Chapter Summaries

Ritsuka Fujimaru, Aoko, Shiki, and the Chaldea team prepared to rescue refugees during Gawain’s Holy Selection ritual, while Lucius chose to act independently. As the ritual began, a disturbance among the refugees drew Aoko and Shiki’s attention.

• Serhan led the refugees he had recruited toward the mountains northeast of the Holy City so they could be taken in.
• Ritsuka and Mash spotted the disguised Lucius among the crowd and decided to respect his choice to act independently.
• Ritsuka, Mash, and Da Vinci prepared to help nearly seven hundred refugees during the ritual.
• Aoko and Shiki discussed how few refugees had agreed to join their effort after hearing the truth about the world.
• Aoko told Shiki she would practice suggestion magecraft with him, and he agreed.
• A disturbance among the refugees signaled that Gawain’s Holy Selection ritual had begun.

Aoko and Shiki watched Gawain arrive at the Holy City as Chaldea prepared to face the Knight’s noon-enhanced power. Mash declared that her shield and Noble Phantasm would withstand Gawain, carrying both Chaldea’s resolve and Galahad’s will.

• Aoko recognized Gawain’s two hundred summoned soldiers as formidable nonhuman forces and signaled Chaldea to prepare for their attack.
• Aoko teased Shiki about his closeness with Mash, and he explained that he admired her kindness rather than loving her romantically.
• Shiki sensed Gawain’s immense magical energy as the Holy City’s gates opened and his arrival turned night into day.
• Da Vinci warned Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash that Gawain’s blessing strengthened him at noon, while Ritsuka noted that Chaldea had prepared for the threat.
• Mash confidently promised Ritsuka Fujimaru that Gawain would not break through her shield and Noble Phantasm.

Gawain announced the Holy Selection at Camelot’s gates, where the King chose only three refugees and ordered the rest purged. As the knights attacked the crowd, Mash intervened with Lord Camelot, challenging Gawain’s actions.

• Gawain told the refugees that the world was ending and presented Camelot as a safe kingdom whose entrance required the King’s selection.
• The masked King declared humanity corrupt and used golden light to select three refugees.
• Shiki recognized the King as the blue sun they had encountered, warned Aoko to contact Chaldea, and resolved to save Saber.
• The King ordered Gawain to collect the selected refugees, and Gawain declared that the others would be purified.
• Gawain ordered the Purification Knights to attack the refugees, but Mash appeared and summoned Lord Camelot to stop them.

Chaldea and Shiki began evacuating refugees as Aoko fought Gawain, while a phantom Camelot shield stopped the Purification Knights’ attacks. Bedivere joined the battle to help the plan, and the chapter ended with Gawain recognizing him after knocking him back.

• A pink-haired girl summoned a phantom Camelot that blocked the Purification Knights’ attacks, and Gawain suspected Galahad’s power was behind it.
• Aoko fought Gawain while Shiki, Chaldea, and Mash worked to calm and evacuate the refugees, though some civilians were killed by the Purification Knights.
• Gawain exploited Aoko’s limited martial skill and experience, but she adapted as their fierce battle continued.
• Bedivere discarded his disguise and charged into the fight to support Chaldea and Shiki’s plan.
• Gawain struck Bedivere back more than twenty meters, then recognized him and questioned why he was there.

Bedivere confronted Gawain at the Holy City Gate while Aoko and Chaldea completed the evacuation of nearly seven hundred refugees. Gawain unleashed his Noble Phantasm, and Bedivere answered with the power of his silver arm as their swords collided in a burst of light.

• Gawain refused to recognize Bedivere as his former comrade and prepared to destroy him in the Lion King's name.
• Aoko withdrew into Mash's Noble Phantasm while Shiki, Chaldea, and her companions led the refugees toward the outskirts of the Holy City.
• Mash sustained her defensive Noble Phantasm as Gawain released Excalibur—Gallatin, engulfing the battlefield in solar fire.
• Da Vinci used a device to cool the area inside Mash's Noble Phantasm, while Bedivere endured Gawain's flames and charged him.
• Gawain unleashed Gallatin again, and Bedivere activated Agateram and met him head-on, their weapons colliding in a brilliant blast.

Bedivere lost his clash with Gawain, and Chaldea prepared to retreat with the refugees as Gawain unleashed another Noble Phantasm. Mash stood between his attack and the group, leaving the barrier to face Gawain’s concentrated strike.

• Bedivere’s blade shattered against Gawain’s Sun’s Fire, and he was thrown back toward Chaldea, badly hurt.
• Ritsuka Fujimaru helped Bedivere stand and urged the group to withdraw while the refugees evacuated.
• Mash warned that Gawain was preparing another Noble Phantasm, and Ritsuka told Da Vinci and Mash to begin the retreat plan.
• Da Vinci said the modified desert rover was ready, and Mash deployed her Noble Phantasm to protect everyone.
• Gawain questioned Bedivere about his prosthetic arm, then attacked Mash’s barrier with Excalibur -- Gallatin.

Chaldea repelled Gawain long enough to evacuate the refugees and escaped the Holy City, but Da Vinci wrecked their vehicle during the getaway. With their transportation gone, Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash had to travel with the refugees to the Mountain People's resistance base.

• Mash Kyrielight's Noble Phantasm withstood Gawain's full-powered holy sword, and Gawain admitted the Holy Selection ritual had failed as the candidates and refugees escaped.
• Ritsuka Fujimaru, Da Vinci, Mash, and Bedivere withdrew from the Holy City after Da Vinci obscured their escape with smoke bombs.
• Gawain chose not to pursue Chaldea and returned to report the failed ritual to the King.
• Da Vinci raced the modified desert terrain vehicle across the desert, ignored warnings about its unreinforced frame, and crashed it after launching over a slope.
• Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash scolded Da Vinci, then decided Chaldea would travel with the refugees to the Mountain People's resistance base.

Gawain reported the failure of the Holy Selection ceremony to the knights in the Central Tower and revealed that Bedivere and the guardians of Human Order had intervened. The Lion King appeared and asked Gawain why he was kneeling.

• Gawain entered the Throne Room, where Tristan, Mordred, and Agravain confronted him about the failed ceremony.
• Agravain explained that Gawain had returned without selecting any of the three Eternal Ones, and Gawain accepted responsibility.
• Tristan prepared to execute Gawain, but Mordred and Agravain tried to stop him.
• Gawain revealed that he had encountered Bedivere and that the guardians of Human Order had also opposed them.
• The Lion King appeared on the throne, and Agravain explained the disturbance before she asked Gawain to state his purpose.

Gawain reported that the Holy Selection ceremony had failed after Human Order forces and a merchant group led by Aozaki Aoko and Hōraisan Shiki freed the refugees and qualified individuals. The king spared Gawain after punishing him by blasting him through the tower, then ordered the knights to await the decisive battle against the desert.

• Gawain reported that Galahad, Da Vinci, Bedivere, Aozaki Aoko, and Hōraisan Shiki had obstructed the retrieval operation and caused the ceremony to fail.
• The king reacted subtly to Hōraisan Shiki’s name, while Mordred asked to pursue his merchant group and was refused.
• Gawain admitted that his two hundred-plus Purification Knights had perished and that the refugees and three qualified individuals had escaped in two groups.
• The king struck Gawain with a blast that sent him through the tower wall to the Holy City’s outer wall, but Mordred confirmed he was alive.
• The king declared that the knights should leave the refugees alone and wait for the Knight of the Lake to return before the decisive battle against the desert.
• After the king vanished and the knights dispersed, Agravain voiced his suspicion of Lancelot’s return.

Lancelot learned that Hōraisan Shiki had arrived and hoped to meet him, while Chaldea escorted refugees toward the Mountainous Land. When Lancelot’s cavalry approached, Da Vinci stayed behind to delay them as Ritsuka, Mash, Bedivere, and the refugees fled.

• Lancelot heard refugees mention Hōraisan Shiki and realized his Master might help save the King of Knights.
• Lancelot spotted refugees traveling with Servants and rode out with the first squad of Purification Knights to investigate.
• Ritsuka and Mash escorted nearly two hundred refugees toward the Mountainous Land after Da Vinci’s vehicle was damaged.
• Da Vinci identified the approaching cavalry as a force led by Lancelot, and Mash asked to fight him.
• Da Vinci dismantled the vehicle to buy time while Ritsuka and Mash led Bedivere and the refugees away.

Da Vinci held off Lancelot and his Purification Knights with traps and improvised weapons, but Lancelot defeated and captured her. After receiving orders to pursue the refugees, he headed toward the northeast, hoping to meet his Master.

• Da Vinci prepared a bounded field and traps to delay Lancelot and protect Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash.
• Da Vinci attacked Lancelot with poison gas and improvised weapons, but he ordered his knights to hold back and tried to reason with her.
• Lancelot overwhelmed Da Vinci, knocked her unconscious, and disabled her staff before she could detonate it.
• Lancelot initially refused to pursue the refugees, saying his mission took priority.
• After the Holy City ordered him to hunt down the refugees, Lancelot recognized that their route could lead him to his Master and set off northeast.

Shiki and Aoko reached a secluded refugee outpost in the mountains and reunited with Lancelot, who had become one of its leaders. After reaffirming his loyalty to Shiki and meeting Aoko, Lancelot joined them in turning to the pressing matter of Saber, the King of Knights.

• Shiki and Aoko led the refugees through the harsh terrain and reached the mountain outpost established by Lancelot and other Purification Knights.
• Shiki recognized Lancelot, who greeted him warmly and explained that the knights had built the outpost to shelter displaced refugees.
• Shiki prepared food for Aoko, and Lancelot watched their affectionate exchange with envy and relief.
• Lancelot knelt and declared that Shiki would always be his master, while Shiki accepted his choice to remain by his side.
• Shiki introduced Aoko as the person he wanted to protect for the rest of his life, and Lancelot greeted her with an explanation of knightly etiquette.
• The three turned their conversation to Saber, the King of Knights, which both Shiki and Lancelot wanted to discuss.

Lancelot told Shiki and Aoko that Saber had been corrupted by the Holy Lance’s divinity and planned to preserve up to five hundred humans as specimens after foreseeing humanity’s destruction. Shiki resolved to save Saber and hear her reasons, while Lancelot hoped she could be restored.

• Lancelot warned Shiki and Aoko that the world was nearing a crisis and Saber needed to be saved urgently.
• Lancelot explained that Saber had summoned eleven Knights of the Round Table and revealed her plan to preserve up to five hundred pure humans inside the Holy Lance.
• Shiki struggled with the fact that Saber’s plan violated his belief in the equality of human spirits, while Aoko quietly stayed by his side.
• Aoko’s concern comforted Shiki, and he recovered his resolve to save Saber despite disagreeing with her actions.
• Shiki recognized that the Holy Lance’s divinity had likely suppressed Saber’s humanity, and he told Lancelot they would ask her about her plan after saving her.

Lancelot recounted how the Knights of the Round Table responded to the King of Knights’ plan, prompting Shiki to uncover the connection between two Bediveres and the Holy Sword. Shiki resolved to save the King of Knights through humanity’s most precious quality, gained Aoko’s support, and learned Lancelot had captured an unfamiliar Heroic Spirit.

• Lancelot explained that Kay left, while Percival, Palamedes, Gaharis, and Bedivere opposed the King of Knights and called her a false king.
• Shiki realized the summoned Bedivere and the Bedivere he had met came from different worlds, and that the King of Knights would mistake the other Bedivere for the one who had betrayed her.
• Shiki explained that the Holy Sword no longer belonged to the King of Knights and could not restore her humanity, while Lancelot speculated that Bedivere had kept it to preserve King Arthur.
• Shiki revealed that he planned to save the King of Knights with something more enduring than divinity, and Aoko promised to support him.
• Lancelot told Shiki that he had captured an unfamiliar Servant heading toward the Mountains of the Saracens, and Shiki and Aoko suspected they knew who she was.

Mordred defied Agravain’s orders and rode out to find the person her father cared about, while Shiki met the imprisoned Da Vinci at Lancelot’s refugee camp. Da Vinci questioned Shiki about the camp and asked him to release her so she could return to Chaldea.

• After two days of travel, Ritsuka Fujimaru, Mash, Bedivere, and the surviving refugees reached the Mountainous Land and gained entry with a charm and Archer’s help.
• Mordred angrily rejected Agravain’s orders to attack a resistance base and rode away from the Round Table Fortress to seek Lancelot and the person her father had mentioned.
• At the refugee camp, Shiki entered Da Vinci’s tent and met her again after she had spent two days as Lancelot’s prisoner.
• Da Vinci revealed that she suspected Lancelot and his allies were gathering forces to resist the Holy City, but Shiki explained that they were simply helping refugees.
• Da Vinci asked Shiki to release her so she could return to Chaldea.

Shiki persuaded Da Vinci to join his plan to defeat the King of Knights, securing her support and knowledge of Chaldea’s mana supply. The chapter ended with Mordred arriving at the refugee camp, where Lancelot went to meet her.

• Shiki asked Da Vinci about the source and scale of her mana so he could plan how to defeat the King of Knights.
• Shiki explained that he needed enormous mana but wanted to avoid relying on his Magic too heavily because it could invite divine punishment.
• Da Vinci agreed to support Shiki after hearing his plan and its contingency of taking the King of Knights away if necessary.
• Aoko told Shiki that Mordred had arrived, and Lancelot went out to speak with her.
• Shiki and Aoko prepared to see Mordred, while Shiki recognized that they could not let her return.

Mordred found Lancelot guarding a refugee village and realized he had betrayed the Lion King by protecting the Mountain People. When she attacked him, Lancelot defended himself without striking back, and their battle continued with Mordred driving him across the battlefield.

• Mordred followed the mountain rivers to a refugee settlement and encountered Lancelot near the village.
• Mordred questioned Lancelot about his mission to wipe out a merchant group, while Lancelot condemned killing civilians as dishonorable.
• Mordred declared she would destroy the village, and Lancelot placed a hand on his sword to warn her.
• Mordred launched a powerful attack, and Lancelot blocked it as their clash blasted a crater into the ground.
• Mordred accused Lancelot of betraying the Lion King and their oath, then charged him with repeated strikes.
• Lancelot continued to block Mordred's attacks without countering, and her latest blow sent him flying more than twenty meters.

Lancelot defeated Mordred after drawing on the power Shiki granted him, while Mordred fought to protect the King of Knights and Camelot. Shiki ordered Mordred imprisoned, intending to use her when they rescued the King of Knights, as the threat of the Holy City's Divine Judgment remained.

• Mordred attacked Lancelot in a furious, reckless assault, accusing him of betraying the King of Knights.
• Lancelot awakened the power granted by his Master, overwhelmed Mordred, and knocked away her sword before defeating her in close combat.
• Mordred unleashed Clarent Blood Arthur and then burned her life force to prepare a stronger second blast, but Shiki appeared behind her and took her sword.
• Mordred collapsed unconscious, and Lancelot asked Shiki whether she should be imprisoned.
• Shiki decided to lock Mordred up and leave her to Da Vinci, while Lancelot warned that the Holy City might retaliate with Divine Judgment.
• Aoko arrived and remarked on Mordred's resemblance to the King of Knights, and Shiki explained that Mordred had lived for less than ten years.

Agravain and Tristan responded to Mordred’s disappearance and suspected Lancelot had betrayed the Holy City, forcing the knights to revise their strategy. As the factions prepared for conflict, the Holy City confirmed Lancelot had lied about clearing the Merchant Group’s stronghold.

• Tristan warned Agravain that Mordred had been missing for six hours and questioned whether Lancelot was secretly supporting the Merchant Group.
• Agravain halted the planned attack on the Mountain People rebels and ordered the Purification Knights to contract their defensive line around the Holy City.
• Hundred-Faced Hassan and Serenity Hassan noticed the knights’ retreat and warned East Village to strengthen its defenses.
• Chaldea worked to win the Saracens’ support, while Shiki’s faction hurried to relocate its base and Ramesses II remained at ease in the desert.
• The Holy City confirmed that the northeast refugee stronghold was intact, proving Lancelot had lied about clearing it.

The Lion King decided to use the Holy Lance to deliver Divine Judgment on the rebels after Agravain urged her to destroy Shiki and the refugee settlement. Shiki and Aoko prepared to face the attack as though it were a fireworks display, while their feelings for each other deepened.

• Agravain reported that Mordred was missing and Lancelot had betrayed the Lion King, then demanded Divine Judgment against Shiki and the settlement.
• The Lion King overcame her hesitation, summoned the Holy Lance, and used Clairvoyance to locate the refugee settlement.
• Shiki sensed the Lion King's gaze and told Aoko that a powerful attack was coming; Aoko recognized it as the Holy Lance strike Lancelot had feared.
• Shiki checked with Da Vinci and learned that the mana supply was stable and sufficient for his plan.
• Shiki compared the approaching Divine Judgment to the Sumida River Fireworks Festival, and Aoko enjoyed the romantic moment while growing more certain of her feelings for him.