Caleb, on the other hand, felt a lot more confident to face the spiders with his newly obtained ability. He was itching to try it on them. As for revealing his ability... self is more important. "Guys, I have something to tell you. But you shouldn't tell it to anyone..."
"What do you want to tell us?" Jin curiously looked at Johan.
"Go on..." Dunn nodded.
The other three teenagers, on the other hand, perked their ears as they saw Johan's serious demeanor.
Caleb took a deep breath. "So it's like this..."
With that, he made the jaw of everyone dropped as he disclosed his ability to them in advance. Why did he tell them now? It's much better to tell them now than reveal it amidst the battle.
First of all, he would earn their trust back a little if he did this. After all, he had just double-crossed Dunn, Jin, and Rina. By doing this, he was indirectly telling them that he trusted them. Trust is still important if he wants to work together as a team because it creates harmony.
The second reason is by telling them about his ability... They will be able to coordinate it with their plan. It will increase the chances of their success. Not to mention, they would just attribute the ability to him being a Manifestor.
And lastly, the real reason... He was itching to use his ability and quickly master it! Once he masters it. He would become a versatile fighter both in offense and defense. He was looking forward to developing his ability to its full potential. After all, unlike his first ability, the second ability has a lot of practical uses!
"So you awakened another ability? You can release a sticky and stretchy substance. Well, that sounds useless." Andre said with a speechless expression.
Hearing this, Caleb chuckled, not offended at his friend's words. He just told them the general description of ability. So, the description of a sticky and stretchy substance really sounds useless unless one knows the ability really works.
"Well, it's the first time I saw other houses from these past few years besides our own. Are there really gods? Then did they create those damned monsters?"
Caleb stared at Clifford, who had a melancholy expression with his fist clenched. He won't be surprised if Clifford doesn't believe in gods. After all, the other had a tragic life.
Andre, who was carrying Fatty beside him, patted Clifford on the back as consolation but didn't say anything.
"Gods? If there are gods, they must be sleeping or just don't care about us. After all, this won't happen in the first place. Or we humans might probably angered him and brought upon this. Who knows?" Dunn said nonchalantly.
Caleb just listened as his companions talked about him without saying anything. God? Why bother to talk if he didn't know the answer? He cleared his throat and said:
"You guys are being distracted. There are more pressing matters before us. Don't let your guard down just because there are no spiders around."
"Johan is right." Jin turned his head at them and pointed at the silhouette of a castle. On top of it, there was a sun symbol made of silver.
"So, this is the church here? Who do they worship?" Caleb muttered, asking no one.
Not surprisingly, Jin gave him an answer. Truly, a man worthy of his title. Walking encyclopedia.
"This is the church of Sun God. How do I know? Because my dead mother frequently goes to the church of Sun God in the past. She's quite a devout believer."
'Church of Sun God? So there are other elemental gods in this world?' If that's true, it was bad news for him.