Loving The Cursed Werewolf King-Chapter 263: Fire In The Nieverdell Palace

King Hugo’s shield was covered with diamonds. Ronan’s claws, which were capable of tearing humans, iron, and wood, were only able to lightly scratch the shield.

King Hugo swung his sword at Ronan’s head, but Ronan parried with his claws and then pinned King Hugo to the floor. Ronan put his big furry hand on King Hugo’s face just as he did to Sasha. Yet King Hugo was still able to resist.

He lifted the giant wolf’s body and threw him aside. The man stood up quickly to block Ronan’s attack with his shield.

"Huh? Is this the extent of the power of a king who had defeated a dragon?" King Hugo asked disdainfully. Blood started to come out of his mouth, and sweat dripped down his face.

Ronan jumped high and dropped his body on top of King Hugo’s body while clawing at the hand holding the shield until it was severed. King Hugo fell to the floor. His eyes began to blur.

At his last moment, he could only see his royal hall starting to burn, and one by one, his soldiers were knocked down by two people there. The next second was only a swing of the wolf’s hand clawing at his face.

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Lucas carried Sasha and William carried Arielle, whose legs still hurt. They were escaping from the palace building, which had begun to collapse in the flames.

Johan paved the way by setting aside burnt wood and debris. As they descended the stairs, Arielle reflexively grabbed hold of the partially melted iron stair railing. The girl screamed in surprise, which made William surprised too.

"Sorry, Princess," said William, who then carried Arielle. The girl raised her hand that touched the hot iron earlier. She looked at her palm, which looked the same as before.

Arielle was confused about why she shrieked earlier. She didn’t feel burned by her accidental touch on the melted iron earlier.

William put Arielle down when they reached the palace grounds. Arielle looked around, noticing every Northerndell soldier circling around the maids and Nieverdell soldiers who surrendered.

"Princess!" called someone from the evacuation crowd.

Arielle heard Tania’s voice! The girl freed herself from William and hugged Tania who was running towards her.

"Tania!!! You are safe.... "

"Oh my God, you are safe... Princess..." Tania hugged Arielle tightly.

She looked at Arielle’s whole body and saw some parts of the girl’s dress that got caught on fire. Some of Arielle’s hair ends were also charred. There were traces of blood from her nose to her cheeks. The corner of her lips was also wounded.

"What did they do to you?"

Arielle shook her head, not wanting to talk about her bitter experience just now. She was almost raped by Duke Pellington and remembering that made Arielle’s neck itch. She was disgusted when she remembered the man was licking her neck.

There was a loud howl from the second-floor hall. The servants screamed in surprise to see the abandoned tower in the back collapse with a very loud thud. One by one, the pillars of Nieverdell’s palace began to burn.

Lucas handed a blanket to Arielle, who was now sitting crouched in front of Sasha, and Tania crying, seeing the condition of the child. She hadn’t seen Sasha for three days and this was what she saw now. Arielle held Sasha’s neck, wishing she could still feel his pulse.

A man in full armor crouched near Sasha and checked the boy’s condition. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"There’s still a chance... We have to get him to the hospital immediately to get some medicine!"

"I’ll bring him there!"

Archie suddenly appeared with a horse and also the cart that had been used to transport the goods they had given them. All the Nieverdell people there were crying towards the prince, asking the man to help them.

Archie didn’t listen to their calls. Lucas lifted Sasha immediately to get on the horse cart. Arielle looked back. She couldn’t find any signs of Ronan.

"His Majesty will be fine. You better come with Sasha to take care of your wound too," William said, soothing Arielle. Tania agreed with William’s idea and led Arielle to immediately go to the hospital.

"Lucas! John! Heath! Please escort Princess Arielle to the hospital immediately!" shouted William, giving orders. The three nodded.

Johan helped Arielle to get on the horse with him. In front, Heath led and Lucas guarded behind. Archie, who saw that everything was ready to go, began to nudge his horse to walk. Everyone called Archie to help free them, but Archie was indifferent and left the palace.

Arielle lowered her head, not wanting to see the many bodies of Nieverdell soldiers scattered through the forest. However, she was dying to know about Alexis’ condition.

She only heard that her other siblings, along with Queen Rosalie and also the concubines, had taken shelter in the dungeon. Only Alexis who Arielle didn’t know the whereabouts...

Johan held his horse to a stop when he saw a woman with a bow and arrow blocking their path. Andrea fired her first arrow at Heath, and hit the man in the head, making him fall to the ground with the other bodies. Heath’s panicked horse fled into the forest.

Andrea took another arrow and this time aimed it at Arielle.

"Andrea," called Archie. He ordered her firmly, "Lower your arrows."

"I won’t take orders from a traitor like you. I will carry out father’s wish to kill the two of you here," Andrea replied coldly.

Archie got off his horse and was ready to draw his sword if necessary.

Andrea looked at Archie with hatred.

"What do you get from defending that damn girl, Archie!?" shouted Andrea, who still couldn’t accept seeing her brother now protecting Arielle.

"Arielle is my sister."

"Liar! You should know she is not worthy of being called your sister! You even got her being chased by a guard dog in this forest ten years ago!"

"I regret it."

"Archie ... I already think of you like my own brother ..." Andrea said with a low voice, showing sad emotions.

Archie shook his head. "I am also the younger brother of Alexis. I learned a lot from him. Using the family for personal gain."

Andrea growled in annoyance, now her arrows were aimed at Archie.

"I’ll kill you," she hissed with so much hatred shown in her eyes..