[ A fair question, though one a little difficult to answer, because it really is just that simple - he wants to be strong to be the strongest. It isn't that he wants to become a professional fighter, though maybe his path of conquest will take him there eventually. It's not his goal, but a means to an end. ]

Be the strongest that is. Anyone who I may face, I want to be able to take them down and conquer everything in my path.

[ So, you know.

Normal reasons.

He sips his drink, smiling with just enough cheek to let his companion know that he gets how ridiculous it sounds. He's heard it plenty in his life time, how he sounds like someone who should have lived in days long past, but it doesn't matter. He knows who he is, and what he wants. ]