The followers of the Life Goddess Church whom Lilina had gathered from the Great Temples throughout the Empire Zone had already begun working busily, rescuing the wounded and treating patients afflicted with fatal diseases caused by radiation and extreme heat. This should reduce the postwar losses to a minimum. In this small village where the injured and sick were being treated, another wave of activity had begun: the miraculous divine arts the believers performed through prayer left everyone astonished. Most regular soldiers of the Resistance Organization had never even seen such wondrous power. Of course, some civilizations among Merrowa's Slave Races could use magic as well, but the slaves on this planet had been completely isolated, and there was very little they had ever witnessed. Thus, the Life God Cult's medical care had produced an unexpected effect: the magical "performances" greatly eased the patients' suffering and finally brought smiles to children frightened by the war. After noticing this, several church paladins who had finished tending to the wounded gladly began their "performances," using miraculous divine arts and healing magic to draw every child in the village over—at least letting them temporarily forget the devastated homeland behind them.
Anu Lili and the Resistance Organization soldiers around her were filled with amazement. They watched those saints dressed in magnificent church robes or armor, bathed all over in Divine Light, casually sit on the muddy ground, beckoning filthy little children over to perform all sorts of amusing tricks for them. They watched those said to be servants of true gods, disciples who should have been enjoying mortal worship in temples, run among the wounded with their sleeves rolled up, drenched in sweat as they helped others. They watched a holy young girl wearing a flower crown and a white Divine Robe, revered as