The Innkeeper

Normally, Vera was very coherent and thorough. Now, though, even though she was explaining, she was rushing through things and events, almost as if her speech was meant to serve as a reminder of something Lex already knew rather than giving him new information. It was almost as if she was the voice of the narrator who told the viewers what happened previously on the show they were watching.

Regardless, even if some crucial details were left out, Lex could gather what had happened. The star rank increase had affected everyone who was inside the Inn, and inside those who had the Essence wormhole, it made their connection permanent even though it was meant to be temporary.

It also seemed that the more energy of the wormhole they absorbed, the clearer the future they could see, as that would allow them to account for the actions of stronger cultivators.

Vera was doubtful of her fathers intentions, but had no choice to play along, even if she actually could see her own future.

"Alright, so tell me how I can help?" asked Lex. "Who is about to have his future changed?"

Vera shook her head.

"I don’t actually know the details. In fact, I don’t even know how you can help. In the future I saw, I merely shared the information with you, and you took care of things. We are searching for two people, as far as my father knows. So this is what I intend to do: I will share all the information with you - all of it - and then you will leave the chamber.

"Once you leave, I will erase all memory of me talking to you about this, and only leave a memory of you saving my life. This way, even I won’t know that I’ve revealed the secret of the wormhole to you. I don’t know why or how this helps, but this is the only possible way for me to escape my fathers plans - whatever they are. I still can’t bring myself to trust him."

Lex raised an eyebrow. This was pretty darn trusting of Vera, to leave her life in his hands. What was more important was that he didn’t even know how he could help her just yet, or what she even actually needed help with.

"We only have a limited number of hints about the two people we’re looking for. One of them is called, or actually, will be called the Herald of the Warbringer. He is extremely mysterious, and no one knows anything about him. The second, though, is pretty easy to look up. In fact, even I could find out his identity once I did some basic digging. He will one day be called Legionnaire Rafael, Hero of the Champions tourney."

Lex raised his eyebrow, and his expression changed a little. He believed he knew the exact Rafael that was being mentioned in this specific context, even if it shouldn’t have been him.