Five days have passed, the number of murders has increased, more and more of Theresa's Royal Guards were found, murdered, and slaughtered like animals in the streets after midnight.

Once she's received the report from Zara she got so furious and raged, "What in the hell is going on in MY KINGDOM?!!"

Her Lieutenants remained silent, the situation was going out of hand and they still don't know who's behind these murders.

"And WHERE IS CHLOE?!!"

"We've sent a messenger to the Royal Vampire Family's castle, but, they said she's not there, your Highness," Arthas replied keeping his head bowed to the Queen.

The Queen frowned, "FIND HER!! And get the preparations ready, we need to get over with this execution and deal with the murders!"

Theresa went down to the dungeons with Arthas and Alexander, she approached Nyxx's cell and unlocked it, she went inside and grabbed her by her collar.

Nyxx's face had many bruises, her left arm was completely blue and broken, looks like Arthas had some fun torturing her in those past few days.

"You still won't tell me where the key is?"

Cough

"I've told you already, I don't know what you're talking about!"

The queen looked at Alexander, "Prepare her for the execution!" she then gestured Arthas to follow her.

Alexander nodded and bowed his head to the Queen. Theresa left with Arthas and her royal guards. Alexander approached Nyxx and pulled her out, gently.

"I'm sorry, kid."

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An hour later the Arena was full of people, crowds were walking in, they were all in their seats around the arena, waiting to witness the execution. They were cheering, the cheering went louder and louder once the Queen came out and walked to her luxury chair above the crowd with her Lieutenants, she gestured for the guards to bring Nyxx in. The guards pulled the chains, pulling her into the arena like she's some sort of an animal that's going to be slaughtered.

The guards tied Nyxx to two poles in the center of the arena. The Queen gestured to the flagellant to proceed. He reached for his whip and approached Nyxx.

"Avril Scarlett MacMillan, you are accused of conspiring against the Utopia Kingdom and the Queen herself. You've committed acts of treason against the Queen and your own Squad by dragging them into an enemy trap and leaving them to their demise, abandoning them and your duties as a First Lieutenant. The Royal Judges have declared you "Guilty". Your Punishment is the following:-

One, a fifty whip by the royal flagellant for your acts of treason.

Two, Sentenced to death for your conspiracy against our Queen."

He then looked up at the Queen awaiting her permission to proceed. Theresa nodded to him.

The Flagellant nodded back and swung his Whip backward, thrusting it towards Nyxx's back, whipping her over and over again with all of his strength.

Nyxx screamed due to the intense pain, she was already tortured by Arthas in the dungeons, her body was near its breaking point. Each whip surged her body with so much pain she couldn't help but scream. Her back started to bleed again and her vision started to turn blurry.

"MONSTERS!" The little girl from before yelled from the crowd. Her mum tried to shush her but the little girl kept yelling, "She did nothing wrong, those are all lies. Lieutenant Avril has always been nice and kind, she'd never do anything like that. You're all LIARS. LIARS!"

Theresa smirked and raised her right palm. Everyone's attention was switched to her, "Interesting. Bring the Golem in. She needs to suffer for her sins along with that kid."

Zara looked at Theresa with shock, so did Alexander and most of the spectators. Sure the queen had a twisted personality and enjoyed watching others in pain but to involve a child in it? That was too extreme for anyone to watch.

The Royal guards brought a big golem in, it stood before the flagellant and Nyxx.

The other Royal Guards grabbed the little girl and dragged her to the Arena. Her mum begged, "Please don't, she's just a child, she doesn't deserve this." she tried to pull her daughter away but the royal guards were too strong for her to deal with. She sobbed in tears and tried to get to the arena but she was restrained by two royal guards.

The Queen's Royal Guards tossed the girl into the arena. She got scared, when the flagellant approached her with his whip, she crawled backward while shaking.

Nyxx's full attention was directed to the little girl, she couldn't bear to watch a little girl getting involved in this and losing her life because of her.

Nyxx's hair started to rise slowly, the cuffs and chains started to heat up, Nyxx's magic was resisting the cuffs. She broke the chains and rushed to the little girl, she wrapped her arms around her, trying to shield her from the flagellant.

The crowd was in shock. Arthas and the Queen were amused, they enjoyed the show too much, guess they both have that twisted personality and enjoy such scenes.

The flagellant kept directing his whip towards them but Nyxx managed to shield the little girl with her body, taking all the hits and trying to endure it as much as she could.

The Flagellant stopped whipping her and chanted a few words, conjuring a pair of chains. He held the chains and manipulated them with his magic. The chains flew towards Nyxx like snakes and wrapped around her neck. The Flagellant tried to pull her with the chains but she kept resisting until she discharged all of her magic. The cuffs suppressed most of it but in the end, some of it was discharged and electricity went through the chains, shocking the flagellant to death.

The Flagellant fell down to his right side, completely fried by Nyxx's electricity.

Arthas got irritated and gestured to the royal guards to unchain the golem. And so, they did. The giant golem smashed the ground with his feet while approaching Nyxx and the little girl. He moved his hand towards them.

Nyxx knew she's dead either way. She pushed the little girl away with a smile. The golem wrapped his hand around Nyxx and pulled her up. he reached for her right arm and held it with his index and thumb, twisting and breaking it.

"Stop, this is too much.", The little girl sobbed while begging.

The golem squeezed Nyxx in his hand, breaking the rest of her bones.

Crack Crack Crack Crack Crack

"Aaaaaaaaaah!!" All she could do was scream due to the excessive pain.

He then tossed Nyxx to the ground, her body smashed into it and she coughed blood, her bones are all broken now. Nyxx was helpless, she took too much damage already, she knew that was the moment of her death and so, the golem raised his right fist. Alexander stared at his watch and stood up, gritting his teeth, sounds like he's about to do something.

"Somebody, please, help . . . . HEEEEEEEEEELP!", the little girl screamed.

The golem dropped his giant fist down on Nyxx. Upon the impact, a shockwave occurred. Theresa smirked but it only took two seconds for the smirk to vanish off her face.

Theresa stood up along with Arthas, staring at the golem.

It was the black knight from before, no one knows where he came from but he blocked the golem's strike with his curvy double-edged lance. Alexander sat back in his seat, sighing in relief. His shield was glowing. He was about to use his defensive magic to protect Nyxx but looks like his interference is no longer needed.

The black knight stood with red energy flickering from his armor and lance. The spectators were shocked but not as shocked as Theresa and Arthas. The black knight stared at the ground for some reason though before glancing at Theresa up there on her seat.

The black knight pushed the golem's fist away with brute strength causing a shockwave of air, pushing the golem backward as well.

The golem raised his right fist and dropped it down on the black knight. The black knight rolled the lance around his right hand then switched it to his left, holding it tightly, blocking the strike as the golem's hand shattered upon the impact.

The black knight thrusts himself forward at a high speed switching sides right and left until he reached the golem's right leg. He twisted on his right toe, carving the ground as he smashed his bow's edge into the golem's right leg, shattering it into rock pieces.

He jumped up high, rolling in the air, smashing his lance into the golem's head, shattering it to pieces, upon landing, he pulled a string attached to his weapon while aiming at the golem's chest, a red arrow of energy appeared. Looks like it wasn't a lance but actually a bow.

He released the arrow towards the golem's chest, the arrow exploded with massive energy, piercing his chest and making a wide big hole in it.

The golem's body shattered completely and it fell down, shattering to pieces.

One second after that, the eastern wall of the arena blew up, three figures walked out of the dust cloud, two cloaked females in two mantles, and one bulky male.

The royal guards rushed towards the black knight but then, Ice Spikes came out of the ground, stabbing through each of them.

The first female removed her mantle, revealing her face, it was Chloe, the Second Lieutenant.

Arthas got irritated and jumped down the arena, using his speed to reach the black knight, he tried to stab his face but the knight turned around in time. Arthas's sword scratched the right side of the knight's helmet, shattered the top right side of it, exposing the black knight's right eye.

The knight blocked Arthas's second strike with his bow and pushed him backward, Arthas raised his sword to the knight's face and the knight pulled the string of his bow, aiming the red energy arrow towards Arthas.

At that moment the second female removed her mantle, revealing her face, it was Alexandra, Nyxx's little sister who was supposed to be dead years ago.

"Don't worry big sis, we're here now," Alex spoke in a cold tone her expression seemed calm yet, her eyes were flickering with fury and rage, sounds like she's in her extreme levels of rage and hatred, she unsheathed her one-handed sword while walking towards the royal guards in the arena.

"Getting all the way here was such a pain!" she sighed while shaking her head.

"Can't agree with you more!" Chloe chuckled.

"Well then, let's get this over with," Alexandra tilted her head at the many royal guards in the arena.

She vanished from her position and appeared behind the guards with a cold look on her face. Blood was dripping from her sharp sword. The guards all dropped down with cuts all over their bodies, they were all cut down in a blink. She stared at the queen afterward with cold eyes.

The guards charged at her in a group.

"Begone!" she mumbled the words with widened eyes as wind blasted by them. They all froze in their spot in a shock, one second later they were all cut down as a result of being hit by that mysterious wind.

"Sh-She took them all out in an instant? Just how powerful is she?" Chloe questioned the situation in her mind.

One of the squads' commanders charged at Alex and raised his large hammer, dropping it down on her but, she just vanished and to everyone's shock she was standing on the commander's left shoulder on one toe with widened eyes full of bloodlust and anger and, what's even creepier, she was smiling.

She tilted her head aside while staring down at him, "Fall!" once again the words came out of her lips as she sheathed her sword only for the wound to burst out of the commander's neck, his throat was sliced somehow, no one could notice how fast she was, as he was falling down, Alex balanced herself on his shoulder, walking down on his back while he was collapsing forward like she was descending a stair.

"Al... ex?" Nyxx was shocked, her tone was faint and weak, she couldn't believe it but then, she looked at the black knight. She saw his right eye, that was an eye she could recognize out of a million others.

"Who the hell are you?!" Arthas asked while pointing his sword at the black knight.

"L... eo?" Nyxx's lips shivered with tears going down her cheeks.

The blue beast eye was flickering and so, the evil grin drew all over the black knight's lips.

Looks like our Serial Killer is back from the dead. And looks like a bloody battle is about to go down in Utopia.

*End of Chapter 21*

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