While the Imperial Army fighting the Arch Lich' forces were busy dealing with the flooding undead, a magic circle appeared behind the imperial army. The imperial army thought that the Arch Lich did something at that area as a surprise attack but Emrys and the Arch Lich are fighting against each other.
The Pope Pristina of the Church of Light then inspected the magic circle to see who was channeling the mana and she saw the mana link of the spell. Her sight naturally gravitated towards the individual she could see up in the clouds activating a large amount of mana for the magic.
"It seems that the demons finally show their true colors and is now aiding the evil undead beings. I shall gladly rid this world of the evil presence!" Pope Pristina of the Church of Light stated as she chanted one of her ultimate magic spells to smite Ascalor from the clouds.
Ascalor who saw the Pope of the Church of light suddenly amassing power could only scoff at the action of the woman. Ascalor knew that she is one of the reasons why the persecution of the demons still continued to this day or more specifically the angel that is currently controlling the body of that woman.
"She started too late as I already finished the spell." Ascalor thought as he teleported away after completely activating the Mass Teleportation spell.
Seeing that the intended target of her spell disappearing, Pope Pristina became severely frustrated and rerouted her spell towards the army of undead. She then started preparation for her Cleansing Light spell to strike whatever came out of the magic circle that the demon conjured.
The light coming from the magic circle finally died down and the imperial army backline that surrounded the area were shocked. The imperial army troops that should be headed towards the Undead King's Citadel was sent all the way to the Arch Lich' Necropolis.
They were greatly shocked because this was no simple teleportation magic spell as transporting more than a thousand troops would need mana in the hundred thousand. The people transported forcefully became woozy and sick due to not being mentally and physically prepared to be sent across space and time.
The low level grunts like foot soldiers became pale and had a headache that made some of them faint. Some players managed to hold on due to being used to getting transported out of dungeons. The mages of the imperial army was actually thrilled of being able to teleport but some still emptied their stomachs. In short, they were suffering from space motion sickness.
Soon all the teleported imperial army members is bathe in a light so gentle that is seems to be hugging them. This was the effect of the Cleansing Light spell that the Pope of the Church of Light used. The effects of the space motion sickness is soon alleviated as soon as this gentle light touched them.
"Thank you, Pope Pristina. You are truly someone sent by the Goddess of Light." The soldiers suddenly praised the Pope of the Church of Light as they thought that her care for them is her top priority.
Pope Pristina immediately shifted her fanatic looking face to the face of a benevolent mother. She was rather thankful that she did not use a spell that dealt damage and opted for a holy attribute healing spell. She just used the misunderstanding as a chance to increase the influence of the Church of Light.
"I am thankful for the praise and gratitude everyone but we are still battling the dark forces of the undead. When the undead are truly wiped out will the Goddess Luminaria bless you with everlasting happiness.
We must send the weeping souls of the undead to the afterlife where the Goddess of light purifies them." Pope Pristina stated as she controlled the light from her surroundings to appear even more holy.
The words that the Pope of the Church of Light became the thing that renewed the vigor of the downcast transferred soldiers. They were downcast because the enemy unexpectedly sent them away from their intended destination but the words of the Pope Pristina resonated with them.
"The Pope of the Church of Light is correct! We might have been derailed but we should not be discouraged and join our brothers in this battlefield. We could always take down the Undead King later after dealing with the Arch Lich." The captain of the royal guards commanded and the soldiers marched vigorously to battle the Arch Lich and his forces.
"Truly a two faced woman. She immediately used this unexpected event to her benefit. Yet she does nothing to purify this cursed land." Emrys thought to himself as he continued blocking the heavy damaging spells that the Arch Lich continues firing.
With the addition of the forces that were supposed to raid the Undead King, the Arch Lich' forces are starting to get pushed back. The Arch Lich wanted to raise the forces of the Empire that dies but the holy priests blessed them in order to cancel any form of undead revival. The Arch Lich had no choice but to continue and increase his spell casting.
"Even the skeleton dragon that I created is being easily taken care of by that odd dragonkin emitting the power of a person from the celestial realm. That special dragonkin would have become a great undead but that infuriating sorcerer is keeping me pinned down. Let us see if you can defeat an Arch Lich that has a limitless mana pool." The Arch Lich Malus muttered as he once again cast Meteor.
The Arch lich did not care if his troops are also defeated by his spells because he can always make more. The Arch Lich used more mana so he managed to call down five meteors to hit the entire area. Emrys could only swear at the Arch Lich for doing such a thing as the latter knows that defending against a magic like Meteor is virtually impossible.