The Glorious Evolution

The rest of the nightcrawlers went away too, knowing that Leviʼs house was a hanging spot for quite a powerful nightcrawler in this area.

”Your loss.”

After they left, Levi didnʼt seem too bothered by their words.

He reached out with his hand to the right nightstand and opened the first drawer after a couple of attempts. Then, he picked a small key that was placed in the rightmost corner, seemingly marking it there.

After picking it up, he sat down on the side of the bed and lifted his trousers, exposing two metallic cuffs tightened around his ankles.

The cuffs were connected with two small chains, which were linked to the wall.

He reached down and entered the key in both holes, freeing his legs at last. As he gently massaged his ankles, Levi sighed after touching a black monitor that was secured tightly on his right ankle.

Mettalic cuffs and an ankle monitor, such extreme measures might seem bizarre, but in the case of Levi, they were a must to ensure the safety of the people close to him.

After the Great Fall of Civilization a hundred years ago under the invasion of the Nightcrawlers from the Shadow Dimension; blind individuals, traumatized victims, mentally unstable people, and such, all became considered a national threat to the safety of the citizens.

All due to the Nightcrawlersʼ ability to invade peopleʼs dreams if their minds were spiritually linked to the Shadow Dimension.

The way to link it was quite simple, they had to be exposed to pitch-black darkness for more than two hours straight...In other words, they had to be asleep, completely blind, or willingly close their eyes for a long time to establish the link.

Thus, anyone with a high index of mental instability under the new rigid laws was forced to wear this ankle monitor to keep them within the confines of their designated Holy Regions.

It helped the governments get instant location details if they ended up getting manipulated or seduced by a Nightcrawler to sign a contract that would give away their bodies for a price.

In the case of Levi, he was just shown a nightmare by those nightcrawlers of the worst memory of his entire life...The memory of his parents getting slaughtered and having his eyes ripped out of their sockets.

Such a traumatic experience was all the fuel the Nightcrawlers needed to attempt and seduce Levi to sign his life away, for the price of getting his revenge...

Since he was completely blind, linking him permanently to the Shadow dimension, he was under their constant harassment daily for the past decade.

Unfortunately, hundreds if not thousands of nightcrawlers had given it their best, but not a single one of them managed to break Leviʼs mental defenses and get the best of him.

It wasnʼt because his mental fortitude was indestructible, he simply was wise enough to understand that signing such a contract would never get him the answers he wanted, his familyʼs retribution, and his sight back...

Of course, there were bound to be some close calls, but still, he pushed through.

If he knew those nightcrawlers had it in them, he would have signed those horrible contracts in a heartbeat even if it meant becoming a Sleepwalker running amoak.

Unbothered by the familiar crowd of distant nightcrawlers roaming in the infinite darkness, Levi picked a small device that resembled a silver hearing aid piece on top of the nightstand.

This was NeuraLens, the most used device across the globe in all Holy Regions due to possessing all the qualities of a smartphone and the ability to produce holograms.

Usually, it came in pairs; an earpiece, and a thin contact lens made out of hydrogels placed on a single cornea.

The earpiece was the main device and was connected to the contact lens, allowing the user to tap into the services of a personal Astra AI assistant and the ability to create tiny holograms that only he could see unless he wanted to expand them.

Unfortunately, Levi could only rely on AI services through sound.

After picking it up, he wore it on his right ear, hiding it under his messy curly black hair...With a single press of a small button at its side, a feminine robotic voice resounded in his ear.

”Welcome back, Sir Levi. What can I help you with?”

”Please enlighten me with todayʼs news in Tamaraʼs settlement.” Levi requested politely as he started walking towards the bathroom, keeping his hand affixed to the nearest wall to him.

Although he could use the NeuraLens Ai to guide him to the bathroom, Levi preferred doing it on his own by counting his steps.