Chapter 163
Chapter 163
It appeared as if time had stopped around them .
The woman who had been saved by Sungyoon was frozen . The people who had been running away came to a stop . Everyone was staring at Sungyoon .
The Behemoth was a monster beyond their imagination, yet a knight straight out of the fairy tale had suddenly appeared to confront the monster . No one could have imagined such a thing happening .
However, it was happening in front of their eyes .
“Hoohp!”
Sungyoon put strength into his body as he pushed with his s.h.i.+eld .
Tuh-uhng!
It seemed the Behemoth was taken aback as it was easily pushed backward . Still, its gaze remained fixed on Sungyoon .
This new man in front of it looked like the other prey, but the monster could tell that he wouldn’t be an easy foe .
Sungyoon raised his sword as he kept the monster at bay .
‘What the h.e.l.l is she doing?’
The woman whom he had saved, was absentmindedly staring at Sungyoon .
“Run!”
Sungyoon yelled out .
Finally recovering her sense, the woman clutched her child as she started running away . This was the same for other people . Everyone started running away again .
“Mr . Knight!”
Sungyoon, who was holding the Behemoth at bay, heard the voice of a young child coming from behind him . The voice belonged to the child he had saved . She was in her mother"s arms, and she was yelling out loud toward Sungyoon .
“Thank you for saving us!”
It was out of place considering the current situation, but the girl started waving her hands . A knight of justice had appeared in front of her, and she wholeheartedly believed that the he would defeat the monster .
Sungyoon subconsciously felt strength enter his hands when he heard the words of support from the girl .
Koo-rook!
The Behemoth became quite upset when the nearby humans started to run away . It let out a cry of displeasure .
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The monster’s gaze remained fixed on Sungyoon as it took a couple of steps to the side . It was trying to find an opening .
Sungyoon also started to move a little bit in response .
Koo-ahhhhhhhhhh!
It seemed the Behemoth had lost its patience, and It charged toward Sungyoon . Wherever it moved, the road broke .
When the Behemoth started to move, people started to scream once again . Sungyoon took a firm grip on his sword and s.h.i.+eld .
Hoo-oong!
A terrifyingly powerful strike came flying toward him .
Sungyoon angled his body . He had blocked a direct attack earlier because he had been defending someone . It had been a problem since the weight difference between him and the monster was too ma.s.sive . However, he no longer needed to block the attack from the front .
Hoo-oohng!
The Behemoth swiped with its other claws this time, but Sungyoon jumped diagonally . He arrived next to the Behemoth’s side and swung his sword .
Poo-shook!
The sword cut through the Behemoth’s skin .
However, Sungyoon frowned .
Kyahhhhhhh!
The monster let out a roar as it indiscriminately stomped the ground with its eight feet .
“Koo-oohk!”
Sungyoon immediately distanced himself from the Behemoth . If he had been unlucky, he might"ve been flattened like a pancake .
While he was doing this, he looked at the wound he had created .
‘It is too shallow . ’
He expected the Behemoth"s magic resistance to be high, but he hadn’t expected that his overclocked sword would leave such a shallow wound . It was a scratch . If one took in the size of the Behemoth, it was a very small wound .
Moreover, even though his sword had the ability to attack with lightning, the electricity had barely done anything to the monster .
‘It’ll be tough if I do this by myself . ’
He desperately needed Grace’s support .
However, Grace hadn’t arrived on-site yet .
‘I’ll have to be conservative . I’ll keep it at bay . ’
He had no solution if he had to do this by himself .
Sungyoon made sure the Behemoth didn’t attack any other humans, and he waited for Grace to contact him .
***
The first one to live broadcast this nightmare-like situation was BBC news . Their helicopter flew in the air as the camera captured the rampage of the Behemoth .
“What the h.e.l.l is that?”
It was an open mic, so the reporter"s words were being broadcasted unfiltered .
However, the reporter didn’t even have the time to think about what he was saying .
“Is that a knight?”
The scene was too far from him, so he was having a hard time seeing it . However, he was sure that he was right .
The cameraman zoomed in . The sight of Sungyoon keeping the Behemoth in check came into clear view .
“Ah . I’m sorry . Currently, some kind of a knight is fighting the monster . ”
The reporter continued to explain what he was seeing .
“I don’t know who or what he is . I don"t care if he is a knight or an angel . I just hope he can defeat the monster . ”
The reporter mumbled . He felt a little bit of hope rise up when he saw the knight block the Behemoth’s attack .
However, he didn’t sound too optimistic . The size difference between the knight and the Behemoth was too large .
But soon, the reporter"s eyes widened . It was inevitable .
Kwahng! Kwahng! Koo-koohng! Kwahng!
The loud destructive noise could be heard above the sound of the helicopter’s rotor . The reporter’s mouth fell open when he saw what was occurring down below .
“Ah . Everyone! The knight . . . the knight is fighting the monster on equal footing!”
Sungyoon looked like an ant compared to the Behemoth . However, his fast movements allowed him to make a fool out of the Behemoth .
It wasn’t just that . The times when he couldn’t dodge the Behemoth’s attack, Sungyoon deflected the attack and counterattacked . He looked like a knight straight out of myths, a knight going up against a legendary monster .
“What the h.e.l.l is he? Did he jump out from a fairy tale? Are the Knights of the Round Table still in existence?”
Regular humans couldn’t enter the labyrinths, and machines didn"t work inside the labyrinths either . Therefore, there was no footage of Connectors fighting against monsters . Although the Connectors were famous, not many knew what they were truly capable of doing .
Even if one had some knowledge about monsters and Connectors, it was common knowledge that labyrinths and monsters only appeared on the Moon . This fact distorted the views on what was going on right now . The reporter couldn’t connect the dots between this fight with the Connectors, labyrinths, and monsters . It was to be expected .
“Anyway, there is hope for London now!”
The Behemoth had been laying waste to London, killing and eating humans up until this moment . It was all that the news could report . But now, the reporter had something else to show his audience . He clenched both his fists as he cheered .
It happened at that moment .
Kwahhhhhhhhhng!
Suddenly, a pillar of fire erupted around the Behemoth’s body, and the monster let out a pained scream . It had taken a great amount of damage, and its body rocked .
“What the h.e.l.l?”
The reporter yelled out in surprise .
At the same time, the camera moved toward the direction from where the flames had erupted .
Someone was standing atop the roof of a house . This person was positioned a bit away from the battle . The cameraman zoomed in .
Unlike the unknown knight with his entire body covered in silver-colored armor, the face of the person standing atop the house was in clear view .
A robe covered her body, and her hood was off her head . She was aiming her long staff toward the Behemoth .
“A magician appeared after the knight?”
The reporter was so surprised that he sounded exhausted . However, his eyes widened when he saw the face of the person wearing the magician’s robe .
“Wait a moment! That person is…!”
She was a strikingly beautiful woman, and her blonde hair fluttered in the wind .
“Everyone! It"s Princess Grace! Princess Grace just used her magic!”
The reporter shouted his words as if he had caught sight of the world’s most important secret .
***
- Princess Grace is fighting the monster with the unidentified knight .
The excited voice of the reporter could be heard from the TV . The screen showed Grace sending another fire spell at the Behemoth .
When the enormous fireball struck the monster, it screamed in pain . The reporter cheered .
If one listened carefully, one could hear cheers from the surrounding too . It seemed everyone was watching the broadcast .
“This is how Grace fights . ”
The Queen was tense as she watched the TV on her sofa .
Connectors had to fight monsters in order to acquire moonstones . The Queen knew it was a dangerous occupation, but this was the first time she had seen a fight between Connectors and a monster .
This wasn’t true only for the Queen . It held true for all the regular humans on Earth . They could now know about the battle between the Connectors and the monsters .
“Mother! You have to evacuate right now!”
She heard a panicked voice from her side .
The Queen looked toward where the voice had emanated .
The Crown Prince stood there with the other members of the Royal Family .
“You guys can evacuate . I am the Queen of England . I will not leave my palace . Above all else, Grace is fighting right now . As her grandmother, I can"t leave . ”
“Mother!”
The Crown Prince desperately called out to the Queen, but she didn’t budge .
“I don"t have long to live in this world even if these were normal times . I want all of you to escape this place . If something happens to me, the bloodline of the Royal Family must continue . When you leave, I want you to take everyone in this palace . I want you to make sure I am the only one left here . ”
She spoke the next sentence with an iron will .
“This is an order . ”
Afterward, the Queen didn’t even bother looking at her other family members . She just watched the screen . The Crown Prince continued to talk, but the Queen acted as if she didn’t hear him .
In the end, the Crown Prince had to give up . He led everyone out of the room . This might be the last time the Queen would be with her family, yet she never looked at them .
It seemed the Behemoth considered Grace to be a bigger threat than Sungyoon . It heedlessly charged toward her, and the camera captured this sight .
Screams could be heard from everywhere . The Queen subconsciously clenched her hands .
However, Sungyoon ran in front of the Behemoth to block the charge . Once again a cheer rang out from her surroundings .
She felt a sense of relief . However, this feeling lasted only a moment . Her heart was now full of worry .
‘Is this what you do up there?’
The Queen never wanted to send Grace to raid the labyrinth . No grandmother would want her granddaughter to do something so dangerous .
However, Connectors had to live on the Moon . It was their fate . And the Queen couldn"t stop Grace from being a Connector .
Grace could reside on the Moon without working . She could do so if she received support from the Crown, but this would inevitably lower the Royal Family"s popularity . It might lead to the anti-monarchist gaining control of the government .
The Queen had known the work of Connectors was dangerous, but she only had an abstract idea about it . And when she now watched the battle between a monster and Connectors, she realized it was more dangerous than she had expected . The fight was much more rough and desperate than what she had imagined them to be .
‘How terrifying it must have been?’
Her lovely granddaughter had been fighting these terrifying monsters in caves where only darkness existed .
The Queen could feel an overwhelming sense of pity press down on her heart .
Her granddaughter was desperately fighting for this city and country . She couldn’t run away when Grace was fighting .
The Queen focused on the screen as if watching the TV was an important mission .
She looked at Sungyoon when he appeared on the screen . She couldn’t see his face, but she knew it was him .
‘Please protect Grace and London . ’
He was currently putting his life on the line to fight for England and the people of London . She desperately prayed for success for the hero of the East .
***
Sungyoon was barely able to stop the Behemoth, who had been charging toward Grace . He frowned .
‘Heavy . ’
The Behemoth was immense . Of course, its attack felt heavy . That was why he was dodging its attacks rather than blocking them . However, he had no choice but to block the attack straight on when the Behemoth started charging at Grace .
He barely blocked the attack using Gravity magic on himself .
‘I really miss Mr . Tim right now . ’
Tim was like a st.u.r.dy wall, who always blocked the monsters from the front . Sungyoon could feel his absence in his bones .
When Sungyoon turned his head around, he realized Grace had already disappeared . She was moving to a different location for her next attack .
He had to keep the Behemoth occupied until Grace was ready to attack once again .
“Hoo-ahhhhhhhp!”
So he let out a shout as he charged at the Behemoth .
Koo-uhhhhhhhhhhh!
The monster roared in response as it also rushed Sungyoon .
He dodged the claws . Then he dodged the feet which were trying to make pancakes out of him .
Sungyoon kept swinging his sword as he created wounds all over the Behemoth’s body . However, he still couldn’t create a wound beyond a scratch .
‘This will never end at this rate!’
He was causing too little damage compared to its size . The magic was effective, but it wasn’t fatal .
They needed another plan .
It happened at that moment .
Boom!
The Behemoth put strength into its legs and jumped into the air .
‘s.h.i.+t!’
It was trying to kill him using its entire body . Sungyoon could barely dodge, but his fighting stance was disturbed in the process .
The Behemoth swung its claws at him, but he blocked them with his sword .
Kwahhhhhhhng!
However, Sungyoon couldn"t withstand the attack, and he was sent flying through multiple buildings .