A year breezed by and the winter in the City of Phenos had long ended. As the year went by, a new batch of recruits, youth with fiery dreams and ambitions, joined the three regiments; Scout, Constables, and Guards. Bolstering the forces of the kingdom as new talents began to show their potential.
Consequently, the number of eager teenagers who took the test increased by a hundred percent due to the heroic achievement that the Scout Regiment showed. Most of them joined the Scout and took Caleb as their role model. Caleb's position in the heart of the younger generation was all-time high.
After all, Caleb was someone they could relate to. He wasn't as far of age as them yet he achieved such a legendary feat in his age. Caleb's feats such as defeating everyone in a sparring session, growing up outside the wall, etc... Made him a legendary figure in the hearts of the younger generation due to exaggerated tales created by people who love to brag even though it isn't their achievement. Of course, Caleb was unaware of this.
In that year, he also joined the royal army of the City for their mission to clean up the Apokalips within the Wall of Rose. The Royal Army could be said the cream of the crop warriors in the entirety of the kingdom. Stronger than even the three regiments combined. How? Because the 5-star general of the army himself was a Tier 4 Destiny! An almost godlike existence that surpassed the captains of Three Regiments, such as David himself.
The 5-star general of the army is the third strongest fighter in the City of Phenos, besides the Advisor of the king and the King himself. A godlike figure that could silence the three Tier 5 captains of the three regiments. A god among men. It isn't exaggerated to say that he took care of the most dangerous area within the Wall of Rose, such as the Quincy Moutain Range, which he demolished in three moves.
As for Spider Town, Caleb watched with his own eyes as the two Lieutenant Generals in the army, 7th Tier Destinies, cleaned up the army of spiders in Spider Town and killed Spider Queen with ease.
Still, thanks to his deka step, phantom step, and ephemeral cloak. He could even escape under the chase of tier 6 like David or tier 6 Apokalips and even tier 7 of the fourth variation.
He was not bragging. It was a fact. Even the other elites in the army saw it for themselves. Of course, he still hides a lot of cards. For example, the ephemeral cloak. Due to the fact that few had walked the shadow path. The abilities it possessed weren't popular. No one knew what to expect when fighting one. After all, the shadow path wasn't as popular as a hunter or even the shinobi path. It gave Caleb the advantage of surprise.
In the army, the soldiers call him Johan 'The Walker of Shadows'. Yeah, it sounds a bit Chunni for his taste, but he cannot do anything about it since he was known as the only one who chose the shadow path.
In a year, he had accumulated contribution points, a whopping 11,000. But it was as hard as always. 11,000 doesn't seem a lot when compared to 100,000, right? Well, that's just ignorance.
He wouldn't have gained a large sum in the first place if the mission wasn't important. If he wanted to gain 100,000 again or even 200,000 in a short time, was to lead a team and reclaim the 2nd wall. However, reclaiming the second wall would be 100 times harder than the 3rd wall since the average strength of the Apokalips there might be 7th tier and there's no doubt that there would also be ones as strong as David.
However, the most important boon was... He was finally a damned grade 4 taboo user, and he had gained his fourth taboo ability!