Man of Stories
Chapter 7, Battle against the Nightmare parade

In a distant place outside of the universe itself the realm of the monads existed in the center of all universes; their home was known as the singularity to all. It was untouchable by any other means...until the Dark One attacked. The hive were black creatures, all animalistic in nature yet humanoid in form. they were all back with no faces, but different body sizes and used their darkness and evil corrupted abilities to kill and mangle their enemies.

His nightmare parade had broken through their outer fortress and now were slaughtering and capturing all in their path. the monad warriors were fighting back however, they attacked with beams of pure math and attacks of maximum kinetic energy. many lives were lost on both sides until one of the generals of the nightmare parade landed on the outskirts of the kingdom with another one by his side. it was Wuz and Nulog. Wuz was a large and big entity with a completely black figure, he had spikes coming out of his back sides while Nulog was mch more rounded figure with large hands and long legs, his head in the shape of a mace. The two looked up at the dark hole that they had entered in from and watched as hudreds of hive soldiers came pouring out.

"Wuz, go and make them beg for their quick demise." said Nulog with a dark and growling voice. Wuz then began to march through the city, as he did many monads would fly towards him firing beams of light which Wuz would walk through. He then grabbed a stray monad soldier by the neck and headbutt him killing him instantly, he then would jump up and grab two more and then crush their torsos in his hands also killing them as their bodies rotted away destroying all they were and contained down to the atomic level.

Nulog then turned around as two other generals jumped down from the dark hole and landed next to him. Bog, a very tall yet very thin dark general who shared the same features as the others however he was beyond the abstract concept of sharp as even approaching him could cut your very molecules in half. Next was The Witch, she was in the shape of female and had long black hair. Her features the same as others, but her nails were long and heels sharper. She used abyss magic to do her dirty deeds.

"Go, bring the Dark One their heads." said Nulog as the two then sprinted onto the battlefield to join Wuz in the slaughter of the monads. The Witch grabbed two monads out of the air and threw them to the ground using her abyss magic, she then walked past them and with one hand crushed them into nothing. Bog simply started walking after getting on the field where several monads surrounded him, they went in to attack only to be cut in half without even being touched by him.

"This is child's play; I was under the impression the monads were better than this." Bog said

"Don't get cocky just yet, we're waiting for him to come out and play next." said The Witch the two then looked up to see Wuz get thrown through the air past them. The two looked at Wuz before looking at who did the deed. It was him. Dawning a large white cape and wearing a thing white suit was the Monad!Man. The champion of the monad people.

"Well well, done hiding?" said Bog

"Go back to your false god and tell him to stop this attack." said the Monad!Man as he crossed his arms. Thats when a grunt hiveling would fly down to Bog and whisper to him before flying away again.

"Hmm, they haven't found it." Bog said

"Then we'll have this fool tell us." said The Witch, she then pointed her finger at the Monad!Man. Wuz got up slowly grunting as he then walked in-between The Witch and Bog.

"Tell us where it is, and we'll leave your precious city alone. You can still save your people." said Bog

"Thats a lie, The Dark One leaves none alive." said the Monad!Man as he got ready to fight.

"I know, worth a shot though." said Bog as the three generals rushed Monad!Man, he flew at them faster than they could see and punched Bog sending him flying back. The Witch then used her magic to hold him place letting Wuz grab him and slam him to the ground. Wuz then got on top of him and began to throw a barrage of punches while the Witch threw highly concentrated abyss at him as well. Bog got up and appeared back with the other generals and began to also slash and cut Monad!Man. He then grabbed Wuz's hands and kicked him off, he then swept Bog's legs only for Bog to catch himself and grab the Monad!Man's leg and throw him into a near building. The Witch then summoned a large dark moon and slammed it onto the building. Wuz shook his head and got up.

The Monad!Man got up while the smoke was still around and then used his top speed to move behind the three generals, still going faster than they could comprehend he got ready to deliver a killing blow to Bog only for his fist to be stopped by someone who had moved faster than him. He looked to see it was Nulog. The three generals turned around to see Nulog and the Monad!Man behind them.

"So fast." Wuz said

"No, thats much more than speed." The Witch said while Bog grunted in annoyance at being saved by Nulog.

"Go, I'll take care of this. Search the castle." Nulog said, the three generals then disappeared into shadow and vanished.

"Now, It's my turn." said Nulog as he cracked his fist.

"Damnit Seeker, where is that backup." Monad!Man thought to himself.

Back within the home universe, Evela and Dereus were arguing in the mirror room.

"WE NEED TO HELP THEM! THEY'LL DIE! Don't be a fool sister!" Dereus said angered

"I forbid it! If we go, there now our soldiers will have died for nothing! Theres no point! Evela said frustrated. Dereus was immensely irritated, his sister was acting like a coward. He knew in his soul he could face off against the nightmare parade and win. He then started towards the door.

"DEREUS! DON'T YOU DARE GO OFF WITHOUT MY AUTHORIZATION!" Evela shouted however all Dereus did was slam the door I her face. She rushed out of the room to see him gone.

"Dereus, you dam fool..." Evela said as one of the fairy guards approached her.

"Send some fairy elites with my brother. The monad people are under attack from the Dark One. However, if things get rough, retreat immediately. Drag my brother back if you have to." Evela said as the guard bowed and flew down the hall. Evela hesitated to tell Tom and the tower keepers. She just watched for the time being.

back with the monad people the hivelings had captured thousands of them and killed more. While the city outside burned, in the center of the city was a large and tall tower with branching towers also sticking out of it. Inside its walls were more soldiers guarding the main entrance and ready to attack at any time. On the other side were hundreds of hivelings trying to break through the door.

"Move." said a booming voice, all the hivelings then stopped as the turned around to see it was the three generals Wuz, Bog and The Witch.

"I'll knock it down, you send out a dark mist. Blind those fleas." Wuz said to the Witch who then began to conjure a black cloud of smoke. Bog the walked forward and sharpened his fingers to the point of thinnest that they were completely invisible to all but himself.

"I'll cut them down." Bog said, Wuz then charged up his fist causing to shake at incomprehensible speeds until he then jabbed at the air sending a shockwave which destroyed the front doors and knocked back any who were guarding or barricading it. The Witch then sent out a large cloud of black smoke flooding the main hall of the tower, Bog then rushed in and using his fingers spun around as screams an grunts could be heard all around. After a few moments the Witch then cleared the smoke to see all the soldiers dead.

"GO! SEARCH THE WHOLE TOWER!" shouted The Witch as her and Wuz walked inside. Bog picked up a still alive soldier by the neck. Wuz and the Witch stood behind him until the Witch noticed another still living soldier who had their lower half nearly severed.

"That looks bad, let me help you with your pain." said the Witch as she then showed her razor-sharp teeth and bit into the soldier's face and began to devour it all while he screamed and hit her until his body went limp.

"Where is it? You know what it is I seek or would you rather your last fleeting moments be in pure agony?" asked Bog, the soldier grabbed at his neck only for Bog to tighten it.

"You have mere moments to answer me." Bog asked again, that's when he noticed leaves and the wind blowing inside. Bog, Wuz and the Witch all looked outside to see hundreds of elite fairy soldiers and standing in the middle, Dereus.

"The fairy queen's brother and her toy soldiers. This must be my lucky day." said Wuz, the fairy soldiers looked at the three generals and hivelings. Some stood strong, some shook with mild fear and others in the back praying.

"You have exactly 30 seconds to leave these people alone before it gets nasty real quick." Dereus said with a firm tone as he took out his twin blades. Wuz, the Witch and Bog all looked at each other.

"Go ahead, I'll take care of these flies." said Wuz, the other two then vanished into the shadows and deeper into the tower.

"Hope you said your prayers little bug." Wuz said cracking his neck, Dereus smirked as he got his blades ready. The two then ran towards each other and clashed.

On the other end of the kingdom, Monad!Man went flying through the ground. He got up, shaky vision and shaken. He looked forward as he saw a tired Nulog walking towards him, the two of them seemingly evenly matched.

"The stories I heard about you weren't exaggerated at all M, you truly are good." said Nulog

"Likewise, however I won't lose this fight, my people need me." Monad!Man said as he flew at Nulog and Nulog flew to him. The two then clashed fist the mere shockwave shaking far universes and destroying a near one.

"Shoot." Monad!Man said looking back only for Nulog to grab his head and slam it into his knee and kick Monad!Man to the side, he then threw large black spikes at him which Monad!Man dodged with ease, Monad!Man then fired a beam of pure mathematics at Nulog who blocked it by turning his right arm into a black shield. However, the shield would begin to crack and, in that moment, Nulog would disappear into shadow and before Monad!Man could react Nulog was already behind him and got him into a headlock.

"Suprise." Nulog chuckled as he then flew up and would throw Monad!Man into a city block, but not before leveling it with a simple wave of his hand. The shockwave shaking the whole city. Nulog looked down, he waited. He then dodged an attack from Monad!Man who had instantaneously appeared behind him casually, he grabbed Monad!Man's fist and would throw him down, Monad!Man landed and then moved out of the way of Nulog's attack.

The two stared at each other. Both of them at a standstill.