Recaps

At a banquet, the King of Conquerors and Gilgamesh challenged Saber’s wish to undo Britain’s fall, while Arthur recognized that she wanted to deny her own kingship. As Saber struggled with the accusation that she did not understand her people, a group of Assassins surrounded the gathering.

• The King of Conquerors asked Saber about her wish, and she said she wanted to change Britain’s fate and save her homeland.
• Gilgamesh mocked Saber for rejecting the outcome of her reign, while Arthur understood that she wanted another ruler to take her place.
• The King of Conquerors and Arthur questioned whether Saber truly wanted to face the past, and Arthur identified her wish as self-denial.
• The King of Conquerors told Saber that a king should embody human desires and accept the people’s history, then accused her of not understanding their hearts.
• Assassins emerged from concealment and surrounded the gathering, prompting Saber to protect Irisviel.

After witnessing Rider’s Reality Marble and army defeat the Assassins, Arthur declared he would give the Holy Grail War everything he had. Later, he asked Kayneth how to learn a Reality Marble, but Kayneth could not obtain the forbidden knowledge, leaving Arthur to seek another path and urge Kayneth and Sola to hide.

• Rider manifested Ionioi Hetairoi, summoning his loyal army and defeating the Assassins in the desert landscape.
• Rider and Gilgamesh agreed to settle their rivalry, while Arthur declared he would fight with everything he had in the Holy Grail War.
• Arthur asked Kayneth for a way to learn Reality Marbles, but Kayneth said he lacked permission to access the Mage’s Association’s forbidden records.
• Arthur considered his own Avalon and Projection Magecraft but decided neither offered a practical route to learning a Reality Marble.
• Arthur told Kayneth and Miss Sola to find a well-hidden place and lie low.

Arthur made a deal with Kariya Matou, and the two walked through Miyama Town at night to rescue a girl from Zouken Matou. Along the way, Kariya learned that Arthur was a King Arthur summoned from another world, and Arthur explained that different versions of a person lived different lives in parallel worlds.

• Arthur found Kariya Matou in an abandoned warehouse and fought off Berserker before assuring Kariya that he was not an enemy.
• Arthur asked Kariya Matou to make a deal with him, and Kariya agreed to cooperate.
• After the deal, Kariya’s health and appearance improved, and he and Arthur set out together at night through Miyama Town.
• Kariya Matou questioned whether Arthur could handle the old monster, and Arthur reassured him with his speed and Noble Phantasm.
• Arthur told Kariya Matou that he was the King Arthur summoned from another world and explained that parallel-world versions of people lived different lives.

Arthur rescued Sakura Matou from the Matou mansion and killed Zolgen Makiri’s worm bodies, then discovered his true body hidden inside Sakura. After Arthur healed Sakura with Avalon, Zolgen begged for his life and offered books about Reality Marbles, which Arthur wanted to study.

• Arthur entered the Matou mansion and severed Zolgen Makiri’s arm with a lightning laser, but the old man regenerated it from worms.
• Arthur rescued Sakura Matou and told her that Kariya Matou was well and had asked him to save her.
• Arthur used 50 Million Volts: Discharge and then an 80 Million Volt discharge to destroy Zolgen’s worm bodies throughout the underground chamber.
• Arthur gave Sakura Avalon, pierced her heart to reach Zolgen’s hidden true body, and Avalon immediately healed her wound.
• Zolgen Makiri begged Arthur not to kill him and offered the Matou family and Sakura in exchange for his life.
• Arthur asked Zolgen for Reality Marble books, and Zolgen admitted he had collected some.

Arthur killed Zouken Matou, found a book on Reality Marbles, and took Sakura under his protection. He began developing his own unstable Reality Marble and left the story reading the book beside Sakura as the night outside grew noisy.

• Arthur burned Zouken Matou to ashes, then carried Sakura out of the underground chamber and sent her to fetch Kariya.
• Arthur visited Shinji Matou and flicked his forehead with Mana Burst and Armament Haki before searching the mansion for Zouken’s collection.
• Arthur found a book on Reality Marbles and successfully manifested memories of a beach and a collapsing island in his dream, though the effort exhausted him.
• Sakura came to Arthur’s room because she could not sleep, and he let her rest beside him while he continued reading.
• Kariya entrusted Sakura to Arthur, asking him to protect her until the Holy Grail War and care for her afterward if Kariya died.
• Arthur noticed that Fuyuki City was in an uproar in the middle of the night.

Arthur joined the King of Conquerors and Gilgamesh on the Mion River Bridge, where they agreed to settle their rivalry in a final showdown. After rejecting Gilgamesh’s offer to fight them both, Arthur and the King of Conquerors prepared to decide which of them would face him.

• Arthur sensed Servants fighting, went to the Mion River Bridge, and watched Saber destroy Caster’s monster with Excalibur.
• Arthur announced that Berserker had been eliminated and challenged the King of Conquerors and the King of Heroes to settle things at their next meeting.
• During the ensuing truce, Kirei Kotomine killed Tokiomi Tohsaka and became Rin Tohsaka’s guardian, while Arthur kept Kayneth hidden from Kiritsugu Emiya.
• Arthur, the King of Conquerors, and Gilgamesh met on the bridge, shared wine, and heard Gilgamesh offer to judge the survivor of a fight between the other two.
• Arthur and the King of Conquerors refused to team up against Gilgamesh and prepared to fight each other to determine who would face him.

Arthur revealed himself as a King Arthur from another world and faced Iskandar’s army in the desert, summoning Dong Stallion and wielding Rhongomyniad. After his first lightning attacks struck the charging army, he began gathering golden light into the lance, leaving the battle poised for his strongest attack.

• Arthur transformed and summoned a Holy Lance, introducing himself to Iskandar as Arthur Pendragon.
• Arthur summoned Dong Stallion and explained that he came from another world, earning Iskandar’s respect and fighting spirit.
• Iskandar rallied his warriors and led them in a charge against Arthur.
• Arthur’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked down only around a hundred soldiers because the army’s morale resisted it.
• Arthur fired beams and lightning into Iskandar’s army, killing and injuring many Servants.
• Arthur charged his lance with 200 million volts of lightning as golden light streamed into it and turned it blue-gold.

Arthur defeated Iskandar with Rhongomyniad, then immediately faced Gilgamesh in a new Reality Marble on Decalvan. Their duel began with Arthur wielding Excalibur and Gilgamesh answering with Durandal, as Arthur prepared to counter its golden torrent.

• Arthur’s Rhongomyniad destroyed Iskandar’s army and pierced the King of Conquerors, ending his Reality Marble.
• Iskandar recognized Arthur’s lonely path as a king, exchanged farewells with him and Gilgamesh, then vanished as golden light while Taiga watched.
• After his mana was restored, Arthur accepted Gilgamesh’s challenge and summoned a Reality Marble depicting Decalvan.
• Gilgamesh asked Arthur to reveal his holy sword, and Arthur replaced Rhongomyniad with Excalibur and gave his true name as Arthur Pendragon.
• Arthur’s sword pressure carved a trench toward Gilgamesh, who countered with Durandal’s golden torrent.
• Arthur sensed the approaching attack, raised Excalibur and opened his eyes as the torrent swept toward him.

Arthur severed Gilgamesh’s arm, survived Ea’s attack with Avalon, and seized Ea. He then transformed Excalibur to imitate Ea’s True Name Release and struck Gilgamesh with its world-rending power.

• Arthur used a Great Swordsman’s slash to cut through Gilgamesh’s Golden Torrent, destroy Rho Aias, and sever Gilgamesh’s right arm.
• Enraged, Gilgamesh drew Ea and unleashed Enuma Elish, destroying Arthur’s Reality Marble as Arthur protected himself with Avalon.
• Arthur rushed through the collapsing world, kicked Ea from Gilgamesh’s hand, and caught it before replacing the Reality Marble with a winter island.
• Arthur returned Ea to Gilgamesh, transformed Excalibur to resemble Ea, and released Enuma Elish himself.
• Gilgamesh threatened Arthur as the attack’s spatial fractures surged toward him across the collapsing island.

Arthur defeated Gilgamesh, copied Ea’s power onto Excalibur, and went to the church after sensing the Holy Grail’s emergence. He met Saber and began a duel, leaving her astonished by his identity and the weapons he possessed.

• After the Reality Marble collapsed, Arthur’s Conceptual Enchantment transformed Ea back into Excalibur, and he reflected on how he had copied Ea’s ability onto the sword.
• Arthur sensed the Holy Grail emerging at the church as Irisviel burned to ashes and black mud spilled from the golden cup, then rushed toward the church.
• Saber was astonished by Arthur’s armor, appearance, and Excalibur, and he explained that he came from another world.
• Arthur told Saber that the other Servants had been eliminated, and she challenged him over their competing wishes for the Holy Grail.
• Arthur and Saber fought with Excalibur and her invisible sword; Saber revealed her Golden Sword and asked about Avalon and Rhongomyniad.
• Arthur confirmed his weapons and claimed Merlin had given him Rhongomyniad and that he had gained lightning power in another world.

Arthur invited Saber to leave with him, but she refused so she could pursue her wish for the Holy Grail; he sent her toward it without revealing that it was corrupted. After the war ended, Arthur took Sakura Matou into his care, received a surprisingly limited system reward, and left to attend to something connected to it.

• Arthur explained away the discrepancy between his history and Saber's by claiming Merlin had prepared Excalibur for him, then invited Saber to see another world.
• Saber refused Arthur's invitation because she still wanted to use the Holy Grail to return to the day of selection, and introduced herself as Artoria Pendragon.
• Arthur told Saber he was not dead and pushed her toward the Holy Grail, while concealing that it had been corrupted.
• Arthur watched the Black Mud engulf Fuyuki City and promised Sakura Matou she could live with him, then asked her to leave the city with him.
• The system declared Arthur the victor of the Fourth Holy Grail War and awarded him a reward he considered barely useful.
• Arthur sent Sakura Matou to meet three older sisters through Avalon, then transformed into lightning and left the balcony.

Arthur took Avalon from Kiritsugu Emiya, used it to save the young Shirou, and left the Nasuverse. Back in Avalon, he summoned Saber as his Servant and asked whether her wish on the Holy Grail had come true.

• Arthur took Avalon from Kiritsugu Emiya and used it to stabilize the young Shirou’s condition before leaving the Nasuverse.
• Arthur returned to Avalon and summoned Saber using Avalon as a holy relic.
• Saber recognized Arthur, and he welcomed her as his Servant and asked her to stay with him.
• Arthur explained that he had obtained Avalon from Kiritsugu and attributed the unusual summoning to a power like the Second Magic.
• Arthur asked Saber whether she had made a wish on the Holy Grail and whether it had come true.

Arthur arrived in Naples in the world of God Slayers, where he met Salvatore Doni, the Sword King, and accepted his challenge to fight. Arthur moved their battle to an island with his Reality Marble, and Doni launched the first attack.

• Saber recognized Arthur’s Avalon, accepted his partnership, and agreed to meet his companions.
• Arthur reached Naples, sensed a dangerous presence, and declined to summon Saber until he had learned more about the world.
• Salvatore Doni introduced himself, recognized Arthur as a knight, and demanded a fight.
• Arthur’s system assigned him a quest to slay or defeat five Heretic Gods, and he proposed that the loser grant the winner one request.
• Arthur and Doni agreed to duel, and Arthur used his Reality Marble to transport them to an island.
• Doni praised the island and asked Arthur to teach him the technique, then rushed in and swung his sword at Arthur.

Arthur fought Salvatore Doni and discovered that the God Slayer’s extraordinary physique and resistance made him difficult to injure. Arthur’s Excalibur and Avalon overcame Doni’s Authority, leaving Arthur victorious after the battle destroyed the island.

• Arthur clashed with Salvatore Doni and found that Doni’s physical strength overwhelmed him in a contest of force.
• Arthur struck Doni with sword pressure, but Doni emerged uninjured, revealing the God Slayer’s formidable durability and recovery.
• Arthur and Salvatore Doni prepared their strongest attacks as Arthur released Excalibur’s seals and Doni invoked his Ripping Silver Hand Authority.
• Arthur’s Excalibur collided with Doni’s silver slash, destroying the island and sending them back to Naples.
• Arthur remained protected by Avalon while Doni suffered severe burns, and Doni conceded defeat and recognized Arthur’s sword as Excalibur.

Arthur had Salvatore Doni destroy the Hera Pillar, summoning Perseus, then challenged the Steel Hero God in his Reality Marble in hopes of becoming a Fool. Their first exchanges showed that Arthur’s ordinary attacks could not hurt Perseus, leaving the fight poised to escalate.

• Arthur brought Salvatore Doni to the Hera Pillar and asked him to cut it open.
• Salvatore Doni split the pillar with his sword, releasing a divine dragon and drawing Perseus to Naples.
• Arthur appeared before Perseus and used Reality Marble to transport them to an island, declaring that he wanted to become a Fool.
• Perseus sensed Arthur’s faint divine presence, introduced himself, and accepted Arthur as an enemy.
• Arthur charged with Excalibur, but Perseus stopped his attack and shattered his sword blast with his bare hand.

Arthur fought Perseus, a Heretic God, and landed a surprise ultimate attack that badly burned him. Perseus took to the sky on a Pegasus, and Arthur prepared to stake everything on his Noble Phantasms as the battle continued.

• Arthur released five seals and struck Perseus with a Golden Torrent, catching him off guard and weakening his presence.
• Perseus emerged badly burned, summoned a winged Pegasus, and took to the sky with a longbow.
• Arthur summoned Dong Stallion and clashed with Perseus’s arrows, using Invisible Air and lightning to evade them.
• Perseus fired arrows empowered by Shemesh's Blessing, interrupting Arthur’s teleportation, but Arthur survived the blast with Avalon.
• Arthur realized he needed to rely on his Noble Phantasms to slay Perseus, closed his eyes inside Avalon's barrier, and began releasing seven seals.

Arthur defeated Perseus with Ea and became a God Slayer, but the power of the divine blood and Pandora's reincarnation ritual transformed him. He woke in Naples with Salvatore Doni and Andrea Rivera, newly recognized as a fellow king.

• Arthur's Rhongomyniad attack devastated the island and weakened Perseus, who escaped into a forest before Arthur found him.
• Arthur unleashed Ea, destroyed the Reality Marble, and killed Perseus as the island broke apart; he then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Perseus's divine blood entered Arthur as the system's enhancement, a Heretic God's power, and Pandora's reincarnation ritual took effect.
• Pandora told Arthur he had become a God Slayer and noted that his Immunity skill nearly interfered with the ritual.
• Arthur woke in an inn in Naples, where Salvatore Doni congratulated him and Andrea Rivera introduced himself.

After becoming a Godslayer, Arthur examined his enhanced body and discovered that he had gained the Sun Authority, which let him resurrect once a day. Athena then appeared to declare that she would fight him after recovering her lost “snake,” and Arthur was left eager for the coming challenge.

• Salvatore Doni and Andrea Rivera left Arthur alone so he could study his new Authority.
• Arthur discovered that his strength, endurance, and mana had increased dramatically after killing Perseus, and that he had gained Language (EX), Mana Burst (EX), and the Sun Authority.
• Arthur realized that the Sun Authority gave him a sure-hit arrow and allowed him to resurrect once each day.
• Athena appeared at Arthur’s balcony, explained that dragons were her dependents, and declared she would fight him after recovering her lost “snake.”
• Arthur watched Athena vanish and smiled excitedly at the prospect of a fight before suddenly coming to his senses.

Arthur traveled to Sardinia to confront Verethragna, but declined to fight the weakened war god and waited for him to recover. When Godou Kusanagi arrived on the island with a stone tablet, Erica Blandelli tried to take it from him.

• Arthur studied ancient Persian history while waiting for news of Godou Kusanagi's arrival in Sardinia.
• Arthur flew to Sardinia and met Verethragna, who revealed he had lost some of his power and promised to return when he recovered.
• Arthur let Verethragna leave because he believed defeating the weakened god could lower his mission evaluation.
• Godou Kusanagi arrived from Japan carrying a stone tablet, and Erica Blandelli confronted him and demanded the grimoire.

Arthur took Prometheus's Grimoire from Godou Kusanagi and killed the Heretic God, a divine boar, before it could destroy more of Sardinia. Erica handled the aftermath and Godou's memory erasure, then returned to Arthur's hotel room to ask why he had come to Sardinia.

• Arthur ordered Erica to take Godou Kusanagi to Lucrezia Zola and explain that he had requisitioned the tablet, then sensed danger approaching.
• A colossal divine boar appeared and rampaged through Sardinia, destroying buildings and endangering the town.
• Arthur released Rhongomyniad and killed the divine boar with a single throw.
• Arthur left the aftermath and Godou's situation to Erica and the Copper Black Cross; Erica arranged for Godou's memories to be erased and for him to return home.
• Erica reported back to Arthur at his hotel and asked whether he had come to Sardinia because of a Heretic God.

Arthur intercepted Melqart on Sardinia and transported the god into his Reality Marble to fight him. He used Excalibur empowered by the Sun Authority, while Avalon defended him from Melqart’s storm and lightning attacks; as the fight continued, Arthur began releasing Excalibur’s Seven Seals.

• Erica blessed Arthur as the battle of the gods began, then rushed to organize the evacuation of Sardinia’s residents.
• Arthur flew to the coast, confronted Melqart, and challenged the giant Heretic God to fight.
• Arthur trapped Melqart inside his Reality Marble and struck him with Excalibur’s sword of certain death and certain hit, forcing Melqart to block the attack.
• Melqart attacked with divine lightning and a storm-wreathed club, but Avalon’s barrier protected Arthur from both blows.
• Arthur raised Excalibur and began releasing the Seven Seals as golden light spread across the island.

Arthur defeated Melqart with Excalibur, usurped the Authority of Sky, and increased his cursed energy before Verethragna arrived to demand their promised battle. Arthur accepted and attacked first, but Verethragna used the Camel avatar to crush his sword pressure.

• Arthur released Excalibur's Seven Seals and engulfed Melqart in a Golden Torrent, defeating him.
• Arthur returned to reality, gained a fivefold increase in cursed energy, and usurped Melqart's Authority of Sky.
• Arthur blocked Verethragna's lightning with Avalon, and Verethragna appeared to claim the battle they had promised.
• Arthur changed into his armor and accepted Verethragna's challenge to fight without preparing a special battlefield.
• Arthur attacked Verethragna with a golden sword-pressure slash, but Verethragna invoked the Camel avatar and crushed it with one stomp.

Arthur used the Authority of the Sun he had usurped from Mithra to wound Verethragna and seal his White Horse incarnation. Verethragna then used his Golden Sword to temporarily sever Arthur’s connection to Excalibur before attacking him again.

• Verethragna invoked his Goat incarnation’s lightning, but Arthur countered it with the Thunder Authority he had usurped from Melqart.
• Arthur’s Sun-empowered sword strike hit Verethragna, leaving him wounded and revealing that Arthur had taken Mithra’s supreme power.
• Verethragna summoned his White Horse incarnation, but Arthur used the Sun Authority to seal it and introduced himself as Arthur Pendragon.
• Verethragna created a Golden Sword and used Words of Power about Excalibur to make swords pierce Arthur, temporarily blocking his True Name Release.
• Verethragna invoked Mithra in another Word of Power and buried Arthur beneath a second barrage of Golden Swords.

Arthur defeated Verethragna by stealing his Golden Sword and using the [Warrior] incarnation, then gained Verethragna’s Ten Incarnations without their usual restrictions. A few days later, Erica brought him ancient texts from the Copper Black Cross, and Arthur began studying them.

• Arthur stole Verethragna’s Golden Sword and used the [Warrior] incarnation to summon a rain of Golden Swords that defeated the never-defeated god.
• After Verethragna’s defeat, Arthur’s Mana surged and he gained the Ten Incarnations, while Immunity (EX) nullified their once-per-day restriction.
• A few days later, Erica brought Arthur books about the age of gods, ancient times, and heroes from the Copper Black Cross.
• Arthur thanked Erica and read a book about ancient Rome as Erica reflected that serving him was not as difficult as her uncle had warned.

Erica Blandelli asked Arthur to accept her as a knight, but Saber returned and objected to having a second knight. Erica challenged Saber’s idea of knighthood by asking whether she could manage Arthur’s daily needs and affairs, leaving Saber stunned.

• Erica Blandelli knelt and pledged her loyalty to Arthur, but he said he already had a knight serving him.
• Saber returned with a bucket of food, and Arthur teased her by saying Erica wanted to take care of him because Saber had abandoned her duties.
• Erica introduced herself to Saber and offered to become Arthur’s second knight, while Saber insisted that Arthur needed no other knight.
• Erica questioned whether Saber could handle the duties of a knight beyond fighting, including cooking, negotiating, advising Arthur, and caring for his daily needs.
• Saber fell silent as Erica declared that a qualified knight must also serve as Arthur’s steward, assistant, and adviser.