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 .