Chapter 357: The Monarchs Threat
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The environent felt different the mont Arthur lifted his hand.
Shadows gathered at his palm "What I am about to show you," Arthur said calmly, "is not prophecy. Not a possible future. It is happening. Right now."
The shadows unfurled.
They did not form a portal.
They ford a window.
The Watchtower vanished around them, In its place
war.
Endless skies choked with ash. Black suns hanging over dead worlds. Landmasses cracked open like broken bones as oceans of creatures poured forth.
Millions.
If not more.
Insectoid swarms that darkened the horizon, their bodies clicking and screaming as one. Colossal stone-beasts marching in ranks. Hulking ogroids wielding crude weapons the size of houses, bellowing as they crushed cities beneath their feet. Serpentine horrors coiling through ruined gastructures.
So flew.
So crawled.
So simply erged, tearing through reality around them.
The sound
Screams.
Roars.
The grinding of worlds dying.
The heroes reacted instantly.
Wonder Woman’s hand tightened around her lasso. Martian Manhunter’s eyes widened, psychic senses recoiling from the sheer volu of hostile thought. Shazam took an unconscious step back.
The Titans froze.
"Okay.. Okay nope," Beast Boy muttered, voice thin. "That’s... that’s way past ’alien invasion.’ That’s like... end of everything’ stuff."
Barry swallowed, eyes darting across the impossible battlefield.
"Their numbers are..."
The vision shifted.
A single world, its sky burning crimson, collapsed beneath a tidal wave of monsters.
Starfire’s voice trembled.
"These beings... they exist only to destroy?"
"Yes," Arthur said quietly. "They are not conquerors. Or so explorers. They do not seek worship, balance, or dominion in the way gods do."
The vision froze on a planet mid-collapse.
"They exist to kill."
The window closed.
Reality snapped back into place.
For a mont, no one spoke.
Then Green Arrow let out a breath he hadn’t realized he was holding.
"...That’s real?" he asked carefully. "Because if that’s real, we’re talking extinction-level threat."
Arthur turned his gaze to him.
"Do I have a reason to lie to you?"
Silence answered.
Arthur stepped forward, "If any of you doubt this," he continued evenly, "I can send you to one of their worlds right now. You may confirm it yourselves."
That got reactions.
"You..wait," Barry blinked. "You an, like... right now right now?"
John Stewart frowned.
"You can breach their territory at will?"
Arthur nodded once.
"I can step into their realms if I choose. I can slaughter their armies on their own soil."
A ripple of unease moved through the room.
"Then why haven’t you?" Superman asked.
Arthur t his eyes.
"Because the mont I do," he said, "their leaders will take that as an invitation."
He raised his hand again.
Shadows ford a vision of eight towering silhouettes, each distinct from one another.
First one of them, Baran, the Monarch of White Flas, stood like a tyrant carved from hell itself. His demonic armor like nothing they have seen.
Rakan, the Monarch of Fangs, never truly stood upright. His massive, fur-covered body remained hunched forward, shoulders broad, neck thick, jaw perpetually bared in a snarl. Blood-red eyes burned with predatory hunger above a mouth packed with fangs too large for any natural beast.
Cold followed Sillad, the Monarch of Frost. Tall and slender, icy skin, long white hair drifted behind him as if subrged in winter air, and his pale blue eyes were empty of warmth.
Tarnak, the Monarch of Iron Body, resembled a walking fortress. His massive fra was forged of living tal, skin layered like interlocking steel plates, He wore no armor because none was needed. His expressionless face gave him the look of an executioner who had long forgotten emotion.
Rot and sickness announced Querehsha, the Monarch of Plagues. Her upper body retained a twisted humanoid shape, pale and sickly, marked with dark, crawling patterns beneath the skin. Her eyes were wrong, multifaceted, reflective, inhuman.
Yogumunt, the Monarch of Transfiguration, was the least solid of them all. Draped in dark, flowing robes, his skeletal face flickered between forms, bone, shadow, half-flesh, never fully settling. He looked less like a being and more like a spell that had learned to walk.
Then there was Legia, the Monarch of the Beginning
and the only one bound in chains.
He was enormous even by Monarch standards, a giant whose pale, stone-like skin and his face was solemn, weary, and unmistakably regal, unlike the others, there was no frenzy in his eyes, only bitterness.
And last ca A Draconic figure, Antares.
He arrived like an ending in physical body. In his humanoid shape, his long crimson hair flowed like liquid fla, eyes burning with apocalyptic certainty. His body radiated unbearable heat, veins glowing as if magma ran beneath his skin. But when he revealed himself fully, the sky itself seed to recoil. A colossal dragon erged, wings vast enough to eclipse the skies, scales edged in red like embers caught in eternal night. He was not rage, nor chaos, he was the embodint of destruction.
"Eight Monarchs," Arthur finally said. "Ancient. Godlike. Each one rules a race.. no, an ecosystem of monsters."
The constructs rotated slowly.
"Bugs. Giants. Elental abominations. Beasts born from magic, matter, and things even I refuse to na."
Zatanna whispered, barely audible,
"Those aren’t simple armies... they look like natural disasters."
Arthur inclined his head slightly.
"Correct."
Superman studied the largest silhouette.. the dragon.
"How strong are these Monarchs?"
Arthur did not hesitate.
"Most of them," he said, "are stronger than the majority of this room."
Many didn’t like this and a few jaws tightened.
"And the strongest?" Superman pressed.
Arthur’s gaze lingered on the draconic figure.
"The Monarch of Destruction," he said quietly. "King of Dragons."
"I’m not sure I can defeat him myself, since he rivals my own power."
No one spoke.
Not Batman.
Not Wonder Woman.
Not even Constantine.
Arthur lowered his hand. The vision dissolved.
"They know I can reach them," he said. "Just as I know they can reach us."
His violet eyes burned brighter.
"So long as I remain on defense, they hesitate. They plan. They will maneuver."
A pause.
"The mont I strike first," Arthur finished, "Earth becos their battlefield."
He looked at all of them then.
"That," he said calmly, "is why I called you here."
The silence Arthur left behind did not last long.
It cracked.
"Holy.." Beast Boy’s mouth hung open as he stared at the empty space where the vision had been. He dragged a hand down his face, green skin paling a shade. "Holy everything, dude. That was nightmare fuel."
Cyborg’s systems were still scrolling data he knew ant nothing.
"I’m telling you right now," he said, "nothing I scanned in that vision obeyed known physics. Or logic."
Starfire folded her hands tightly at her chest, eyes dimd with sorrow rather than fear.
"So many worlds... extinguished. These creatures feel joy only in ending life."
Blue Beetle shifted nervously, armor clicking.
"Yeah, uh.. Are we exactly prepared for interdinsional god-monster empires?"
Robin hadn’t spoken yet.
Batman stepped forward.
The room adjusted to him instinctively.
"I’ve already begun counterasures," Bruce said, voice even, sharp. "Arthur’s assessnt aligns with my own findings. Two days ago, Watchtower sensors picked up a magical distortion in Antarctica."
Several heads snapped toward him.
"Magical?" Barry echoed. "In Antarctica? That’s... why does nothing normal ever happen in Antarctica?"
"It wasn’t a portal," Batman continued, ignoring him. "Not fully. More like... a pressure point."
Constantine muttered under his breath,
"Bloody hell. That’s how it always starts."
Batman’s eyes flicked briefly to Arthur before returning to the room.
"From prior discussions with him, we believe these incursions don’t require fixed entry points. They can manifest anywhere."
"What?" Shazam blurted. "Anywhere-anywhere?"
"You an like.." Green Arrow gestured vaguely at the floor. "..here anywhere?"
A ripple of unease spread through the League.
Arthur stepped forward before panic could take root.
"Fear not," he said calmly. "I anticipated this concern."
Shadows gathered behind him.
"I will leave two of my best shadows here," Arthur continued. "They will specialize in detection, analysis, and counter-strategy."
The shadows peeled back.
Two figures erged.
Shadow Lex stepped forward first, hands clasped behind his back, eyes glowing faintly with calculating intelligence. Beside him, Shadow Owl appeared without a sound, cape blending into the darkness.
Barry whispered,
"...Is that Lex?"
Arthur ignored the comnt.
"They will locate forming portals long before ergence," he said. "Monarch-level gates are not subtle. They require scale. Energy. Preparation."
His violet eyes swept the room.
"If one manifests," he said simply, "I will handle it."
That settled sothing.
Martian Manhunter stepped forward, studying the two shadow figures carefully, telepathy brushing against them and recoiling slightly at what lay beneath.
"These two..." J’onn said slowly. "You certain they can be helpful."
Arthur inclined his head.
"They are loyal to , so yes."
He turned to J’onn fully.
"They will remain here, for now. Assist with detection, coordination, and early warning."
J’onn hesitated for half a second.
Then nodded.
"Very well," he said. "We will work together."
Constantine exhaled smoke, eyes narrowed with grim interest.
"Guess that makes this official, then," he muttered. "End-of-the-world prep. Again."
Zatanna crossed her arms, eyes locked on Arthur.
"You’re certain this is only the beginning, and they are not already here by any chance?"
Arthur’s expression did not change.
"Yes."
The Titans exchanged looks fear, resolve, determination mixing together.
Robin straightened.
"Then we’ll be ready by the ti they appear."
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