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 classmates during his

typical school trip, but reality proved

out, it wasn't

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

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

happened, however, they too were stopped as the several Marquis ranked

ran away the

nor because he want to be a hero; he was filled

stared at a powerful enemy,

that it could kill

color to his dull gray

the demon, his eyes shone and a smile spread across

someone who he could go all

Liam didn't mind. As far as he was concerned, he only wanted

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

he was inevitably left

Crash—!

of the trees, the demon raised his head and gazed

what the reports

back a

stared at the

"How boring."

ended up muttering as he stared at the demon in front

guess I should

was at that

you just say that you

furrowed, and his feet came to

"What about it?"

He asked.

his back against the tree, the demon pondered for a moment

"Why are you bored?"

"Why am I bored?"

his head, Liam thought for a

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

"Because I'm too strong."

"Too strong?"

me because they don't want

fact that 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. Had it not been for the demon's

but their actions only served to

gotten so bored that he had started questioning whether living was worth

It was then that.

you want is

asked him. Turning his head to look

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

not asking you to sign

his head as he murmured in

crazy enough to sign

what do

a step forward and raised his hand,

to stare at Liam, the

if I tell you of a place where you can fight at your

hand came to a

"…Speak."

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

Liam heard, the more relaxed his hand became as an

will become the Overlord of the

"Interesting."

Liam's face as he thought back on the details

for a bit, he

I

me to the

furrowed when

I know that

at that

Spurt!

sharp nails. black blood spilled on the ground, and the demon slowly

then proceeded to toss it in Liam's

"Here you go."

at

"What's this?"

"It's my core."

The demon answered.

it, you control my life and death. Is this enough proof that I will keep my

the orb for a couple of seconds, Liam nodded his

"Alright."

Spurt—

cut off his

actions shocked

"You…what are you doing?"

arm on the ground, Liam put the demon

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

proceeded to slash