The Divine Undertaker
And the guru—a woman—was unfathomably powerful!
Taal clearly remembered how the Ruler rank was nothing to her, as she was there when the Ruler-ranked assassins who crippled his legs were ready to finish the job.
With just a gentle flick of her zither string, all their heads blew up, and they dropped dead, beheaded!
Taal was naturally intent on repaying her after instructing his daughter as well, but she couldn't care less.
But after Lisa virtually begged her to let them repay her, she said then, "You can do so by offering shelter to a youth named Cal Crawford, should he come here to Corvus in twenty years. With that, you can consider your debt paid."