S03:E26 - Miner Setback

Axl gets a disturbing message from friends in the Hill Country where his parents live…people are going missing! Axl decides the Knights must investigate and Merlok 2.0 concurs. “Strange things are happening in them hills.” It turns out that Jestro and the Cloud of Monstrox are in the hills digging up the THREE BROTHERS STATUES. They were buried there by the Wizards’ Council as it was the site of an old battle, but the Cloud of Monstrox wants to bring them back to life. They figure the big statues will give them an edge in battling the NEXO KNIGHTS once brought to life. The Sculptor, and the enslaved villagers of the Hill Country, must chisel the Three Brothers out of the stones (like dinosaur bones.) The Three Brothers come in three sizes: regular, mini and BIG. But the biggest brother’s body gets ruined when Roberto Arnoldi tries to chisel him out of the rock. Jestro is mad. “We need to get him rolling again!” says Jestro, knowing the NEXO KNIGHTS are on their way. The Sculptor takes him literally and creates THE RAMMING VEHICLE, using the Biggest Brother’s head as the battering ram. The three brothers bicker like crazy (think Three Stooges), but with their vehicle they’re dangerous. The Knights use their new Battle Suits to get into the mountain and fight Jestro’s newest monster team. They can’t get COMBO NEXO Powers inside the mountain, but the Cloud also can’t penetrate the mountain to re-zap any monsters. The Knights use a regular download power and then they can freeze the monsters in the mountain. Desperate, the Cloud decided to try to penetrate the mountain to help Jestro. But as he goes, his misty essence is absorbed by the rock. He turns out being the size of a small steam cloud and he talks like a hamster (too much of him was absorbed by the porous rock in the mountain.) Jestro has to use the empty book cover from seasons 1 and 2 to scoop up the cloud and get him out of there (he’ll be the Book of Monsters briefly at the end of this episode, and enjoys it as he can play his harmonica again.) With Jestro, the Cloud, and the Three Brothers gone, the Knights freeze the rest of the monsters under the mountain and free all the enslaved villagers. The Knights end up back in Diggington for some Axl-made “stone soup.” As Clay is growing more and more stiff, we see he and Merlok 2.0 briefing someone…telling them they will be Clay’s replacement. Who is it?