Old Age, Death & Finale
Description
After the battle come decades of peace: the Man-God stays his hand, Rudeus's children grow up, and he goes on serving Orsted and preparing for Laplace's resurrection. At seventy-four he dies peacefully surrounded by children and grandchildren, outliving Eris by only a few days.
In the white room after death the Man-God, enraged, threatens to turn Rudeus's descendants against one another, but a serene Rudeus bears no hatred and parts without regret. The epilogue reveals the whole world was rewritten by the power of Lilia — a Reincarnation Divine Child longing to save a boy summoned from another world.
Timeline
- Chapter 260Chapter 238: "The Second One"
At seventy-four, on the verge of death, Rudeus dreams of Orsted defeating and sealing the Man-God.
- Chapter 261Chapter 239: Strategy Meeting
Rudeus reaches thirty-four — the age of his past-life death — and vows at Paul's grave to keep living.
- Chapter 285Final Chapter: "The World After Death"
Rudeus dies peacefully among family; in the white room he parts from the Man-God without hatred.
- Chapter 286Epilogue "Prologue Zero"
Epilogue: the world was rewritten by the Divine Child Lilia's power to save a summoned boy; the struggle against the Man-God will go on.
Relationships
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Rudeus GreyratProtagonistDies peacefully at 74 amid children and grandchildren, at peace with the world.
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Man-God (Hitogami)Final adversaryIn the white room after death he threatens Rudeus's descendants, met without hatred.
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Eris Boreas GreyratWifeRudeus outlives his third wife by only a few days.
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OrstedMasterRudeus keeps serving him for decades, preparing for Laplace's resurrection.
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LaplaceFuture threatThe coming resurrection Rudeus spends his final decades preparing against.