MidGard

In 2030, humanity faced its first true collapse…not by war, but by the sudden invasion of Nightcrawlers, creatures emerging from darkness itself with the desire to devour sunlight at all cost for their evolution.
But, they could not absorb it directly since it was as deadly to them as to a shadow under the noonday sun. They could only absorb the sunlight from lifeforms or through signing a nocturnal contract to possess their bodies, providing them with direct sunlight immunity.

Within twelve hours, over four billion people perished as Earth was split between eternal night and day.

Just as extinction loomed, Holy Light Pillars descended from the heavens, purging one thousand cities from Nightcrawlers and offering humanity sanctuary under their divine light.

A century later, in the Heliodor Region, an innocent child found his world turned upside down after two mysterious nightcrawlers invaded his home, slaughtered his parents, and ripped his eyes out of their sockets, leaving him permanently connected to the Shadow Dimension, the home ground of Nightcrawlers.

Was it just a random feeding session for them, a planned assassination, or it goes deeper than this?

Follow Levi’s journey as he weaves between darkness and light, chasing the truth hidden in both.

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The Glorious Evolution

Sometime later...

Levi exited the Boundless Expanse through Willow Grove's dimensional mirror under Instructor Seraphis' guidance.

Instructor Seraphis led the way toward the elevator, using his voice to guide Levi, fully aware that helping him this way would preserve the battery of his device.

What he didn't know was that his assistance also saved Levi from wasting his solar energy, as Levi kept his echolocation ability turned off, relying purely on Seraphis' vocal cues.

He had lived over a decade like this, so it wasn't much of a challenge.

After a short while, they arrived at the elevator, and Instructor Seraphis pressed an illuminating rune marked with an arrow pointing upward.

Upon activation, the runic diagram on the elevator's floor shimmered softly, and then the platform began rising, passing floor after floor of the Willow Grove.

Domesticated Nightcrawlers' Division.