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Not a literal one—though in his line of work, those were Tuesday. No, this was the ghost of a promise.
He stepped through the portal.
Three months had passed since he’d found Ciri at the Isle of Mists. Three months since the Battle of Kaer Morhen claimed Vesemir. And three nights since Yennefer had left a note on his pillow at the Chameleon: “Finish what you started. No more side quests. No more Gwent. Find the last rider of the Wild Hunt.”
The “Jogo Base,” as the bards had begun calling it—the Foundation Game—was drawing to a close. Every contract fulfilled, every monster slain in the base version of his life was merely a prelude to this: the final confrontation with Eredin, King of the Wild Hunt.
Geralt of Rivia tightened his silver sword’s grip. The wind howled through the swamps of Velen, carrying the stench of rotting flesh and wet dog. He wasn’t hunting a drowners or a grave hag tonight. He was hunting a ghost.
The sky of Tir ná Lia was a bruised purple. Eredin stood atop a obsidian dais, his great sword, Caranthir, pulsing with cold magic.
The battle wasn’t fancy. There were no cinematic slow-motion flips. Just the brutal, exhausting rhythm of a Witcher who had spent 150 hours sharpening his craft against every creature the Continent had to offer.
They clashed. Steel and elven ice rang across the desolate plain. Geralt parried, dodged, and rolled. He used every sign he’d mastered in the base game—Igni to melt the frost armor, Aard to stagger, Quen to absorb the killing blows.
Geralt had ignored her. Instead, he’d helped a blacksmith forge a family sword. He’d played four rounds of Gwent with Zoltan. He’d even chased a pan for an old woman in Novigrad.
“How?” Eredin gasped.
Geralt stood alone in the alien wind. The main quest was complete. The Wild Hunt was no more. He sheathed his blade and pulled out a small, worn deck of Gwent cards.
Geralt leaned close. “Because you’re just the final boss of the base game,” he whispered. “And I skipped every cutscene to get here.”
“Someone had to find that old woman’s frying pan,” Geralt replied, drawing both swords.
“Right,” he said to no one. “Now… what about that Hearts of Stone expansion?”