Attack of the Cloud of Monstrox

The **Attack of the Cloud of Montrox** (also known as the **Second Attack on Knightonia**) was a big battle from *Lego Nexo Knights*. It deals with the Nexo Knight now being led by Aaron due to Clay being turned to stone fighting against the Cloud of Monstrox as he attacks Knightonia the capitol of Knighton with his Stone Monster Army to destroy Merlok's memories. The battle takes place in the Season 3 finale, "In Charge."

## History

### Background

It all started with the Wizards' Council which was a group of the most powerful wizards and witches in all of Knighton who wanted to catalog and classify all types of magic so it would neatly organized and under control. Among those wizards and witches was Merlok, Monstrox, and Merlok's sister, Wanda who was the mother of Clay. However, Monstrox started discovering new types of magic which were powerful and dangerous spells called Forbidden Powers that Monstrox used to cause chaos and destruction towards Knighton. The power of these spells drove Monstrox mad and he turned against the Wizards' Council so they had to stop him. During the fights against Monstrox, the Wizards' Council defeated most of his monster army and turned them into stone while Merlok was able to defeat Monstrox and take the Forbidden Powers from him with help from Wanda. Monstrox was then imprisoned by the Wizards' Council but he escaped and continued to terrorize Knighton while the Forbidden Powers were outlawed. Merlok tried to destroy them but the Forbidden Powers were too strong so Monstrox sealed them up in stone tablets, made stone guardians to guard them called Roguls, and they were all placed at far points across the kingdom. Then at some point, Monstrox placed a seed of evil inside of Wanda which slowly started to turn her evil. She tried her hardest to fight the evil inside of her but she was soon consumed by it and become Ruina Stoneheart. Merlok tried to save her but ended up turning her to stone so Merlok decided to raise Clay himself as his secret guardian after searching for him for ages and train him to be a knight so the dormant magic power that he inherited from his mother wouldn't corrupt him like it did to her. But Merlok kept the truth about Ruina from Clay and also never told him that he was his uncle. Eventually, Clay graduated as one of the best knights in Knighton and become the leader of the Nexo Knight who all protected the kingdom from evil. But after Monstrox was defeated by the Nexo Knights in the Battle for the Final Book, he was able to reform himself as the Cloud of Monstrox after regaining his dark power from the evil books. He then corrupted Jestro into being evil again using his lighting and then he took Jestro to an old stone castle called Ghoulia where Monstrox used his lightning to animate an army of Stone Monsters. After that, Monstro, Jestro, and the Stone Monsters went to the Redoubt of Ruination in the Lava Lands which was turned into an amusement park by Lance and his parents where they attacked the place and got both the book cover for the Books of Monsters and Monstrox's old magic staff from the ruins of the Dark Arena. The Nexo Knights tried to fight off the Stone Monsters using their Nexo Power but whenever they beat some of them, the Cloud of Monstrox would just reanimated the Stone Monsters using his lightning. After Monstrox, Jestro, and the Stone Monsters escaped, they found one of the Forbidden Powers called Relentless Rust where Monstrox used his lighting to animated the Rogul guarding it into a Stone Monster with the power of the Forbidden Power while Jestro placed the Forbidden Power in the Staff of Monstrox which let him use the Forbidden Power as well. When the Stone Monsters attacked the village of Armorville with Jestro using the Relentless Rust Spell, the Nexo Knights arrived and tried to stop them but the Cloud of Monstrox used his lighting to animate all the armor statues in the village into Stone Monsters. But the Nexo Knights defeated them by using three different Nexo Powers at ounce called Combo Nexo Power which was able to happened thanks to Robin's new machine called the Nexo Power Triangulator.

After that, the Nexo Knights got new armor that was immune to Forbidden Powers while Ava searched Merlok's deep core memories to learn more about Monstrox and the Forbidden Powers which led to her finding out about the Wizards' Council which Merlok told the Nexo Knights about including it's history with Monstrox and the Forbidden Powers. But during the Nexo Knights fight with the Stone Monsters, Jestro blasted Clay onto a statue Monstrox was animating with his lightning which caused Clay to slowly turn to stone that was making hm move slowly and weakly which both Clay and Merlok kept secret about from the other Nexo Knights but they eventually found out about it anyway so Robin built Clay a battle suit for him to move around in along with some other battle suits for the other Nexo Knights. But Clay continues to turn to stone and get slower and weaker so both he and Merlok decided to choose one of the other Nexo Knights to be the new leader in Clay's absence. However, both Jestro and the Cloud of Monstrox planned to collect all of the Forbidden Powers and use them to destroy Knighton. To do that, Monstrox led Jestro and the Stone Monsters to Mount Thundertrox in the Bad Lands in the Evil Mobile. During which, they found a short sculptor named Roberto Arnoldi who was famous artist that got banished from Knighton by King Halbert for making a sculptor of Queen Halbert too literally which Jestro and Monstrox recruited to build more Stone Monsters for them. When Monstrox had Jestro use the Staff of Monstrox into Mount Thundertrox and with Monstrox's lightning, they transferred the Relentless Rust Forbidden Power into one of the pillars on the mountain called the Standing Stones where Monstrox planned to gather up nine more Forbidden Powers for his big plan to destroy Knighton. First, they got the Ravaging Rot from a swamp then they got the Collapsing Crumble from the museum which Jestro used to attack Knighton and the Nexo Knights then later transfer them into the Standing Stones on Mount Thunderstrox. But during another fight with the Nexo Knights, the Evil Mobile got destroyed so Jestro an Monstrox needed a new moving headquarters which Roberto built in the shape of Jestro's head. While during their search for the Forbidden Powers, Monstrox found some of his old minions that were turned into stone and used his lightning to reanimated them to join the Stone Monsters like the Harppies from the same swamp as the Ravaging Rot, the Grimrocs from the Rock Wood Forest, and the three brothers who were buried in a cave so Jestro and Monstrox captured some villages from Axl's village including his parents to dig them out which were later reanimated while the biggest one was made into a vehicles by Roberto. However, whenever the Cloud of Monstrox got weaker, he would got back into the book cover of the Book of Monsters and become it again until he regained his strength to become a cloud again. Then when Jestro and Monstrox tried to get the Blazing Burn Forbidden Power from the Lava Monsters' village, the Nexo Knight worked with the Lava Minsters and tricked them into taking a fake Rogul while the real Rogul with the Blazing Burn was taken by the Nexo Knights and kept safe at the Fortrex. So Monstrox came up with a plan to get the Blazing Burn with help from Runia Stoneheart which he had the Stone Monsters find and then he reanimated her with his lightning. To do that, he had Runia kidnap Queen Halbert as a distraction for the Nexo Knights so the Stone Monsters could attack the Fortrex and get the Blazing Burn. They even trashed the Fortrex and got Techcalibur but Ava was able to save Merlok by backing up his deep memories at his library back at the castle in Knightonia. When both Jestro and Monstrox found out about it, they reanimated the Rogul, got the Blazing Burn, and took it back to Mount Thunderstrox just as the Nexo Knights defeated Ruina and saved Queen Halbert but in the process, Clay fully turned to stone.

### The Battle

After Jestro and Monstrox get to Mount Thunderstrox and transfer the Blazing Burn into the Standing Stones, the combined power of all four Forbidden Powers is able to power up the Cloud of Monstrux to grow bigger and powerful. He then reveals to both Jestro and Roberto that he plans to use all of the Forbidden Powers to awaken a giant stone monster within Mount Thundertrox called the Stone Colossus of Ultimate Destruction which will destroy Knighton. But first, Monstrux wants to use his new power to attack Knightonia and wipe out Merlok's memory so the Nexo Knights can't summon anymore Nexo Power. Meanwhile back at the Fortrex, due to Clay turning to stone, Merlok introduces the new leader of the Nexo Knights that both he and Clay had chosen which is Aaron due to his smart thinking and quick skills until they find a way to save Clay. Suddenly, the Nexo Knights find out about the Cloud of Monstrox getting bigger and is attacking a nearby village so Aaron leads the Nexo Nights to fight off Monstrox and protect the village. At the village, Monstrox lays waste to it using fire lightning due to the effects of the Blazing Burn Forbidden Power until the Nexo Knights arrive and prepare to fight Monstrox. But then they spot Jestro, Roberto, and the Stone Monsters heading for Knightonia so Aaron has Lance and Axl fight off Jestro and the Stone Monsters on the ground using their vehicles while he and Macy fight off the Cloud of Monstrox and the flying Stone Monsters in the air using Aaron's jet and Macy's dragon flyer. Soon the Nexo Knights chase after the Cloud of Monstrox who tries to stop the by creating more Grimrocs in the Rock Wood Forest which Monstrox had set on fire with his lightning. The Grimrocs knocks Lance down but he is saved by his old Squirebot, Dennis and the Merry Mechs which allows Lance to continue on with the other Knights. But as the Nexo Knights keep chasing the Cloud of Monstrox, he uses his fire lightning to make a big fire wall to stop the them. The fire wall stops Axl and Lance but Aaron and Macy fly over it then Aaron orders Axl and Lance to keep fighting the Stone Monsters and find another way around the fire wall while he and Macy continue to go after the Cloud of Monstrox. Aaron also tells Ava to warn all of Knightonia about Monstrox and the Stone Monsters coming to attack and orders her to meet up with him and Macy at Knightonia in the Fortrex who is preparing their battle suits to fight off the Stone Monsters so they can protect Knightonia. But soon the Cloud of Monstrox and the Stone Monsters make it to Knightonia so the Squirebots lock the place down and prepare to them off with Queen Halbert preparing to fight in her knight armor while King Halbert prepares to fight in his mech suit. Principal Brickland also prepares the students of the Knight's Academy to fight off the Stone Monsters along with Sir Griffiths. Aaron and Macy then arrive at Knightonia and Aaron tries to fight off Monstrox but he just shots Aaron down with his fire lightning so Aaron and Macy try to fight him off using their battle suits with Macy's combining with her dragon flyer. But then Monstrox using his lightning to bring to life the statues of Kinghton's past Kings which King Halbert fights off with the Squirebots. Aaron and Macy fight off the Stone Monsters in their battle suits with Axl and Lance joining them after getting past the fire wall but Jestro, Roberto, and some of the Stone Monsters fly over the walls into Knightonia so Aaron orders Axl and Lance to fight off the Stone Monsters from outside of Knightonia while he and Macy goes into Knightonia to try and stop Monstrox. Soon Ava finds out about Monstrox's plan to wipe of Merlok's memory at his library so she tells Robins to go and get Merlok to the library so he can download his memories before Mnsotrx can wipe them out. But without Techcalibur, Robin has Merlok move on his Mini-Trex while he fights off the Stone Monsters to protect Merlok in his Black Knight mech suit while Merlok tries to fight them off using his magic. Eventually, Robin and Merlok get to Merlok's library to download Merlok's memory but Monstrox attacks the place and tries to destroy Merlok. When Ava tells the Nexo Knights about it, Aaron goes to help Merlok and Robin and tells Merlok to give him the most powerful Combo Nexo Power he has to stop Monstrox. Although hesitant, Merlok eventually complies and gives Aaron a Combo Nexo Power but Monstrox is able to blast away Merlok using his fire lighting. So Aaron flies right inside of the Cloud of Monstrox in his battle suit and fights off Monstrox from the inside which causes him to lose his power and become the Book of Monsters again while believing that he succeeded in wiping out both Merlok and his memory then he retreats with Jestro and all of the Stone Monsters thus ending the attack.

### Aftermath

After Aaron is brought to safety by Macy, the other Nexo Knights praise Aaron for his leadership then they find out that Merlok survived by transferring himself into the Mini-Trex and would be later reintegrated back into the Fortrex. But during the attack, Roberto was carving out a small stone mural about the Cloud of Monstrox unleashing the Stone Colossus of Ultimate Destruction to destroy and take over Knighton which he dropped but it is later found by Robin. Monstrox would eventually return to full power and become the Cloud of Monstrox again while Clay would be reanimated by Monstrox but would become evil because of being stone which would lead to him getting his dormant magic powers and finding out about Ruina being his mother. Jestro and Monstrox would also gather up enough Forbidden powers to awaken the Stone Colossus of Ultimate Destruction which would lead to the March of the Colossus.

## Belligerents

### Nexo Knights

* Aaron
* Macy
* Lance
* Axl
* Ava
* Robin
* Merlok 2.0
* King Halbert
* Queen Halbert
* Principal Brickland
* Sir Griffiths
* Knight's Academy Students
* Dennis
* Merry Mechs
* Squirebots

### Stone Monsters

* Cloud of Monstrox/Book of Monsters/Monstrox
* Jestro
* Roberto Arnoldi
* General Garg
* Roguls
* Grimrocs
* Gargoyles
* Pebblers
* Bouldrons
* King Statues

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