Chapter Summaries

After killing Whitebeard, Arthur completed all his achievement quests, awakened Avalon, and learned that his system would update in 90 days. When Blackbeard and his crew arrived to kill him and claim the new era, Arthur revealed he still had overwhelming power and hurled a lightning-charged Holy Lance at them.

• Arthur awakened Avalon after completing the Never Defeated quest, then received an SSS evaluation for completing all achievement quests and learned the system would update in 90 days.
• Arthur reflected on Whitebeard’s death and reached to lift his corpse as Blackbeard and the Blackbeard Pirates arrived from the sea.
• Blackbeard declared he would kill Arthur and claim the era, while pirates around the world cheered him on.
• Lafitte took to the air to block Arthur’s escape route, and Blackbeard’s crew prepared to attack, believing Arthur was exhausted.
• Arthur rose into the air with Whitebeard’s corpse, summoned a lightning-charged Holy Lance, and hurled it at the Blackbeard Pirates before leaving on Dong Stallion.

After killing Whitebeard, Arthur reached the all (A++) realm, awakened Avalon, and returned Whitebeard’s body to his crew. He celebrated his victory in Dressrosa, then set out with Nami, Robin, and Hancock as the world learned he was now the World’s Strongest Man.

• Arthur’s new strength and Avalon awakened after Whitebeard’s death, while the Blackbeard Pirates’ attack proved futile.
• Arthur gave Whitebeard’s corpse to Marco and left the grieving Whitebeard Pirates unharmed.
• Arthur returned to Dressrosa, where Nami, Robin, Hancock, and Doflamingo welcomed him.
• Arthur introduced Bartolomeo to Doflamingo and asked Doflamingo to look after him.
• Arthur celebrated with his allies before leaving Dressrosa with Nami, Robin, and Hancock, while Morgans and Gild Tesoro departed to pursue their plans.
• Morgans’s newspaper declared Arthur the World’s Strongest Man, and Arthur disappeared from public view.

Arthur entered the Fourth Holy Grail War as Lancer, summoned by Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald, and refused to reveal his name or obey a Command Spell. After the system update, Arthur gained new skills and enhanced Noble Phantasms, while his attributes remained concealed.

• After six months away, Arthur and Nami, Robin, and Hancock departed for Avalon as they traveled toward Reverse Mountain.
• Kayneth summoned Arthur as Lancer for the Fourth Holy Grail War and asked him to reveal his name.
• Arthur refused both Kayneth's request and a Command Spell ordering him to disclose his identity.
• Kayneth apologized for acting rashly, and Arthur agreed to work with him until he earned Arthur's recognition.
• The system unlocked its dungeon function and awarded Arthur Attribute Concealment (EX), Immunity (EX), and conceptual enchantments for Excalibur and Rhongomyniad.
• Arthur reviewed his new attributes and explained that Attribute Concealment (EX) hid his abilities more effectively than high-rank Presence Concealment.

Arthur entered the Fourth Holy Grail War as a Lancer and went to the warehouse district to meet this world's Artoria Pendragon. Saber and Irisviel followed the strong presence there, and the first battle was about to begin.

• Arthur learned that his Immunity protected him from negative conditions and that Rhongomyniad had reached EX rank.
• Arthur left Kayneth's mansion to explore Fuyuki City, while Kayneth warned him to avoid the other Masters and Servants.
• Arthur sensed Artoria Pendragon arriving in Fuyuki and chose the warehouse where the first battle would take place as their meeting spot.
• Arthur explained that his soul had entered the dungeon as a Heroic Spirit while his original body remained asleep inside Avalon.
• Saber sensed a powerful presence near the sea, and she and Irisviel headed to the warehouse district to meet it.
• Saber and Irisviel reached a clearing among the shipping containers, where a figure waited in the dim light.

Arthur and Saber fought in the warehouse district, each concealing their weapon while testing the other's strength and abilities. Their attacks canceled each other out, and the battle remained unresolved as the chapter ended.

• Arthur introduced himself as Lancer and concealed Rhongomyniad while Saber revealed her armor and invisible sword.
• Saber and Arthur exchanged blows, and Arthur's strength sent Saber flying into a container.
• Arthur realized that Saber could not readily use her instinct to foresee his next move.
• Arthur unleashed a Thunder Dragon with his lance as Saber countered with Strike Air.
• The Thunder Dragon and Saber's orange beam collided and canceled each other out.

Arthur's Conqueror's Haki overwhelmed the gathered Masters and Servants as Iskandar challenged the hidden Heroic Spirits to appear. Gilgamesh revealed himself, claimed that he alone deserved the title of king, and summoned a host of Noble Phantasms to attack.

• Iskandar asked Arthur and Saber to join his army, but both refused to yield the Holy Grail or serve him.
• Arthur unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, staggering Waver, Kiritsugu Emiya, and other observers while impressing Iskandar and Saber.
• Iskandar called on the watching Heroic Spirits to reveal themselves, and Gilgamesh appeared on a streetlamp.
• Gilgamesh dismissed Iskandar and Saber as false kings and declared that only he could truly be called king.
• Gilgamesh opened golden gateways and brought forth numerous weapons that were Noble Phantasms.

Arthur stopped Gilgamesh’s Noble Phantasms, then counterattacked and forced him to use Rho Aias. After Gilgamesh summoned the Chains of Heaven, Arthur evaded and attacked again, leaving the two locked in battle.

• Arthur intercepted Gilgamesh’s rain of Noble Phantasms with railgun shots, then used a Thunder Dragon to halt another barrage aimed at him and the King of Conquerors.
• Arthur struck at Gilgamesh with 100 Million Volt Divine Judgment, which Gilgamesh blocked with Rho Aias, before an orange beam hit Gilgamesh’s armor and knocked him from the air.
• Gilgamesh, enraged, summoned the Chains of Heaven and sent them after Arthur.
• Arthur dodged the chains, deflected their tips with his invisible spear, and hurled the spear at Gilgamesh, whose Rho Aias blocked it.
• Arthur appeared behind Gilgamesh and landed an Inazuma Kick, destroying the four remaining petals of Rho Aias.

Arthur defeated Gilgamesh in their first battle, but Tokiomi used a Command Spell to make Gilgamesh retreat before he could use Ea. Arthur returned to Kayneth, then later encountered Gilgamesh by chance in the streets of Fuyuki.

• Arthur's Inazuma Kick injured Gilgamesh, who reached for Ea until Tokiomi ordered him to retreat with a Command Spell.
• Gilgamesh vanished after warning Arthur and the two kings to stay away from him.
• Rider left with Waver, and Arthur and Saber agreed to continue their duel another time.
• Arthur returned to Kayneth, who praised his performance and asked him to win the Holy Grail War.
• Arthur went out to enjoy modern life and unexpectedly met Gilgamesh in Shinto, where they faced each other with hostility.

Arthur encountered Gilgamesh and the King of Conquerors, who invited them to a gathering of kings at Einzbern Castle. The four kings assembled there to drink and debate who was worthy of the Holy Grail, leaving Saber surprised to learn that Arthur was also a king.

• Arthur and Gilgamesh met on the street and traded insults before Gilgamesh invited Arthur to a casino contest.
• The King of Conquerors arrived with Waver, invited Arthur and Gilgamesh to a king’s banquet, and left to prepare wine.
• The King of Conquerors went to Einzbern Castle, where Saber challenged him to a contest over who deserved the Holy Grail.
• Saber, Irisviel, the King of Conquerors, and Waver began the banquet in the castle courtyard.
• Gilgamesh and Arthur arrived, and the King of Conquerors revealed that all four kings in the Holy Grail War had gathered.
• Saber recognized Arthur’s kingly presence as Gilgamesh mocked her, while Arthur drank from the wine barrel.

At a banquet in Einzbern Castle, Arthur, Gilgamesh, Iskandar, and Saber discussed kingship, the Holy Grail, and their wishes. Gilgamesh’s identity was revealed, while Arthur kept his own name and goal secret, and Iskandar declared that he wanted to become human again.

• Gilgamesh rejected the market wine and served the kings a divine vintage from his treasury.
• Iskandar proposed a discussion about who deserved the Holy Grail, and Gilgamesh claimed that every treasure, including the Grail, belonged to him.
• Arthur and Iskandar identified Gilgamesh as the King of Heroes, while Arthur refused to reveal his own identity until they could force him to use his Noble Phantasm.
• Gilgamesh said he had no wish for the Grail, and Iskandar declared that he wanted a human body so he could live in the present world.
• Arthur said he had a goal rather than a wish but kept it secret, then asked Iskandar what he wanted from the Grail.

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.