It was a sunny day. The houses look much older than the ones in our current timeline. People had a simple life, no internet, no TV's, no cars, no airplanes, and no iPhones for sure.

The Utopia timeline was that of medieval times like the crusaders and such. Cities surrounded by walls, taverns, wide squares with crowds, people having their usual lives, merchants selling their goods, kids playing and running around.

Alexander, Chloe, and Arthas were returning to the capital. The capital's name was Palone. They approached the city's main gate with their prisoner. Alexander presented their legal pass. The guards checked the pass and opened the gate for them. The guards were still shocked by what they saw. Nyxx was being pulled with chains on her arms, toes, and even neck. They recognized her but what can they do anyway?

Arthas pulled Nyxx by her chains, walking through one of the main streets towards the castle. Crowds gathered to watch the three Lieutenants. And the Ex-First Lieutenant as a prisoner, quite a day it is.

Nyxx was being dragged like a slave. Some of the queen's supporters started to throw some rocks and rotten vegetables on her. Chloe frowned and walked by Nyxx's right side in an attempt to cover her as no one will dare to throw something this side now. Alexander sighed and walked by Nyxx's left side as well.

"Hang in there!" a little girl in the crowd yelled to Nyxx.

Nyxx was just staring at the ground with a broken look on her face, she looked at the little girl with a faint smile then back to the ground.

Alexander reached the castle's gate, he showed the legal pass once more to the gate's guards. The castle was so big, a big wall was surrounding it with guards on top of it and had four gates. One to the north, one to the east, one to the west, and one to the south. Each gate had four guards outside and an emergency squad behind it in case someone tried to break in.

The group was going through the south gate. The guards confirmed the pass and opened the gate for them.

As they passed through the other guards in the castle's parameter they all saw the shock on the guards' faces when they saw Nyxx all chained up in such a humiliating way.

They took Nyxx to the castle's lower floor where the queen's "Special Cells" are. Those cells are specifically made for those who get on the queen's bad side and will mostly face a death sentence after their trial.

Chloe was requested to give her report to the queen. Alexander had to attend to his military camp to check on things and sign some papers while Arthas remained outside Nyxx's cell, pleasing his eyes with her current humiliating stat.

He decided to play a little, he unlocked her cell, approached her, and raised his left hand, caressing her left cheek.

"I feel sorry for you. If things were different maybe we could have been a thing," he smirked then leaned closer and licked her neck, "You taste so good."

Nyxx spat on his face and eyed him with a blank cold expression on her face. She couldn't use her magic, the cuffs around her wrists are enchanted to block magic and prevented prisoners from accessing their inner magic power.

Arthas wiped the spit off his face then slapped her, he grabbed her by her chin and stared at her with an intimidating look.

"I guess you really wanna get on my bad side then." he headbutted her then thrust his knee into her stomach.

Nyxx coughed and fell on her knees. He grabbed her by her neck and lifted her up, pushing her to the cell's wall as he withdrew his golden sword, he moved it on her dress slowly cutting the top left string of it while making a cut to her skin.

"Hard way it is!" he whispered in her left ear while unbuckling his pants.

An ice spike came out of the floor about to pierce Arthas's torso but he jumped back to dodge it. He looked backward and saw Chloe, staring at him with fury in her eyes. It even triggered her vampiric nature that her eyes glowed. Her eyes were similar to those of a cat that's about to jump on her prey, they were glowing purple and the pissed look on Chloe's face gave it out.

"Wooooah, our second Lieutenant looks pisse-.." Chloe didn't wait for him to finish his sentence and created ice spikes above him, they were falling on him like raindrops. Arthas dodged right and left until he saw Chloe by his left side, swinging an ice sword towards his torso, he swung his sword to intercept it. A shockwave burst at the moment of the two swords' impact.

"That's enough!" Alexander shouted while descending the stairs with a blanket.

He walked past them both, heading to Nyxx. He withdrew a tissue and wiped the blood off her face. After that, he covered her with the blanket and removed the chains, leaving the cuffs around her wrist so that she doesn't use her magic to escape. He closed the cell and locked it from the outside.

He walked back to the duo and stared at Arthas, "Lay your hand on her again and you'll lose it".

"Okaaay" Arthas raised his hands up, shrugging.

One day later

Nyxx opened her eyes upon hearing a familiar voice.

"How lucky am I? If it's not my favorite Lieutenant!!" The Queen was excited.

"Theresa ..." Nyxx growled beneath her teeth while saying the name.

Theresa, The Queen of Utopia, a blonde woman in her late thirties. brown eyes, "D" cup breasts, and golden accessories all over her neck, wrists, and toes.

The queen didn't waste any time and grabbed Nyxx by her right arm. Nyxx yelped and groaned in pain as her right shoulder is still injured and recovering.

"Where is it?!!" The queen asked in anger.

"Where is what?" Nyxx was trying to keep up with the pain surging through her arm due to the queen's grip.

"Don't play dumb. The key, Avril!"

"What key?!!"

Theresa tightened her grip but this time she tightened it on Nyxx's injured shoulder.

"Aaaaah!"

"The "Thousand Doors Key". The one that can open gates to a thousand realms. You know those minor doors we use to travel to other realms are not enough for my army to cross through!" Theresa was getting impatient already.

"You just want to invade other realms to satisfy your hunger for power! I don't have your "KEY"!"

"We'll see about that. I know he gave it to you. But sounds like you still want to play dumb, ok then" She looked back to Arthas.

"ARTHAS!" She called her third Lieutenant.

"Yes, your Highness?"

"Do as you please with her. I want you to break her until she spills everything out!"

Theresa nodded and walked to the stairs in an attempt to leave the dungeons.

At that moment, Arthas's student was rushing downstairs, "Your Highness!!" she called for the queen. Zara was her name, a 15 years old mage. Black hair, green eyes, slender body. "A" cup breasts. She was 160 CM tall.

Theresa looked down at Zara "What is it?!" Theresa was in a hurry.

"We received those reports from one of the squads who patrol the city at night. . . " She bowed her head and offered the report to Theresa.

Theresa ran her eyes through the report, reading it carefully.

"Those are all thieves, thugs, and rapists. Why should I care if they have been slaughtered by someone?"

Zara seemed nervous while the words were coming out of her lips, "P-... Paulo, your tenth Lieutenant was also murdered, your . . . Highness." Zara couldn't make eye contact with Theresa while saying those words.

"WHAT?!! Who dares to touch my Lieutenant?"

"We've also found this sealed letter on Paulo's chest." Zara offered the letter to the Queen.

Theresa was irritated enough.

"Arthas! Read this filthy letter!" She gestured her Lieutenant over.

"Yes, Your Highness." Arthas complied and snatched the letter from Zara, he pulled off the seal and opened the letter, he raised an eyebrow before reading.

"What is it saying?!!" The queen was so impatient and irritated now.

"It says 'Mirror mirror on the wall, who's blowing my bloody door?!!', your Highn..- GET DOWN!" Arthas yelled that last part and jumped on the Queen to cover her.

"HUH?!!"

Outside the castle, something glowing in red was approaching it at a high speed like a missile in the air!

WHOOSH!

BOOM!

It exploded into the castle's south gate, blowing it up completely, shaking the entire castle with a shockwave.

"WHAT IN THE HELL IS GOING?!" The queen shouted in anger.

The guards rushed to the gate, the queen's royal guards and Lieutenants rushed to her side however, Chloe wasn't there, she left last night.

Far far away from the city on a high hill, a Knight was standing there, wearing black armor with a black helmet that's covering his eyes and nose but not his mouth, he was holding a curvy double-edged lance while staring at the castle's direction with red energy flickering out of his armor, he turned around and walked off, vanishing into the forest's shadows.

*End of Chapter 19*