You think you're worthy of saving the world?

Then he bowed 90 degrees to apologize.

"Absolutely perfect!" Chaika clenched her fist excitedly.

Over three days, they visited various villages on Dragon God Island and toured numerous relics built by the islanders for the Dragon God over the past thousand years.

No trace of the dragon's past has ever been found.

"It seems that the possibility of the Dragon God's death is getting higher and higher."

While Yuri and his friends were busy exploring, the next "Crimson Festival" was drawing ever closer.

“Since we’ve searched for so long and haven’t found it, at least we can be sure that there’s no dragon god inhabiting the island,” Jiaika said.

“Yes, I also think this is enough to prove that the Dragon God is dead.” Mrs. Emil agreed with her opinion.

What does Yuri think?

Chaika said, "If you have no objections, in three days at the Crimson Festival... we will officially begin our operation and expose the temple's evil true nature to everyone!"

"……Well."

Yuri neither confirmed nor denied it, but nodded silently.

I wonder how things are going with Stella...

Yuri made a decision to secretly see Stella one more time tonight.

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……

Late that night.

Yuri sneaked into the mountain.

The mountains in the center of Dragon God Island are covered with barriers, but this is not a problem for Yuri.

The reason is that he possesses a blessing-type passive skill called "Emerald Kiss," which greatly enhances Yuri's ability to infiltrate at night.

This is why he chose to go alone instead of taking Jaika with him.

If Yuri were to bring along another burden, her night-walking skills would become ineffective.

Having previously asked Stella about the witch's residence, Yuri quickly found her room in the dark.

"What are you doing here...!?"

Stella's eyes widened, and she whispered.

"Your master has traveled a long way to visit you, what kind of attitude is this?"

Yuri walked past Stella into the house, plopped down on the bed, and looked around at the furnishings.

"Hmph... As expected of the 'Dragon Priestess,' what a luxurious life."

Stella rolled her eyes in exasperation: "It is indeed luxurious, especially compared to the poverty we experienced living in someone's attic."

"After you go back, you can stay in the doghouse in the yard."

"……you dare!"

The two exchanged a few words, then quietly left the room and headed to the temple's library.

Along the way, Stella used magic to conceal her presence, while Yuri was responsible for observing the surrounding enemy figures.

These days, Stella goes to the library to borrow books and investigate materials whenever she has free time.

She pretended to be studying very diligently, which pleased the head maid.

However, Stella's true purpose was to find clues about the Dragon God's death.

The library contains books about the island's history, and some of them may even contain documents recording the age and physical condition of the dragon god.

The number of documents is enormous.

After all, this temple has existed for over a thousand years, and just stepping into the massive tower is enough to make one dizzy.

Fortunately, Stella usually reads a lot of low-quality light novels, which has given her the ability to read ten lines at a glance, so she was able to barely manage to do this job.

Even so, it is still a huge project. Moreover, these old books are so fragile that they may break just from turning the pages, so they must be handled with utmost care, making reading them exhausting.

So she dragged Yuri into it too, making him come over at night to help her search for clues.

The first night was uneventful.

The next night, around midnight.

Yuri's yawning echoed in the quiet study.

"found it!"

After flipping through more than a thousand books, he finally found the content he wanted.

"what?"

Stella leaned closer and began reading the text on the page.

"Another name possessed by the Dragon God, which is not known to most people..."

"He is one of the four messengers who appear at the end of the world... uh, the last one... 'Death'...?"

Stella frowned. The Dragon God's real name is "Death"?

"That's really bad luck. No wonder the priestesses of the past kept it a secret. They should at least have called her 'Deathwing' or something... Yuri?"

She noticed something was off about the dark-haired boy: "What's wrong?"

"No, 'death' is merely the essence, not the true name."

Then, based on the text in the book, Yuri murmured another name that appeared in the church scriptures.

"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the 'Pale Knight'—this is probably the true name of the being worshipped on Dragon God Island."

Stella's mouth dropped open: "Uh, Apocalypse? That's not..."

Yuri leaned back in his chair, looking exhausted, and gazed at the oil painting on the dome above, which featured dragons and angels.

"Hey... Chaika, the monster that controls the death of all things, and whose very name is Death, can also die of old age?"

156 The Truth of the Apocalypse

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

They are not only names recorded in the Tenrikyo Holy Scriptures, representing the vanguard of the end of the world, but also super late-game bosses appearing in the game "Perfect World".

In the game, Academy City is the first map the protagonist arrives at, and the entire storyline of Academy City is the game's 1.0 version, namely "Academy Chapter".

Following closely is version 2.0, which takes place in the Papal City and tells the story of Euryphus Falción, the prophesied son, plotting a rebellion.

In the "Papal Chapter," the player and his companions thwart the conspiracy of the false Holy Son, Euryphus...

They even pulled off a miracle, defeating the strongest character in the series who seemed impossible to defeat.

The final boss in "The Papacy Chapter" is the End Management Bureau of the Heavenly Principle Church.

The saintess hailed as the best of all time and the strongest in history—

The "White Night Saintess" betrayed the regime during the Euphemia rebellion and ultimately died in battle.

After this battle, the world was able to temporarily restore peace, and the much-anticipated true saint revealed his identity and joined the protagonist's team.

Then, after the transition to version 3.0, the main storyline moved to version 4.0, "The End of the World".

The horns of doomsday have sounded, and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have officially descended upon the earth.

The first of them, the original apocalypse, the "White Knight," is the final boss of this 4.0 version's storyline.

After defeating a series of troublemaking mini-bosses, the final boss of this version, "Pure White Knight," finally arrives.

At that time, players had gone through three major updates, and their strength and reputation were already quite high.

Even so, when facing the "Pure White Knight," the elite team assembled by the players, which gathered the top combat power of mankind at that time, was easily defeated by him single-handedly.

The power held by the "Pure White Knight" is "Conquest".

Whether they are wise humans or ignorant beasts, they must all obey His commands.

Whether it's the sky or the earth, fire or lightning, magic or divine arts...

Even the laws governing the movement of celestial bodies and the natural laws of birth, aging, sickness, and death are all under the control of the "Pure White Knight".

Ok?

You asked how such a monstrous boss was finally defeated?

Of course, it's because the protagonist has a cheat code.

After everyone was defeated, the "Fool" who was sealed inside the protagonist's body appeared.

Having not yet recovered to her full strength, she was of course no match for the "Pure White Knight".

However, what makes an evil god an evil god is never just combat power.

Finally, through the manipulation of Miss Fool and a series of coincidences (fate), the "White Knight's" physical body was destroyed, and he lost the ability to continue fighting in the material world.

The initial threat posed by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse was finally eliminated, and humanity gained a brief but precious respite.

Even with such enormous sacrifices, only the initial Apocalypse was repelled.

In the subsequent 5.0 version of the story, "Crimson Knight" and "Black Knight" also made their appearances.

They possess terrifying strength and power that surpasses even that of the "Pure White Knights," and their brief appearance plunged the human world into chaos.

In short, the "Pale Knight" should not be the boss that Yuri should face at this stage.

Up until Yuri's time travel, the last of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the Pale Knight who possesses the power of "death," has not yet appeared in the game's storyline.

The identity of the most mysterious "Pale Knight" has been the subject of much speculation and heated discussion among players.

Considering that the previous three knights were all "heretics" far removed from humanity, the "Pale Knight" is actually a dragon that has ascended to godhood...

This possibility is not nonexistent; on the contrary, it is very high!

"Is the true identity of the 'Pale Knight' actually a dragon god lurking on a remote island...?"

When Yuri returned to the cabin, he was still deep in thought.