kill

brought color to his dull gray world

shone and a smile spread across his

he could

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

than to alleviate himself from the boredom that had been plaguing him for

he was inevitably

Crash—!

head and

than what

back a

the back of his head as he stared at

"How boring."

as he stared at the demon in front

guess I should finish this

at

did you just say

furrowed, and his

"What about it?"

He asked.

against the tree, the demon pondered for a

"Why are you bored?"

"Why am I bored?"

head, Liam thought

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

"Because I'm too strong."

"Too strong?"

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

boredom, 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,

their actions only served to

he had started questioning whether living was worth

It was then that.

you want is excitement

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

I won't fall for it. I'm not

not asking you to

he murmured in a

not crazy enough to sign a contract

do you

step forward and raised his hand, prepared to kill the

head up to stare at Liam, the demon

you can fight at your heart's

came

"…Speak."

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

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

winner will become the Overlord of the

"Interesting."

as he thought back on the

for a bit, he

I

must come with me

brows furrowed when he

know that you aren't messing with

was at

Spurt!

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

toss it

"Here you go."

at the

"What's this?"

"It's my core."

The demon answered.

life and death. Is this enough

orb for a couple

"Alright."

Spurt—

nowhere, he cut off his arm and blood

shocked the

"You…what are you doing?"

the arm on the ground, Liam put the

during

to slash the demon's