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…"

excursion trip along with his

was supposed to be a typical school trip, but reality proved to be quite different

out, it wasn't just a random

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

order to ensure the success of their plans, and stop any reinforcements

place guards in case something like this happened, however, they too were stopped as the

away the moment

behind because he wanted to save his classmates nor because he want to be a hero; he was filled

stared at a powerful enemy, he felt an impending sense

it

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

demon, his eyes shone and a smile spread across his

he could go

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

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

he was inevitably

Crash—!

demon raised his head and

than what the reports have

holding back a lot of my

back of his head as he stared at the

"How boring."

muttering as he stared at the demon in front of

I should finish this

at

you just say that you

and his feet

"What about it?"

He asked.

the demon pondered

"Why are you bored?"

"Why am I bored?"

Liam thought for

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

"Because I'm too strong."

"Too strong?"

they don't want to hurt

a close eye on him also contributed to his boredom, as they prevented him from getting into any fights that

understood their intentions, but their actions only served to increase his

so bored that he had started questioning whether living was

It was then that.

you want

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

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

you to sign a

it was then that the demon shook his head as he murmured in

enough to

what do you

took a step forward and raised his hand, prepared to kill

head up to stare at Liam,

you of a place where you can

hand came to a

"…Speak."

demon's face as he quickly started to inform Liam about the arena

Liam heard, the more relaxed his hand became as an

become the Overlord

"Interesting."

as he thought

for a bit, he

I go

me to the demon

furrowed when he

I know that you

was at

Spurt!

pierce his stomach with his sharp nails. black blood spilled on the ground, and the demon slowly pulled out a

then proceeded to toss

"Here you go."

at the

"What's this?"

"It's my core."

The demon answered.

and death. Is this enough proof

a couple of seconds, Liam nodded his

"Alright."

Spurt—

of nowhere, he cut off his arm and

actions shocked

"You…what are you doing?"

Liam put

He died during a

around, he proceeded to slash the demon's