Dan had changed a lot since his last confrontation with those soldiers, the leader was a merely captain but he will never forget his face, nor any of those who had attacked them fifteen years ago.
This attack had cost him his wife's life and he had been forced to separate from Anaya.
The effects of Gabin's magic pill had been a little different from the others for him, he was already at his peak of power which was level twelve grade four, but he had discovered that now he was able to use the lightning element.
Which would have enabled him, without Anaya's existence, to become the rightful Emperor of the red dragons.
Only, what was a red dragon worth against the powers of a golden dragon who could use not only the five elements but also the light energy at will.
Knowing that his own daughter was the golden dragon filled him with pride but he was also very anxious for her safety.
It was time to show his daughter that he was someone she could count on, he would show her his strength and he would give her the men she needed to succeed in her goal.
Dan advanced towards the soldiers and red flames came out from his hands up to his forearms.
When he was halfway, while continuing to advance towards them, he called for his new element to show off and lightning completely covered his body.
He then took support on his foot and rushed towards his enemies who had remained frozen on spot with astonishment.
Alec's eyes widened when he saw this and he asked Anaya : "Since when can your dad use the lightning element ?"
Anaya replied : "I didn't know that he was capable of using it, but I guess it must be an effect of Gabin's magic pill."
Even though her father had quickly killed five of his enemies, there were still too many for him.
Anaya said to the others : "Let's give him a hand, we can marvel at the effects of the children's magic pills later."
It wasn't long before they got rid of the rest of the soldiers, the strongest was the captain and he was only a level twelve grade three fighter, he was also Dan's first victim.
When Anaya beheaded the last soldier her father asked her curiously : "Tell me honey, why are you always beheading them ?"
Anaya answered him honestly : "It was Liam who taught me that, the only part of the body that cannot be regenerated by magic pills is the head, so the safest way to kill an enemy is to chop off his head."
Dan looked at Liam with a look that seemed to say 'no kidding', and when Liam caught Dan's disapproving gaze he scratched his head helplessly, indeed he had really taught her that, but he had never told her to behead all her opponents.
Anaya said to her father : "Let's go, Celia wants us to be in a safe place to let the children have fun outside of the dimension."
Her father handed her a communication stone which she took and he said to her : "Wait till I contact you, and tell that everything is fine before coming to join me, okay ?"
Anaya nodded and she saw her father leave through an instant teleportation portal.
The stone he had given her was an ordinary communication stone and he quickly contacted them to tell them that everything was fine and that they could come.
Once there Anaya realized that they were in underground galleries and that they were huge.
Anaya immediately disappeared and reappeared with Celia and Gabin.
Dan had asked his men to gather everyone in the larger room and when they arrived the room was full, there must have been over five thousand people here.
Celia and Anaya had been really surprised at the size of its galleries but when they had found out the number of people who lived here, they didn't find them that big anymore.
There was no platform here where Dan could properly present his daughters, all the men and women who had chosen to fight against the power of the Emperor of the red dragons were all equal in this fight, and even though Dan had inherited the title of leader of the rebellion, he received no preferential treatment.
So he climbed onto a table, that they used either to eat or to prepare battle plans, and attracted the attention of everyone.
Despite the overwhelming number of people in this room, all fell silent to hear what their leader had to say to them.
Dan said to everyone : "As always I have good news and bad news."
Dan smiled and continued : "A very wise person taught me that it is better to start with the good news, that way, the bad news is easier to take.
So let's try it this way, and start with the good news my friends."
Dan winked at the girls and motioned for them to join him, he knew very well that they didn't like to be the center of attention but with their status they absolutely had to get used to it.
Celia entrusted Gabin to Alec and went to join Dan with Anaya.
Dan moved between them and when he saw murmurs from the crowd and people pointing at Anaya, he whispered in his daughter's ear : "I told you, you looked like your mother."
Anaya blushed and Dan said to everyone : "For those who have already guessed it, I confirm it, I have found back my daughter."
Celia was a little surprised by this craze, Dan had to be very popular for people to react this way when they learnt that he had found back his daughter.
Some even had tears running down their cheeks, but Dan raised his hand to calm the crowd and said : "I have not only found my daughter, I have also found the golden dragon and the legendary seven spheres mage."
Dan looked at the girls and asked them : "Can you give them a little demonstration, you don't need to transform entirely, the wings should be enough for them."
The girls nodded and Dan got off the table to make room for them.
Everyone seemed greatly surprised by this news, Dan had asked his men to keep the existence of the girls a secret until they arrived in Stellar, and that they were put under their protection.
Apparently the information had not leaked out, it was rather a good news.
He saw Anaya showed her golden wings first, the height of the ceiling didn't allow her to fully transform anyway, but he saw her rise just above the crowd and he was wondering what did she have in mind.
She wanted to give hope to those people who would soon learn that the demon god was coming, and she wanted to show them that she will be powerful enough to protect them.
She took out her daggers and summoned the power of the golden dragon hearts.