"You are useless old man. You can't even take care of one person?" the prince shouted. I was not really shocked by his behavior anymore. "Forgive me for my incompetence." Luton said. "Orton, are you alright. Answer me you fool." The master said. I forcefully emitted my draconic aura all around the room. This was a gamble that maybe the curse could be neutralized. This process took around five seconds and the results were not apparent. Did this work?[The curse magic has left their body but the impacts still remain.]Well that was enough for now. "Luton, was it. You have some very interesting magic." I said while getting up from my chair. "Don't come any closer." Luton shouted as he conjured some red flames.
[Affirmative. This is blood flames, a derivative of blood magic. Instead of burning the target, it inflicts damage through corrosion.]
Impressive, I should test its strength. I walked towards Luton carrying a small piece of wood from the chair. He abruptly unleashed the attack against me and I brought the piece of wood forward to examine it. The piece of wood began to rot as soon as the flames came into contact with it. The process accelerated at a very fast pace and soon the piece of wood turned into ash. The attack was not strong enough to get past my aura outside my barrier. Curse related magic was very interesting to observe. "You are more than capable enough so why are you not dealing with the spiders?" I asked. "Where do you think I came from? I am only one person, it is impossible to deal with all of them." Luton answered. According to my estimation, it was impossible for him to escape with the royal family simultaneously. This was likely the reason he was still here. "I have a proposition for you." I said. "If you lead the five of us to the spiders then I will let you go unharmed." I declared. This had gone far enough. I needed training for my gravity magic and all this was a waste of time. "There is no way I am…"the prince was interrupted by a slap from the queen. "If you are willing to spare them sir Chrono, we shall do what you ask." The queen said. Everyone apart from the queen looked hesitant to move. "I have to get back to the temple tomorrow so if you don't mind kindly pick up your pace." I said. It was in the afternoon at this time. I decided to go and train at the god's Plane since the passing of time was fixed at I hour in the mortal plane regardless of the number of eons I spent there. "if my queen commands it, I shall lead the way." Luton said. The five of us left the room and through a maze of tunnels, we managed to arrive at the designated location. The sewers were dark but fortunately for us, we carried lamps and torches with us. "There is a garrison of troops inside this sewers at different locations. If we head through this part we may rendezvous with them." Luton said. "No. we are going to exterminate the spiders. I have no interest meeting with the troops." I said. "If that is the case then I will take you through a dangerous path. You will have to lead from the front however." Luton said. "That is fine, just point me in the nearest direction." I said. And so that is how the sewers exploration party was formed. I led from the front while periodically getting directions from Luton who protected the rear. A few seconds passes until we finally met with a spider. The prince began to scream and wail. "What the hell is wrong with you? Why don't you reason with the spider to save your life because you are a prince?" I mocked the guy. "Sir Chrono…" the queen shouted. I launched a limited fire attack that burnt the spider to a crisp. Cough! "Fire attacks in this confined space is not ideal. I need to change my methods." I said. We walked a little bit further before I met another low level spider. I quickly unleashed some light volleys at the target. It was severely pierced with large holes all over the body but the corpse still remained behind. "Luton, take care of the corpses. I don't think your fire uses air to burn." I said. On the way I must have dealt with over forty spiders before I reached their nest. It was an open with many sewer passage ways connecting it.A medium level spider was stationed there. The size of the body was similar to that of a van. The height of its legs from the foot to the 'knee' joint was around two meters. It was surrounded by at least ten more low level spiders. "That is insane?" the king exclaimed. "We are surely going to die here?" the prince continued wailing. "Sir Chrono, can you defeat that thing?" Luton asked. Mana reserves were at 73,000. That was a major jump from those small fry I was dealing with but not an issue per se. However, I did not understand its abilities which meant this party would be a liability. "Yes, it is no issue. However, I need you to stay close to the entrance so that none of you are harmed." I said. I cast a spherical ball of light and guided it to the top of the sewer drainage. With this any advantage the spider held was significantly reduced. It was possible to eliminate it at once but doing that would not be helpful in gathering information about it. The four moved back and was left to face the spider. "You kill my kin. I kill you." A voice said. It has intelligence? What the hell? If that is the case I don't think normal human armies could deal with even one of them. It lounged at me with full speed but I lightly pushed it away with a wind attack. "Sir Chrono." Luton shouted. The small fry spiders were heading towards them. I quickly deployed light arrows and dealt with them in an instant. This infuriated the big guy and it begun launching relentless attacks. I was playing on the defensive and erected a large ice barrier on myself to accurately gauge its attacks. I crossed my arms and begun analyzing the attack patterns. The spider was surprisingly nimble on its feet despite its large size. It began by throwing poison attacks from its mouth at a range. When that did not work, it began using a corrosive web attack to weaken my ice barrier. Finally it began using its physical body to try and break the ice wall. I spent a few minutes just standing still and observing the spider and after I was done, I took down the ice wall. The spider lunged at me at full speed in an attempt to bite me clean of from the waist. It was futile, with one backhanded slap, it went flying to the wall. "Are you trying to bury us?" Luton shouted. The impact was indeed too powerful and the walls of the sewer systems were badly damaged. It was time to end this charade having accomplished all my goals. I used a lightning attack and fried the spider to ashes. I then used wind magic to disperse the ashes. "That was amazing Sir Chrono." The queen shouted as the group got near me. "Dragon Lord Chrono, please take me as your lowest subordinate." Luton said. "What?" I exclaimed. "I am an old man who has seen many things. But this is my first time seeing the strength of a dragon lord. Let me serve you even for this little portion of my life left." Luton explained. His magic is interesting and from our conversation as we were getting here, he managed to invent it himself. Having such a talented person is not such a bad idea. "A moment Sir Luton, Dragon Lord Chrono is more than strong enough to protect himself. But if you leave with him, who will protect the kingdom?" The Queen asked. "I apologize my queen. The reason I came to this kingdom was because I was promised that my research into magic would be funded. However, for the last decade I have spent majority of my time doing research for the military at my own costs. I therefore do not wish to continue staying here and serving this kingdom." Luton said. The queen turned around fuming. "Did you idiots also embezzle the money meant for Sir Luton?" the queen asked angrily. Well that was not surprising to say the least. "Okay, Sir Luton. You are now my subordinate effective immediately. I don't know my way through this tunnels. Lead me back to the temple." I said. "Dragon Lord, Chrono. Please forgive both me and my son's insolence." The king said. "This should be a valuable lesson for you. Do not overestimate your own strength." I concluded.