Anthony had teleported, thinking of Sky, and found himself next to him in the secluded alleyway where Tal had led them the first time they had been here.
Sky saw his astonished look and said to him : "It's safer here, don't forget that we already have killed three demons near the golden stone, in my opinion, we will have a small welcoming committee waiting for us to come back.
That's why we'll wait for the others to arrive here, I don't want to take any chances, I'm not strong enough to protect you if there are demons of the same level as the one who appeared in the palace."
Anthony leaned against the wall and asked him : "Will it be okay for the others, this demon had almost the same strength as the one that had beaten my sister so badly ?"
Sky walked over and lifted his chin to look him in the eye, then he said to him : "Don't underestimate Anaya, she may be young, but she is the golden dragon, every fight she does will make her stronger, she'll take care herself of this bastard there is no doubt about it, okay ?"
Anthony put his hands behind Sky's neck and rested his forehead against his forehead, he didn't want to initiate anything, he just needed a little comfort.
Sky put his hands around his waist and moved a little closer.
Anthony closed his eyes and savored this moment of feeling safe in his man's arms, even though technically speaking he wasn't his man yet as they hadn't done anything.
Celia arrived at this moment and saw them in this position, they turned their heads towards her and she saw the disturbed look of her brother, she asked him : "What's wrong ?"
Anthony gently pushed Sky away and answered her honestly : "I don't know how you do it, we barely come out of one battle to find ourselves in another one, you know I never liked violence."
Celia moved closer to him and patted him on the shoulder, telling him playfully : "Look at the good side of all of this, if you hadn't come with me, you would never have met him."
She saw her brother shake his head and smile and she winked at Sky, she felt that Liam and Alec were there, it was time to go.
Celia turned to Liam and asked him : "How do you want to do it ?"
Liam said simply to her : "We start by cleaning the place and after that, you will be free to break the force fields."
Celia said with a smile : "It doesn't sound like you, usually you always send Alec to cover our backs."
Liam came and put an arm around her shoulders to lead her to the place where the golden stone was, even from here he could feel its power.
He said to her : "Sweetheart after your show of strength against the second general, I don't see why we would need someone to cover our back when you're around, right Babe ?"
Alec laughed and said : "Definitely."
Sky still preferred to warn them before they went any further : "Wait !"
When Celia and the boys turned to look at him with a questioning look he said to them : "The demon who appeared to preside over the meeting was almost of equal strength to the second general, I know you are all stronger than I am but I think we must still remain on our guard."
Celia was not expecting this news and she saw Liam frowning, he asked her : "Will Anaya be able to take care of someone so strong on her own ?"
Celia nodded confidently : "Yes she will, there are now four golden dragon hearts inside the daggers, she will be faster and stronger than before, I'm not worried about her."
Alec looked at Liam and said : "Honey, it doesn't change anything, we better hurry and join them as soon as possible, and the fastest way is always a direct confrontation."
Liam nodded, at worst the girls were both on Elementary so they could still retreat to the dimension.
Liam said decisively : "Here we go, Sky lead the way and you will take care of their protection, with Alec we will clean up the place."
Everyone seemed to agree and they followed Sky to this source of power which was indeed the golden stone, Liam looked at Celia who had closed her eyes and asked her : "How many ?"
He had counted seven but Celia was never wrong so it was best to be sure, she and her brother said simultaneously : "Nine."
Liam thought 'What's the heck ?' and Celia looked at Anthony smiling and said to him : "Not bad at all, there are two that I can't scan but I can feel their presence, instead of seeing their demonic flame I can see their shield made of darkness energy."
Alec frowned : "Two that you can't scan ?"
Liam was thinking the same thing, if Celia couldn't scan them, that's meant that at least two demons were strong, he asked her : "Give me an idea of their level."
Celia said to him : "No need to tell you the level of the seven you must have spotted, right ?
So for the other two, I would say the same level as Aiden before the Sword of Chaos and the sacred bond with my son changed him that much."
Celia then disappeared and reappeared a few seconds later with a slightly stunned Flame, she said to him : "Sorry to have taken you like that but it's an emergency, we need you."
Celia saw that Flame immediately got serious and frowned as he scanned their surroundings, she said to everyone : "I am going to make a shield around the force fields that protects the golden stone.
With Anthony we will be safe under its protection and we will try to break through the force fields as you fight against the demons, like that we'll kill two birds with one stone."
She added : "Liam and Alec take care of the two demons that have a darkness energy shield around them, used only spells with universe energy.
Sky and Flame the other seven demons shouldn't be a problem for you but be careful all the same, okay."
After everyone nodded, Celia immediately took out a hundred green papers and all the boys except her brother moved away from her.
Once the shield was in place, Liam and the others disappeared from their sight to go and fight against the demons.
Celia said to Anthony : "It's up to us now, let's break these force shields."
Anthony looked at her and said with a serious tone : "Ya, let's do it together sis."