From Mimic to World's strongest daughter

Chapter 18

Y/n's POV

The light slowly faded as I looked down at papa. "Y/n? What'd you do that for?" Papa asked.

"To protect someone I love." I said, before falling onto him. Papa caught me as I heard him gasp a little, clearly in some pain. I felt us falling before hearing mama use her Updraft spell to keep us floating for a minute longer. Mama floated over to us, carrying the two of us to a platform as Shea and Tio landed. "Hajime, Y/n. Say something." Mama begged as she gave papa some holy water.

"I'm okay..." I mumbled out still in pain from blocking most of the attack.

"Great work out there, sweetie." Papa said. I looked down to see that his arms were still badly hurt from the attack. "You're hurt though." I said.

"I'll be okay." Papa said.

"On your guard, fool! Above you!" Tio shouted. I saw mama look up before a rain of magic spells came towards us. "I've got it. Tempest Void!" Tio said, casting a spell to stop the spells. Mama raised her hand as she looked up before casting her Hollowed Ground spell. The rain of spells continued as I heard Shea try to charge in. After a few more seconds, the rain of spells stopped as mama stopped her Hollowed Ground spell. "Staging the ambush here was an excellent idea." Someone said. Papa groaned as he looked over to see who was talking. I looked in the direction he and mama were looking as I noticed a swarm of dragons flying above us. "You posed too great a risk. I couldn't just ignore you. That man and child in particular. How could they have possibly survived a direct hit from Uranos' breath? Tell me who you are. I demand it. How many Age of God's magics have you learned?" The man said.

"First, are you going to introduce yourself or shall I call you Uranos' breath?" Papa asked. The man on the dragon's back didn't answer as he looked down at papa. "Typical demon. Guess your lack of manners is to be expected, though." Papa said. I smiled as I looked at papa. Mama helped papa to his feet while Shea came over and helped me to mine. "Easy there, kiddo. You doing okay?" Shea asked.

"Yeah." I mumbled.

"I'm glad to see your both standing." Tio said.

"I see no need for pleasantries. After all, you're about to meet your end." The demon said.

"Come on, man. I was just making a childish joke. I couldn't care any less what your name is. By the way, how's your friend's arm situation going?" Papa asked. I giggled as I remembered the demon's arm he shot off in Ur. "I think the new look suits him personally." Papa said. The demon didn't answer for a moment before speaking up. "You are speaking to Freid Bagwa. I am god's obedient apostle. I bring divine punishment to heathens." Freid said.

"God's apostle? Right, let me venture a wild guess here. You learned an Age of God's magic, so now you can call yourself that." Papa said.

"You're sharper than you look, heathen. When the powers of the Age of Gods were vested in me, I heard the voice of my god speaking to my heart, saying. 'You're my apostle.'" Freid said.

"Cool." Papa dismissed.

"I made a vow to sacrifice all for the will of my god. Your existence stands in the way of that. A fact that makes you my sworn mortal enemy. Therefore, heathen. I shall now eliminate you." Freid said.

"Could you come back another time?" I asked. Papa chuckled at my question as Freid looked at me. "What?" Freid asked.

"Don't worry about it. Although I should, that's my line." Papa said.

"What does that mean?" Freid asked.

"You stand in my way, and that makes you my sworn mortal enemy." Papa said. Shea, mama and Tio split up from us as papa and I stayed back. I summoned my rifle from where it was and fired a shot alongside papa towards Freid. Mama, Tio and Shea all fired shots at Freid as well, only for a purple shield to appear in front of him, blocking the attack. "What did you think only dragons comprised my arsenal?" Freid asked. We continued firing at the shield spell in front of Freid. "This defense can't be penetrated as easily as that. Now you shall bear witness. I'll show you the Age of God's power I've earned." Freid said. He started chanting a spell as we all looked at him. "Hey! Cut that out! Y/n switch bullets!" Papa shouted. I nodded and switch to some special bullets that papa made which would explode on impact. I started firing those one after the other while papa used the missile launcher to hit the shield spell. "Cosmic Rift!" Freid shouted. Freid and the dragon he was riding vanished before Shea turned around. "Behind you." She said. I turned around, seeing Freid and Uranos behind us before I fired a shot at them. Uranos used its dragon's breath to attack, which exploded my bullet before it could get to them as papa defended with the missile launcher. The rain of spells from before started again as papa continued defending against Uranos' breath attack.