Chapter 578: 13.76

"YOUNG MASTER!"

Wolf was the first one to react. He broke the chain easily and dashed to save his Young Master. But he was a tad too late as Jean's body hit the ground quite hard.

Jean's body was covered in dirt, and he had few bruises after the impact. 

"Wu…" Jean writhed in pain. He didn't expect King Alric to be this tactical. 

"Young Master!" Wolf propped his Master worriedly. He shouldn't have allowed his Young Master to take upon the challenge against his Big brother because it was simply impossible. They were simply impossible to have a fair fight because his Big brother had more combat experience than Young Master Jean. 

"Well, it seems that Young Master's tricks aren't working for me," King Alric said smugly. "I think we need to stop this duel, or the result might be too grievous for me to be forgivable. Wolf, we need to leave now."

Wolf glared at his Big brother, especially after noticing the bruises on Young Master Jean's hands and face. 

His body started emanating heat, and he shook his head calmly, "Wolf… will… avenge…."

King Alric was displeased with his little brother's stubbornness. He knew that Wolf must've been latched his loyalty too close to Young Master Jean, and it was useless.

Because Jean would never be with Wolf, and Wolf would see Jean marrying someone else while his heart was writhing in pain. King Alric didn't want that to happen to his little brother. 

Wolf's clothes started melting as his body's temperature reached an absurd level. He was burning in hell flame as he kept staring at his big brother. But strangely, his fire didn't even harm his Master.

In fact, Wolf's fire felt warm for Jean, as if he was lying in front of a warm fireplace. His breath evened as he opened his eyes slowly after the impact.

"Wolf?" Jean was startled when he saw Wolf's body was engulfed in flame. He was naked as his tunic had been burned, but he didn't seem to mind it. He kept staring at his big brother, and the flame went bigger and hotter.

It still didn't burn Jean, thankfully. 

[Oh wow, what a nice cock he has there. It definitely reminds me of Javier's.]

[Pupa: Can you not talk about cock every single time you mentioned Wolf?]

[Can't help it. He has a very nice, well-endowed one.]

Wolf finally shifted his gaze at his Master and then lowered it. He felt so guilty after letting his Master having a duel against his big brother, "Young Master… Wolf's… fault…."

"It's my own idea, Wolf. You shouldn't blame yourself," Jean said. "I don't want to lose you."

…

Wolf put Jean on a bench gently, and he clenched his fist. He dashed straight to his big brother without any words. King Alric could read Wolf's movement since they were both fast and powerful.

But the moment their fists collided, King Alric could feel his skin actually melt.

King Alric's eyes widened as he retreated. He checked his fist, and he had a grievous wound as if he had dipped his fist in lava. 

"Impossible. We are both fire magic users. How could he burn me?"

The pain was enormous as well, and King Alric was even more surprised that he could feel Wolf's fire had become even hotter than before. The plants and woods around Wolf started melting.

"Wolf… avenge…"

"You're getting angry for no reason, Wolf," King Alric said, but it triggered Wolf even more. He dashed again with his fist. This time, King Alric dodged rather than facing it, knowing it'd hurt him. 

"Big brother… hurts… Wolf's favourite…." Wolf opened his mouth and created a fireball. He expelled it, and the fireball projectile got bigger as it travelled the air until it became huge enough to burn the entire garden. 

King Alric started panicking. He finally realized the severity that would happen if this kept going. He absorbed the fireball shot by Wolf. But he couldn't absorb everything.

Thus, he threw the fireball into the air, and it exploded.

The loud explosion notified everyone inside the Palace of Eau Saumont. But they continued fighting. Wolf kept attacking while King Alric kept dodging, destroying the garden with their raw power. Until they heard a loud crash from the lake behind the palace. 

Wolf and King Alric turned their heads in unison, and they found Archduke Maximillien standing with a solemn gaze. Maximillien looked around the desecrated garden that Jean loved so much.

Now it had been destroyed by these brothers who were fighting for no absolute reason. 

"Do you have an explanation about this?" Maximillien asked. 

Wolf and King Alric stopped fighting. They stared at each other and at the duke. 

Maximillien was angry at them for ruining Jean's favourite garden. But he could still maintain his emotion. But when he saw Jean was sitting on a bench with dirt covering his shirt ad bruises on his arms and face, Archduke Maximillien's eyes widened as he couldn't believe what he just saw. 

Jean was wincing in pain as he held his wounds, which was enough to trigger Maximillien Eau Saumont.

"You two… which one of you caused my beloved Little Jean to get hurt?"

He asked with a low but threatening voice.

There was no answer from Wolf and King Alric, which displeased Maximillien even more. 

He saw Jean was whimpering in pain as he stared at his Big brother with begging eyes, "Big brother… Wuwuwu…"

Maximillien took a deep breath, and the lake behind the palace started making a ripple on its own before a giant water dragon emerged from the deep lake.

The water dragon soared high and flying in a circle on top of the palace. Soon, the water dragon created rain that extinguished all the flames Wolf and King Alric made. 

But the owner, Archduke Maximillien, was still in a terrible mood as he signalled his water dragon to descend from the sky and aimed at Wolf and King Alric.

"Now, which one of you hurt my Little Jean?"