Chapter 587: 13.85

"DIE!!"

Raphael was fully focused on the tentacle that Maximillien used to attack. It was huge, enough to crush them into pieces. 

Raphael chanted a holy spell in his heart and summoned a giant golden shield made out of light. 

CRASH!

The tentacle hit the golden shield and exploded after the collision, creating a big wave on the lake. Raphael took a deep breath as he was managing his energy right now. He had to conserve his power because conjuring a giant golden shield wasn't easy, and it was energy-consuming.

Maximillien laughing at the futile attempt of defence. He raised his hand, and another tentacle emerged from the deep lake, "JEAN IS MINE! RETURN HIM TO ME NOW!"

Maximillien pointed at the golden shield and used two tentacles to attack. 

CRASH! CRASH!

The thundering voice of giant water tentacle crashing against the golden shield filled the air, and the forest around them was flooding. 

Maximillien acted like a madman as he kept summoning one tentacle after another. Maximillien had enormous talent in magic, especially water magic. 

He was a master.

Even though Raphael was strong, compared to Maximillien's talent, he still needed more practice and experience. 

The golden shield started cracking after numerous attacks from the giant tentacle until the last one. The golden shield finally shattered, blowing Raphael and Jean away. 

"Ah!"

"Urgh!"

Raphael hurriedly created a shield for Jean, so Jean wouldn't get hurt upon hitting the ground. Raphael gritted his teeth and checked on Jean. After making sure that he was alright, he glared at Maximillien.

The dark aura around Maximillien was so thick and terrifying, "We can't do this any longer. We need to escape," Raphael said to Jean.

[Okay, things are getting scary here. Maximillien went on a total rampage. At this point, he might actually destroy everything!]

[Pupa: Yeah, you should run.]

[Run? Why? Let me use my protagonist halo to calm the beast down!]

Jean saw how his brother had turned into an unstoppable rampaging monster right now. He struggled to get up and separated himself from Raphael, who was injured after hitting a tree. 

"Jean! Don't go near him!" Raphael yelled. He tried to get up, but there was a sharp pain in his abdomen that made him unable to recover quickly.

"JEAN!" 

Jean kept walking towards his big brother, believing that his big brother wouldn't hurt him.

After he was standing in front of his big brother. Jean smiled at Maximillien and then called his name, "Big brother Maximillien…."

Maximillien, who was acting like a madman before, suddenly turned silent. His eyes kept staring at Jean, refusing to let go. 

"Big brother, please stop this madness… Jean is scared…." Jean said. "Jean loves you, I really do. My love to you is no less than my love to Wolf and Angel Raphael."

"Please, Big brother, snap out of it and be gentle with Jean…."

…

Since Jean got no reaction from his big brother, he decided to just step in and then hugged Maximillien tightly. Maximillien's body was cold, a lot colder than before. 

His eyes were still staring blankly, which stressed Jean out. He used his power, and the butterfly hairpin on his hair glowed and transformed into a golden butterfly.

The golden Butterly flew around Jean and Maximillien. Jean closed his eyes and chanted, "With the power of the moon, Moon Healing Escalation!"

The golden butterfly started to scatter golden dust around Maximillien and Jean, trying to cleanse Maximillien from the dark sprout taking over his mind.

Jean closed his eyes because doing this took a lot of energy. He gently rested on his big brother's chest.

He thought everything was over, and his big brother had been purified. 

Until his eyes suddenly widened after a sharp pain on his shoulder. Jean was staring at his big brother. His mouth was open, but he couldn't say anything due to the tremendous shock he had just experienced.

"Big… brother?" 

Maximillien showed a wide, scary grin that terrified Jean. He gently pulled down Jean's shirt, exposing the pearly white skin that had been stained with red.

"You're mine…." Maximillien claimed, caressing the wound that he just carved with an ice spear. 

Maximillien stabbed Jean's shoulder with an ice spear from behind, piercing his shoulder and creating a big gaping wound.

"I told you, Jean. You're mine…." 

The sharp pain on his shoulder made him unable to react and unable to speak even longer. He kept staring at his big brother as he couldn't believe what Maximillien just did. 

"JEAAANNN!" Raphael screamed out loud. He tried to get up to save Jean, but a giant tentacle suddenly emerged and attacked him, restricting him to help Jean right now. 

Maximillien created another ice pick behind Jean, aiming straight at Jean's heart. Meanwhile, the beautiful pink-haired young man was unresponsive. He was too shocked to react. 

"Let's die together, Jean…." Maximillien pointed the ice spear to their heart, so they would die together. 

After knowing that his death was inevitable, Jean closed his eyes. He had given up since his big brother couldn't be saved anymore.

But before Maximillien could stab their hearts, a sudden force kicked him on the arm, pushing him far from Jean. 

"HYAH!"

"ARRGHH!" 

Wolf came right before Maximillien could do double homicide with his little brother. He was still naked, and his face was still flushed after using Jellyfish onahole for so long, but when he heard the loud crash from the lake, he knew that Young Master Jean was in trouble.

When he arrived at the lake, he couldn't believe the sight in front of him, including Young Master Jean, who was bleeding with a gaping wound on his shoulder. 

"Young Master!" Wolf caught Jean before he fell to the water and dashed with extreme speed straight to the lakeside. Because he couldn't float on water. 

Wolf used his fireball to explode the water tentacle holding Raphael down and put Jean with Raphael side by side. 

"Your Holiness… Young Master… run…." Wolf said to Raphael.

Raphael glanced at Maximillien, who finally got back on his feet. He gritted his teeth, "Can you handle Maximillien for now? We will find a way to purify him. The dark magic user who's controlling him is way too powerful!"

"Wolf… can handle… Young Master… heal… shoulder…." Wolf said, pointing at Jean's wounded shoulder. 

"Yes, I will help him. But you should take care as well. If you feel that Maximillien is too much for you to handle, you should run as soon as possible."

"Wolf… understand."

Wolf turned his back. Now he was facing Maximillien, whose aura kept on getting darker and darker as time passed. Maximillien gritted his teeth full of anger, "BUGS! YOU'RE ALL BUGS! GIVE JEAN TO ME!"

Maximillien created more giant tentacles that were impossible for Raphael to deal with alone. But Wolf was confident. He created exploding fireballs on the air and attacked all the giant tentacles, exploding them from the inside. 

The loud explosions filled the air and destroyed the giant tentacles, but it wasn't enough because Maximillien could just summon more and more.

Wolf took a deep breath. He darted his eyes at Raphael and Jean and yelled, "RUN!"

Raphael gritted his teeth and used teleportation magic. He hugged Jean and...

Poof!

They disappeared.

Maximillien was enraged, "JEANNNN!!! ARRGHHH!"

Wolf observed the enraged Archduke. He knew that Archduke Maximillien was a lot more powerful than he looked. So he also doubted that he could survive this.

But at least, his Young Master was saved. Wolf closed his eyes imagined Young Master Jean's face before going all out against enraged Maximillien,

"Young Master… Love…"