When she saw Crimson City, she wanted to find out which race had built it and see if she could spread the faith of the Goddess of Fire Prayer among them.
"Turns out there are other gods."
When Medivh spotted the exploration team, the Light Priests in Crimson City sent word telling him not to attack. The people approaching Crimson City were followers of the Goddess of Fire Prayer.
Receiving the Light Priests' message, Medivh felt a little surprised.
To be honest, aside from the Goddess of Light, he hadn't heard the name of any other god in all these years.
He had thought that after Ragnarok and the War of Ten Thousand Races, every god besides the Goddess of Light had either died or fallen asleep.
Apparently, that wasn't the case. Other gods were still spreading their faith across the Star Sea Plane; they simply weren't well known.
What had happened in the final stages of Ragnarok and the War of Ten Thousand Races was beyond Medivh's reach for now.
"Skeletons! Could a Lich from the Necromancer Council have built a stronghold here? We need to hurry back and notify the Bishop, so she can contact the Church of Light!"
As Satena and the other explorers approached Crimson City, they saw the Skeleton Army waiting with the gates open. Their pupils instantly contracted.
At some point, this life-forbidden zone, the Scorching Red Desert, had been occupied by a Lich.
They had wondered what sort of life could survive here. It turned out these weren't living beings at all, but a horde of undead.
"Something's wrong—we're surrounded! I'll stay behind to hold off these skeletons. Find a way to escape and report what's happening here to the Bishop and the Church of Light!"
Seeing skeletons lining the hills on both