The King of the Wild Hunt's Invitation to Death!

"You forgot, stranger, what I told you..."

"Soon! Soon! Soon!"

"Soon... we will meet again..."

Regis's flesh burned and charred in the flames.

Even with his blackened throat bones exposed, it did not stop Eredin Breacc Glas's mad, unrestrained laughter from ringing through the sky.

After Ailin was startled by Eredin Breacc Glas's voice, he was not overly surprised.

After all, it was not Eredin Breacc Glas's first appearance.

In Passerlon Forest, the Wild Hunt member named Parnovius had gone mad over the tragic death of his companion—his lover—and in the final moments of his life, he too had drawn the King of the Wild Hunt here.

After angrily rebuking Parnovius for his lack of reason and ordering him to focus on the mission, the King of the Wild Hunt had also issued Ban Ard's Sorcerer a declaration of war: "The Red Riders are very 'satisfied' with your hospitality. After our souls have been reincarnated twice, we shall return bearing 'generous gifts' and reclaim what is rightfully our supreme treasure."

Furthermore, in the game The Witcher 1, Eredin Breacc Glas had also appeared after the death of the final boss, Jacques—who was likewise an inheritor of Elder Blood, and whose soul the King of the Wild Hunt had wanted to claim.

So while Ailin had not exactly expected Eredin Breacc Glas to appear, he had at least prepared himself mentally.

What truly shook Ailin was not Eredin Breacc Glas himself, but the words he had spoken through Regis's mouth when he suddenly appeared...

"Soon... we will meet again..." The witcher frowned. "But this should have been Eredin's first time seeing me..."

His thoughts suddenly stalled. The witcher was seized by terror, his scalp going numb and cold as though venomous fangs had bitten into it.

"The Eredin Breacc Glas of