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…"

boring life continued until he found himself on a school excursion trip along with his classmates during

a typical school trip, but reality proved to

out, it wasn't just a random

surface as the true target was him as several Marquis-ranked demons

the success of their plans, and stop any reinforcements

they too were stopped as the several Marquis

rival, ran away

classmates nor because he want to be a hero; he was filled with inexplicable excitement for the first time in a

enemy,

strong that it could kill

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

his eyes shone and a

he could

would've called him crazy for suddenly attacking a demon like that if they had been present, but Liam didn't mind. As far as he was concerned, he only wanted to fight against the demon in front of him. Nothing

from the boredom that had been

he was inevitably left

Crash—!

raised his head and gazed in his

what the

holding back a lot

of his head as he stared at the

"How boring."

stared at

I should

at that

wait, did you just say

brows furrowed, and his feet came

"What about it?"

He asked.

against the tree, the demon pondered

"Why are you bored?"

"Why am I bored?"

Liam thought

back about his past experiences, and lack of challenge in his

"Because I'm too strong."

"Too strong?"

because they don't want to hurt me. They think that I

to his boredom, as they prevented him from getting into any

their actions only

bored that he had

It was then that.

want is excitement

to look at him,

what you're trying to do. I won't fall for it. I'm not going

not asking you to sign

he murmured in a barely audible tone.

to sign

do you

a step forward and raised his hand, prepared to kill the demon at any

to stare

you of a place where you can fight at

hand came to a

"…Speak."

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

more relaxed his hand became as an interest soon

become the Overlord of the

"Interesting."

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

for a bit, he

I go

me

when he heard

that you aren't messing with

at

Spurt!

his sharp nails. black blood spilled on the ground,

proceeded to toss it

"Here you go."

looked at the demon

"What's this?"

"It's my core."

The demon answered.

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

orb for a couple of seconds, Liam

"Alright."

Spurt—

cut off his arm and blood spilled

actions shocked the

"You…what are you doing?"

Liam put the demon core away

Nefeli is dead. He died during a fight against a demon trying

around, he proceeded to