Hundred - Volume 11 - Chapter 7

Intermission  

Approximately 500 years ago 

After the decease of the Goddess Maria. 

Her disciples built Puritaria according to her last request and began the activities to spread her teachings. 

Of course, they decided to confront the Romaria Empire, but after Maria’s death, the Romaria Empire was attacked by many tragedies. 

Earthquakes. Floods. Epidemics. 

Some were coincidence, but others were set up with the power of Maria’s?miracle?. 

As a result, the Romaria Empire, which was scared for having executed the Goddess, recognized Puritaria as an apology and decided to walk with them. 

Maria, who made sure of that, introduced herself as an apostle of Goddess Maria and went around various countries for several decades. 

She simply and solely continued spreading the teachings and thoroughly kept increasing the believers of Puritaria. 

Everything was for the sake of boosting her power. 

To let humanity develop and to approach the day to return to Planet Notre Dame. 

The seeds were sown again. 

Before long, Maria returned to Romaria Empire and decided to fall asleep for a long time in the rescue pod. 

Then she would wake up every 100 years, check the situation, fall asleep for a long time again and do the same again. 

100 years, 200 years, 500 years, 1000 years??. 

As time passed, the people of the planet named Earth evolved. 

Still, their condition was far away from advancing into space, to say nothing of a?time machine?. During that time, the rescue signal continued being sent, but no response came back at her. 

Then again, time passed??. 

Approximately 1,500 years had passed since Maria fell asleep for long periods of time again and again. 

Maria had woken up quite sooner than the expected date and time. 

The suspended animation had been cancelled due to an emergency. 

(What’s the meaning of this?) 

She checked the monitor that signaled the emergency. 

Could it be??that there was hope? 

She wondered if a response came to the rescue signal. 

However??. 

Confirming the existence of 2 Savages?* 

*TN: Savages is the furigana reading for invaders. 

That was displayed on the monitor. 

– Savages? Why…? 

Was it a malfunction? 

No way, to think the Savages came to help her. 

Even jokes had a limit. 

But??. 

She operated the monitor and projected the situation outside. 

What was displayed was the figure of a Savage raising its pincers overhead. 

In other words, it wasn’t a malfunction. 

It was really an emergency. 

The Savage swung the pincers downward. 

– Kyaah!? 

Together with a strong impact, the rescue pod shook violently. 

She immediately understood that it rolled on the ground. 

At the same time that movement stopped. 

The night sky and the stars were in sight. 

But not through the monitor. 

There was a large hole in the rescue pod. 

– … You’re kidding me… 

The monitor was cracked. 

Naturally, the image being projected there disappeared. 

The rescue pod had been completely destroyed. 

A giant creature roared in front of her. 

Obviously, that was a Savage. 

Of about 3 meters long. 

A normal-type one. 

– … No way, this is… 

She had just woken up, and yet, she seemed to be in a nightmare. 

Of course, there was no way she could keep spacing out. 

Although the rescue pod was broken and badly damaged, everything would be over if she died. 

– Kuh… 

The moment she tried to move, she felt dizzy. 

She looked at herself reflected on the monitor and saw blood flowing from her head and parts of her body. 

Moreover, the exterior of the rescue pod was bent by the Savage’s pincers, making it impossible to escape. 

(I have to do something about this first) 

Maria, who came to her senses, released the power of the?miracle?, grabbing the exterior. 

Her pupils shone in a golden color. 

In an instant, the exterior of the rescue pod burst open. 

(With this, my body is free) 

Probably thanks to the release of the power of the?miracle?, the small wounds started to heal. 

(I’m really like God) 

She smiled with a feeling of self-deprecation. 

But because this was a superhuman body, revenge was possible. 

She could survive without dying here. 

Maria glared at the face of the Savage in front of her seen from the side. 

(This is the one that destroyed the rescue pod) 

The Savage’s feelers reacted and turned its face towards Maria. 

At the same time, Maria extended her right arm towards the sky and turned her index finger towards the sky. 

The weak point of the Savages was the?core?in their heads??. 

If that was the case, Maria shot a mass of energy from the sky, pointing at the core of the Savage in front of her. 

(Nice!) 

Maria let out a great voice of joy in her mind. 

The thunderbolt of energy destroyed the?core?together with the?shelter?that covered the head of the Savage. The Savage collapsed at her feet, without moving. 

(I can win!) 

Maria was convinced. 

Even the remaining Savage could be defeated if it was her! 

The roar of a Savage was heard from behind. 

She turned just her neck and saw a Savage opening its head in a big way, it was about to fire a beam. She had no time to escape. 

But??. 

Maria stuck out her right hand to the Savage and expanded energy. 

She caught the fired bombardment in the palm of her hand. 

Then she created a spear of light in her hand and threw it at the Savage. 

Like the thunderbolt moments ago, the spear of light pierced the?shelter?and destroyed the?core?and everything. The two Savages turned into corpses in the blink of an eye. 

– … I won… 

Maria’s pupils regained their original color. 

Strength left her body. 

– I, won. 

Being able to take revenge on the Savages was one of the factors she lived in a remote planet. 

That fact excited Maria. 

(I got revenge!) 

First, the Savages. 

(The next is??) 

Then, she abruptly came to her senses. 

The rescue pod had been destroyed by the Savages. 

She tried touching the monitor, but it didn’t work as expected. 

So it was useless in the end. 

Now, what she should do from now on? 

(The Savage attack happening at night was a blessing in disguise, huh) 

The place where the rescue pod was hidden wasn’t the place where it fell first. The environs of Romaria ended up developing so much that she moved to a very-far-away place. 

With that, the Savages shouldn’t have been seen by anyone. 

But the light of the power of the?miracle? when she defeated them may have been seen. 

Once it dawns, someone would surely come to investigate what happened. 

For the time being, Maria decided to hide the Savages and the rescue pod in a hole she made using the power of the?miracle?. The rescue pod and the Savages shouldn’t be shown to the inhabitants of this planet yet, she concluded. If there was a time it was necessary, digging them out should do it. 

The concealment was completed immediately. 

If she used the power of the?miracle?, then making a hole and putting the Savages and the rescue pod in it would be easy. 

(Now, what should I from now on?) 

Suspended animation couldn’t be done now that the rescue pod was destroyed. 

She didn’t know how much this body of hers would last, but if life and what she had to do from now on were considered, then it was the best to curry favor with Puritaria. 

Maria decided to knock at the gates of the church. 

The church where she herself laid the foundation for teachings. 

Since she recruited many believers in the past, it was easy to stand out. 

More than 1,000 years since?Puritaria?was founded. 

The followers multiplied, spreading around the world; its power was getting stronger every day. 

Maria continued making use of the power of the church and contributed to the development of earthlings. 

And several hundreds of years passed??. 

Just when she called herself Serivia and had an important position within the church. 

A certain incident occurred.