Moon's Labyrinths

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 shield .

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 hell 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 shield .

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 massive . 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 hell 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 hell 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 hell?”

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 sturdy 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 .

‘Shit!’

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 .