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

Levi didn't know why, but he had a weird feeling that Instructor Seraphis wouldn't go through this much trouble purely to find out about the candidates' spiritual potential.

While the trial was unique, there would be too much going on to give an accurate reading of one's spiritual power. Worse, some candidates might get eliminated in the battles before their dolls could make it past half the track.

'Maybe he really just wants to eliminate as many candidates as possible...Maybe.' Levi frowned.

Besides his intuition acting up, Levi didn't have much evidence to support his theory that this trial might be more than just a trial of spirituality.

He wanted to stay here for a while until some of his doubts were cleared.

Argh!! Get him!! He is running!!...

The Hunt/The Ambush.