Escape
While those two were still in the same part of the Spiritual Church temple in the capital of Vogel, the Spiritual Sage in question appeared tens of kilometers from there through a spatial crack in the sky.
Appearing in that place where he could see the capital's lights forming a beautiful picture overnight, this fellow stopped in front of a group of 7 people.
"Oh? What are you doing here? I thought my group was the first to arrive..." Immediately upon being stopped by this fellow, the level 83 Spiritual Sage commanding that group asked after seeing the level 81 individual in front of him.
The members of the Spiritual Church coming from the Iron Hearts order could not be distinguished from other members of that organization by their clothes alone. So there was no way for that individual to know if the one in front of him was not a fellow order member.