The Journey [1]

"You aren't going to make us walk it, are you?" Alex asked with a worried tone.

They were currently walking through the forest around and above Darkless City. 

Nymira looked like she was getting more nervous by the second, while Alex looked terrified at the implication that they might have to walk it all the way to Diamond Academy. 

"Answer my damn questions!" Alex shouted with despair in his voice.

"What questions?" Silas asked back, oblivious to the 78 times Alex had repeated the same question repeatedly.

"Are we going to walk it all the way to the academy?"

"That would be nice, wouldn't it? A walk all the way to the center of the continent? How long would it take us with the speed we're currently going at? A month? Hmm... Maybe more?" Silas scratched his chin while life slowly left Alex's eyes.