Rise of the Inquisition (Arcs 7-9)

Chapter 158: The Dragon King

Walking through the pathway carved into the rock wall. Paladin, followed by Alexon and Messiah were marching through. Walking through the pathway, as snowflakes would fall down from the sky and land on their shoulder, or in their hair, or in the case of Paladin on top of his hat. Messiah nor Alexon were cold, while Paladin was cold and felt uncomfortable.

"Fucking hell man, I hate the damn cold," Paladin said.

"Then you should go out of your way, and do what I did," Messiah replied.

"And what is that?" Paladin asked.

"Get yourself a big fucking fur coat. You'll never have to worry about being cold ever again, you'll always stay warm!" he exclaimed.

Paladin shook his head, as he didn't agree with Messiah's solution on how to stay warm.

"Sure, most of the time you'll stay warm. But, what about every single other time? I'm not going to walk around with some big ass fur coat, carrying it around to every single place that I travel to. Maybe that is fine for you, but that is not fine for me."

"Then it's your loss Paladin, stay cold," Messiah replied.

As the Inquisitors reached what seemed like halfway through the pathway, they stopped and rested for a few moments. To warm up his hands, Paladin rubbed his hands together, before bringing them close to his mouth and blowing warm air into them. Alexon looked on.

"Paladin, would you like me to warm up your hands?" Alexon asked.

"Yes, please," Paladin replied.

Alexon then pointed his Staff at Paladin's hands. Paladin watched, as an orange glow appeared around them. Paladin could feel the orange glow making a difference immediately, as his hands felt warmer and warmer as seconds passed by.

"Thank you Alexon," Paladin said as he turned to continue the journey.

"No problem," Alexon replied, his orange glow disappearing around Paladin as he and Messiah followed Paladin from behind.

"You know Paladin, I'm really thankful for Alexon. Without him, I'm sure this journey would've taken longer than what it has taken," Messiah said.

Paladin nodded his head, agreeing with the sentiment displayed by Messiah.

"Agreed, I too am thankful. He's made the journey go a lot faster than what it could've been without his magic, considering that the distance we have traversed is without a doubt farther than the distance we travelled to the Island of Reach."

"Ehhhh--I wouldn't say that Paladin, that the distance we have traversed to get here is farther than the distance to the Island of Reach. If anything Paladin, if it is farther then it isn't significantly farther," Alexon replied.

"Sure, maybe going from Atlantis to the Island of Reach. But, what about going from the Kingdom of Orion to the Island of Reach?"

Alexon placed his left hand on the bottom of his chin, thinking about the distance from the Kingdom to the Island of Reach.

"Fair enough. I still think though that it isn't significantly farther, but I could very well be wrong about it."

"In my opinion guys--" Messiah started speaking before Paladin could respond to Alexon. "The distance is rather short, or at least it was for me," Messiah said as he was referring to how he used the Tower of Barcesar to return to the Kingdom of Orion.

"Ohhh--shut your damn mouth and be quiet," Alexon replied, he then turned to look at Paladin. "Paladin, you sure that you have no clue what this Dragon Orion wants from you?"