The Author's POV

Chapter 524

"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…"

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

trip, but reality proved to be quite different

out, it wasn't just a random

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

stop any reinforcements from coming, the demons attacked several places

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

including his rival, ran away

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

at a powerful enemy,

that it could

brought color to his dull gray world as he proceeded to

shone and a

he could go all

but Liam didn't mind. As far as he was concerned, he only wanted to fight against the demon in front

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

inevitably left

Crash—!

trees, the demon raised his head and gazed

stronger than what the reports have

I was holding back

stared at the Demon, Liam lazily put his

"How boring."

stared at the demon in front

should finish

was at

you just

and his feet came to

"What about it?"

He asked.

tree, the demon pondered for a moment before

"Why are you bored?"

"Why am I bored?"

head, Liam thought

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

"Because I'm too strong."

"Too strong?"

me because they don't want to hurt me.

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 carefully thought out plan, they would've

their intentions, but their actions

gotten so bored that he had started questioning

It was then that.

want

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

I won't fall for

asking you

it was then that the demon shook his head as he

enough to

what do you

and raised his hand,

his head up to stare at Liam, the demon

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

came

"…Speak."

as he quickly started to inform Liam

more Liam heard, the more relaxed his hand became as an

become the Overlord

"Interesting."

Liam's face as he thought back on the details of

for a

do I go

me to the

brows furrowed when he

I know that

was at that

Spurt!

raised his hand and proceeded to pierce his stomach with his sharp nails. black blood spilled on the ground, and the

proceeded to toss it in

"Here you go."

Liam looked at the demon in

"What's this?"

"It's my core."

The demon answered.

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

the orb for a couple

"Alright."

Spurt—

of nowhere, he cut off his arm and blood

shocked the

"You…what are you doing?"

Liam

He died during a fight against a

to slash

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