Chapter 521 The Grand Witches

Almost entirely confused, Marcus had no idea what Ardea and Retharin were arguing about.

He had simply seen a chance to maybe get Lilia a master to learn from and took a shot in the dark.

Though now it seemed he had caused a rift between Ardea and Retharin for some reason.

“Yeah, can the two of you have a lovers quarrel later? I just asked a simple question if Ardea would be willing to teach my little sister a few things.” Marcus said, getting in the middle of Ardea and Retharin’s argument.

However, as he said this, Retharin turned his frustrating on Marcus and said, “Why did you have to go and mention an apprentice for Ardea? Once she has one, she is not going to have anytime to fight with me anymore.”

After Retharin said this Ardea said, “Oh shut it you bird brain. I only come by once a year or so to keep my skills polished and to patrol these mountains. It is not like I am fighting with you every week.”

The two of them then began getting back into, with Marcus’ disturbance having only redirected their attention for a moment..

Getting fed up with this, Marcus pointed his hands at the two of them, and fired a laser spell at Ardea and a darkness drill at Retharin.

Naturally this got their attention, as Ardea swiftly moved her arm and deflected the laser spell with one of her gauntlets, and Retharin brushed away the darkness drill the swipe of one of his legs.

The two of them then looked at Marcus angrily and said, “Hey, what was that for!? Are you looking for a fight!?

Holding up his hands, Marcus showed that he did not have any hostility, and said, “No I was just trying to get your attention. Now could you explain what is going on and stop arguing with each other?”

Calming down, the two of them gave each other a glance, before Ardea sighed and said, “What do you know of the grand witches?”

Shaking his head, Marcus told Ardea that he did not know anything about any grand witches, though he had heard of the tile of grand archmage that Aria had.

Waving her hand and dismissing Marcus’ connection, Ardea said, “No, grand archmage is just a title within a kingdom. Us grand witches get our title directly from the system just like you great spirits. Though I am surprised that there is a great spirit that does not know of the other powers in this world.”

“Well, sorry I am ignorant. Remember I am not originally from this world, so I am still learning things. So, what are these grand witches?” Marcus said

Shrugging her shoulders Ardea said, “I suppose you could say we are the wardens of different areas around the world. I for one am the grand witch of the peaks, and I look over the highest reaches of this world. And of course, along with this we are granted superior powers.”

Listening to Ardea talk about what being a grand witch was, he became a bit more confused, as he thought that it was the great spirits who were the ones that were making sure the world did not get thrown out of balance.

Yet when Marcus said, this Ardea laughed and said, “Ha that is funny. The great spirits barely ever move into action.”

“No, they only get involved if someone does something really stupid, like when this guy decided to trash an entire continent.” She said while pointing at Retharin.

Grumbling, Retharin said under his breath, “I only messed up a couple of kingdoms because they picked a fight with me. The great spirit of water just gave me a slight warning since I blew up one of his temples.”

Hearing this, Marcus remembered the unbelievably powerful attack that Retharin had unleashed that had enough power to easily destroy even a large city.

‘If he wanted to, I am pretty sure he could fly around a kingdom like a bomber and blow up every major settlement. Leaving the place in ruins.’ Marcus thought, understanding what someone of Retharin’s level could really do.

After that, Ardea continued on, and told Marcus why at some point she was going to need an apprentice.

“I see. So, when you get strong enough to move on from this world you will have to leave the tittle of grand witch with someone else.” Marcus said

“Yeah, and while I am still quite aways from being strong enough to leave, eventually I am going to have to find someone. So, if your sister is a good candidate, I do not mind making her my apprentice.” Ardea said with a bit of interest.

“Yeah right. You are just lazy Ardea. Willing to take the first person you hear about as your apprentice. ” Retharin said, obviously displeased about Ardea’s interest in taking on an apprentice now.

“Hey, I am not agreeing to take her as an apprentice. only to see if she would be a good candidate. Obviously, I am not going to make check out her skills and aptitude before officially making her my apprentice.” Ardea said, snapping back at Retharin.

The two of them then counited their quarrel like an old married couple.

Dropping to the ground, Marcus sat down and propped his head up in one of his hands while he waited for the two of them to work out their problems.

He still needed Retharin to come back with him, and he doubted that any more interventions from him was going to speed this up.

So, he simply waited for nearly three hours, until the two of them had finished arguing about stupid things that really did not matter.

In fact, Marcus was pretty sure that the two of them just liked fighting each other, either on the battlefield or with words.

Still, when they were finally done, Ardea walked up to Marcus and said, “So when can I meet this little sister of yours?”

“Hm I would say that once summer starts if you would be able to come to the royal capital of Borealia you would be able to meet her. Once you are in the city, just ask around for the Geist estate and you should fine me.” Marcus said to Ardea.

Nodding her head, she wrote down the date she would be arriving and the direction on how to find Marcus again.

“Well, it has certainly been interesting to meet you Irene, the great spirit of light and darkness who comes from another world, but I will need to be on my way. I have other mountain ranges to look after and have already finished up this continent and need to move onto the next one. So, see you around.”

After saying this Ardea shot up into the sky and flew away at an impressive speed that Marcus could not hope to keep up with right now.

Once Ardea was gone Retharin turned to Marcus, and said, “I suppose I should keep to my word and go down to Glenna Reota with you.”

“Now climb on my back, and I will have us there in just a minute.”