Arc 11The Grail War and London

Kiana won the Holy Grail War and wished for the summoned Heroic Spirits to remain, after which Lin Nai helped settle them into new lives. He then traveled to Schicksal and London, where he found the Second Divine Key and prepared to collect a debt from Su.

  • Kiana and Durandal found their way out of the tunnels with the Mebius Aura’s guidance, then joined Fu Hua’s group and discovered the Xuanyuan Sword.
  • Kiana’s group removed the Xuanyuan Sword and accidentally released Chi You, which Lin Nai and Chijie fought before Lin Nai destroyed it and the island.
  • Otto seized the Holy Grail, but Theresa and the others pursued him until Kiana’s group recovered it and began passing it around to prevent him from making a wish.
  • Otto recruited Valkyries and battled Kiana’s allies for days, until Lin Nai dropped Kaiwen and Su’s submarine into the fight and disrupted the battle.
  • Kiana won the Holy Grail War and wished for the Heroic Spirits to remain, while Lin Nai sent Kevin and Su away before the wish took effect.
  • Lin Nai bought Raven a replacement island villa and helped the new arrivals settle in, then agreed to visit Wendy and retrieve Su and the Sumeru Mustard Seed.
  • Lin Nai traveled to Schicksal with Rita and Durandal, then visited a London museum and learned that Su was the Lady of the Lake in its Arthurian display.
  • Catherine revealed that the Second Divine Key was a massive locomotive hidden in the River Thames, and Lin Nai looked forward to making Su pay him Gold Coin.
Chapters 251–275 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 251Little Kiana: Can You Do It?!

Kiana and Durandal used the Mebius Aura to find their way through the tunnels after realizing they had been going in circles. They reunited with Mei, Bronya, Fu Hua, and the others, who had found another route out, and the group noticed a golden sword nearby.

  • Kiana and Durandal searched the tunnels for an exit, but Durandal realized they had repeatedly circled back to the pit Kiana had made.
  • The Mebius Aura on Kiana's arm emitted a beam that guided them along a new route.
  • Kiana and Durandal met Fu Hua leading Mei, Bronya, and the others out of another cave entrance.
  • The group worked out that the stone wall had sent them to different places, and Kiana explained that the Mebius Aura had guided them.
  • Seele and Black Seele teased Lin Nai about his poor sense of direction, while the group spotted a golden sword.

Ch. 252Little Kiana: Can You Do It?! (Continued)

The group found the Xuanyuan Sword in the Land of Nine Nether, and Kiana’s Mebius Aura glowed when she picked it up. Meanwhile, Lin Nai reached the shore to watch for Chi You’s awakening and joked with Hen about the nourishing noodles Branca had made.

  • Theresa interrupted the conversation when a golden sword appeared, and Fu Hua identified it as the Xuanyuan Sword, a Key of Domination once wielded by Jilin.
  • Kiana picked up the Xuanyuan Sword, causing the Mebius Aura on her arm to shine brightly; she dropped the sword and suspected something unclean was in the Land of Nine Nether.
  • Little Shix bragged about winning over Lin Nai in one year, prompting the group to recall how she had offended the Flame-Chasers and others before hiding behind Lin Nai.
  • Theresa timidly asked whether they should take the Xuanyuan Sword, steering everyone back to the matter at hand.
  • Lin Nai arrived at the shore to watch for Chi You’s awakening and spoke with Hen, who was eating a bowl of nourishing noodles made by Branca.

Ch. 253The Island: I’m Setting Sail Tonight~

Kiana and the others activated the Xuanyuan Sword while exploring the Land of Nine Nether, triggering the release of Chi You beneath them. They escaped through portals as the area shattered, leaving the Honkai Beast’s emergence unresolved.

  • Kiana, Durandal, Mei, and Fu Hua turned the Crimson Kite Bird statues toward the Xuanyuan Sword, causing it to activate and attack them.
  • Durandal, Kiana, and Little Shix knocked the Xuanyuan Sword back, and Kiana pulled it from the wall.
  • The Xuanyuan Sword’s removal shook the ground, and Fu Hua realized it had opened a seal containing Chi You beneath the Land of Nine Nether.
  • Bronya warned everyone to put on diving equipment as water entered through cracks and the ground split open.
  • Kiana and Sirin opened portals, and everyone escaped before an overwhelming force shattered the area.
  • Outside the Land of Nine Nether, Kaiwen played cards with Su, who suddenly reacted to something.

Ch. 254Raven: The Island! My Island!

Lin Nai realized that a flying island was Raven’s villa island, and Raven learned it had vanished from its location. After Chi You attacked the island, the beast suddenly became unable to move.

  • A gigantic tail launched Kaiwen and Su’s submarine into the sky, while Lin Nai watched an island fly away and recognized Raven’s villa on it.
  • Raven wondered what had passed overhead, and Edison recognized the island’s design as her own work on Raven’s villa.
  • Edison helped Raven compare the island’s location with their surroundings, and Raven realized her island might have been nearby.
  • Raven called Gray Snake, who confirmed that her island had disappeared and reported that a flying island was heading toward the Far East.
  • Raven broke down crying over her lost island, then blamed Honkai when Chi You emerged and sent seawater crashing onto the shore.
  • Chi You tried to bite the island but suddenly found itself unable to move.

Ch. 255Elysia: Go! Pikachu!

Lin Nai and the others fought Chi You, with Chijie briefly attacking before Lin Nai took over. After repeatedly smashing Chi You and explaining that Honkai Beasts did not feel pain or fear, Lin Nai left the battle unresolved.

  • Lin Nai restrained and hurled a Honkai Beast away while Chijie bombarded Chi You with meteors and fiery punches.
  • Lin Nai told Elysia and Mobius that he would let Chijie fight for a while, and Mobius and Elysia teased each other about Lin Nai.
  • Chijie was thrown onto the beach, and Lin Nai joked that he had grown weak after spending so long without a real fight.
  • Mobius asked Lin Nai to cut off part of Chi You for research, and Elysia urged him on as he charged in.
  • Lin Nai struck Chi You with Vertical Guillotine, caught its tail, and slammed it against the sea nine times before hurling it into the sky.

Ch. 256Otto: He Still Has Me!

Lin Nai annihilated Chi You with his Photon Streamline while preserving the Holy Grail. Kiana rushed to retrieve it, but an unseen attacker struck near the Grail and sent it flying.

  • Lin Nai carved Chi You apart with his Guillotine attacks, then destroyed it with Photon Streamline as the final blast also blew up the island.
  • Kiana, Rita, Theresa, Fu Hua, and Little Shix watched the battle, and Fu Hua noticed that Lin Nai had protected the Holy Grail.
  • The Holy Grail flew from the explosion toward the beach, and Theresa urged Kiana to open a portal so she could reach it.
  • Kiana arrived beside the Holy Grail, but an unknown attacker struck nearby and knocked the Grail into the air.
  • Kiana landed safely, drew the fused flaming lance of Heavenly Fire Judgment, and demanded to know who was there.

Ch. 257Bronya: The Headmistress Has a Point

Otto arrived at the beach and claimed the Holy Grail, forcing Theresa’s group and Kiana’s group to prepare to fight him. As Otto provoked Welt by describing himself as a potential guide after killing Welt’s father, Welt cursed furiously while the standoff continued.

  • Otto emerged from the sea, picked up the Holy Grail, and declared it belonged to him.
  • Theresa confronted Otto and said she would fight him to obtain the Grail for Cecilia’s revival, and both sides raised their weapons.
  • Otto revealed that he had killed the father of the current Schicksal Alliance Leader, then claimed he could have guided him in life.
  • Welt cursed Otto furiously, while Siegfried and Lin Nai criticized Otto’s remarks.

Ch. 258Bronya: The Headmistress Has a Point (Continued)

Theresa rallied her allies to attack Otto and take the Holy Grail, but Otto fled on a motorcycle constructed with Void Archive. The group realized he had escaped with the Grail and called after him.

  • Lin Nai promised Welt and Siegfried chances to knock Otto out from behind.
  • Theresa urged the group to attack Otto before he could keep accumulating time with the Holy Grail.
  • Bronya, Mei Raiden, Kiana, Seele, and Little Shix prepared to confront Otto as Theresa denied wanting to become Schicksal's Overseer.
  • Otto judged that the assembled group was too dangerous to fight and escaped on a motorcycle made with Void Archive.
  • Theresa's group watched Otto flee and realized he had taken the Holy Grail.

Ch. 259Theresa: This Tiny Gesture of Concern!

Theresa and the others chased Otto through the island, combining attacks to drive him out of the forest. The chapter ended with Theresa plunging toward Otto with Judas as he wondered how to stop her without seriously hurting his granddaughter.

  • Bronya and Kiana pursued Otto on motorcycles, while Kiana and Sirin used portals to redirect attacks at him; Otto escaped into the forest.
  • Durandal struck the forest with a massive lance, forcing Kiana to portal herself and the two Bronyas to safety and revealing Otto's position.
  • Mei Raiden and the Thunder Queen fired a Railgun at Otto, blasting him away with its impact.
  • Theresa descended toward Otto with Judas in Gravity Mode, while Otto reflected that he could not use an overwhelming attack against his granddaughter.

Ch. 260Otto: I Laugh at My Granddaughter’s Lack of Foresight

Otto escaped Theresa by deliberately letting her punch him and using the impact to launch himself away with a thruster. Theresa, Kiana, and Bronya were left unable to follow him, but they continued searching for the Holy Grail so they could revive Kiana’s mother.

  • Theresa smashed the ground with Judah, sending Otto tumbling and covering him in dust.
  • Theresa punched Otto in the abdomen, believing she had won.
  • Otto revealed that he had baited Theresa into hitting him so the punch would help him escape, then activated a thruster and vanished.
  • Kiana and Bronya realized they could not catch Otto, and Theresa admitted she did not know what to do.
  • Kiana said they still had to search for Otto and the Holy Grail to revive her mother.
  • Otto landed elsewhere clutching his abdomen and complained that Theresa’s punch hurt.

Ch. 261Do You Like Fish That Much, Kalpas?

Otto seized the Holy Grail to revive Kallen, but Cecilia ambushed him as he prepared to hide. Lin Nai encouraged Siegfried and others to join the fight against Otto, while the group discovered that their Holy Grail War’s twenty-four-hour time limit might be affected by their distorted sense of time.

  • Otto took the Holy Grail and planned to hide until he could make his wish to revive Kallen.
  • Cecilia revealed that she had tracked Otto and confronted him with Black Abyss White Flower.
  • Lin Nai and Kevin discussed Mei’s disastrous cooking after Kevin left the hospital.
  • Lin Nai told Siegfried and Welt that outsiders could join the Holy Grail War, and Siegfried left to attack Otto with Heavenly Fire Judgment.
  • Lin Nai watched Otto fight while wondering whether their twenty-four-hour waiting rule was flawed, and Elysia suggested their sense of time had become blurred.

Ch. 262Welt: Anti-Entropy Is Going from Strength to Strength

Kiana's group reclaimed the Holy Grail from Otto after chasing and beating him across the island, while Lin Nai played cards with Chijie and Hen. Welt stayed with Theresa's group rather than returning to Anti-Entropy, which was thriving under Tesla and Einstein.

  • Cecilia, Siegfried, and Welt chased Otto, and Kiana's group joined in until the island began to crumble.
  • Lin Nai beat Chijie and Hen at cards, and Chijie quit to cook fish.
  • In a Previous Civilization skit, Su ambushed Kevin while Lin Nai distracted him.
  • Kiana's group took the Holy Grail from Otto after nearly an hour of pursuit, forcing him to retreat before he could make a wish.
  • Cecilia grabbed Siegfried by the ear over Kiana's claim that he had looked at pretty girls in bars.
  • Welt told Theresa she could keep calling him Teacher Yang and said he would remain while Anti-Entropy thrived under Tesla and Einstein.

Ch. 263Linnaeus: Hope Everyone’s Okay

Theresa questioned Welt’s reason for staying at St. Freya Academy, while Kiana’s group planned how to protect the Holy Grail from Otto. Several days later, their decoy strategy had failed, and Otto realized he could bring people from outside the field into the battle.

  • Welt admitted that he had chosen St. Freya Academy because it was a good place to slack off, and Theresa condemned him during the livestream.
  • Kiana, Mei, Bronya, Seele, and the others weighed rotating possession of the Holy Grail against keeping it with one person who could escape using portals.
  • Theresa warned that Otto could produce Judas, and Bronya guessed that he possessed the Void Archive; Little Shix suggested making fake Holy Grails to hide the real one.
  • Several days later, Otto destroyed the fake Holy Grails with Heavenly Fire Judgment and figured out the group’s plan, forcing Kiana’s group to pass the real Grail around again.
  • Otto realized that Welt and Siegfried’s entry meant people outside the field could join the battle, so he could bring in allies of his own.

Ch. 264Otto: Nobody Gets to Live!

Otto summoned Valkyrie squads to stall Kiana's group while he waited for reinforcements, but the Snow Lotus Squad and Raven avoided fighting them. As the battle dragged on and destroyed the island, Lin Nai checked the Holy Grail tally and announced that the contest was nearly over.

  • Otto summoned Valkyrie squads for support and used a passing strategy to buy time, not realizing Anna Sania's Snow Lotus Squad was playing both sides.
  • The Snow Lotus Squad stalled for several minutes before its members either pretended to be unconscious or were knocked out, while Durandal fought seriously.
  • The battle continued for days, with Lin Nai's Zetton Barrier protecting the spectator stands as the fighting wrecked the island.
  • The injured Valkyries found the Blade of Immortality Squad watching the battle; Alvitr claimed the squad had missed its mission because their phones were off.
  • Raven withdrew from the contest because she could not bring herself to fight Kiana and feared getting caught in the clash between Herrschers.
  • Lin Nai checked the Holy Grail tally, noted that only four people had held it for more than twenty-three hours, and said the war was nearly over.

Ch. 265Otto: Nobody Gets to Live! (Continued)

Kiana and her allies continued fighting Otto’s forces while exhausted, and Otto tried to unsettle Kiana by revealing she was K423. Their confrontation was interrupted when Bronya’s submarine fell from the sky, after Lin Nai rescued Kaiwen and Su from space.

  • Kiana and her allies held back against Schicksal’s Valkyries, leaving both sides exhausted as they fought to keep the Holy Grail from Otto.
  • Otto revealed that Kiana was a clone named K423, but Kiana said she had known the truth for a long time.
  • Otto raised the Heavenly Fire Judgment and threatened to kill everyone when Kiana refused to hand over the Holy Grail.
  • A falling object crashed between Otto and Siegfried, blasting them away and revealing Bronya’s submarine in the crater.
  • Lin Nai had found Kaiwen and Su eating noodles in the submarine in space and sent it back down before the Holy Grail War ended.

Ch. 266Su, Adrift for Half a Lifetime, Regrets Only…

Kiana won the first Holy Grail War after Otto conceded, and the participants returned to the spectator stands. Kiana wished for the summoned Heroic Spirits to remain, leaving the group with a chance to stay together.

  • Otto accepted defeat as the Holy Grail neared full charge, while Siegfried and Welt stayed on guard.
  • Elysia declared Kiana Kaslana the winner, and the participants were transported back to the spectator stands, leaving Siegfried and Welt behind.
  • Kiana and the others celebrated and said their farewells, while Kaiwen and Su ate noodles together.
  • Kiana wished for the summoned Heroic Spirits to remain, and Elysia approved of her wish.

Ch. 267Himeko: I’ll Put You in a Chokehold!

After the Holy Grail War, Kiana’s wish let most of the Heroic Spirits remain in the present world, and Lin Nai dealt with the consequences while settling everyone into new lives. The chapter ended with Lin Nai opening Kiana and Sirin’s bedroom door and finding them asleep with their game controllers in hand.

  • Lin Nai warned Kevin and Su that they would be trapped in their current bodies unless they died before the Holy Grail took effect, then sent them away with an Antenna Beam.
  • Tesla and Einstein took Edison to Anti-Entropy, while the Thunder Queen, Black Seele, and Sirin enrolled at St. Freya Academy.
  • Theresa assigned work to Himeko and Welt so she could visit the new arcade, and Lin Nai bought Raven an island villa as compensation.
  • Lin Nai restored the villa and arranged for the girls to live together, prompting Black Seele to celebrate and Sirin to agree after Cecilia urged her to get along with Kiana.
  • Lin Nai knocked repeatedly at Kiana and Sirin’s bedroom door, then created a key and found them asleep with controllers in their hands while their game continued on the television.

Ch. 268Hua’s Little Scheme

Lin Nai planned a trip to retrieve Su and the Sumeru Mustard Seed so he could stabilize Durandal’s world bubble. Fu Hua wanted to accompany him for her own reasons, but Lin Nai declined, leaving her to consider asking Otto and Kallen for help later.

  • Lin Nai woke Kiana and Sirin with a deafening snoring sound, and they arrived at breakfast with a smashed camcorder.
  • Kiana accidentally called Himeko “Auntie Himeko,” and Himeko put her in a chokehold.
  • Lin Nai told Theresa he would be away for a few days and explained that he planned to retrieve Su and obtain the Sumeru Mustard Seed.
  • Fu Hua offered to go with Lin Nai, hoping to use the trip to pursue her own scheme, but he refused.
  • Fu Hua considered visiting Schicksal later to ask Otto and Kallen for help with her plan.

Ch. 269Hua’s Little Trick

Lin Nai agreed to visit Theresa’s student Wendy at the New Zealand Branch, while Fu Hua and the others plotted to use an anesthetic on him. During an exam, Kiana slept instead of working and Sirin prepared to cheat with the Authority of the Void Archon.

  • Lin Nai postponed helping Su until the next day, and Fu Hua, Bronya, and Mei Raiden considered teaming up to knock him out with anesthetic.
  • Theresa asked Lin Nai to check on Wendy at the New Zealand Branch and bring her back to St. Freya if anything seemed wrong; Lin Nai agreed.
  • Himeko caught Kiana sleeping through an exam, photographed her, and sent the picture to Lin Nai.
  • Kiana went back to sleep, while Sirin opened a spatial portal beneath her desk to cheat on the exam.

Ch. 270Fu Hua: Let Me In!

After the exams, Kiana returned home and clung to Lin Nai, who confronted her about sleeping through the test. Fu Hua secretly dosed the chicken soup with sleeping pills before adding a pile of supposed flavor-enhancing ingredients, and the chapter left the soup nearly ready as Himeko and Theresa came home.

  • During the exam, Sirin copied another Valkyrie's answers, while Bronya noticed her cheating and focused on plotting to get Lin Nai alone; the Anti-Kiana Alliance formed again.
  • Kiana returned home, opened a portal to pounce on Lin Nai, and trembled when he asked about her falling asleep and wetting her exam paper.
  • Fu Hua eagerly offered to improve the chicken soup and secretly mixed sleeping pills and unidentified green liquid into it before adding abalone, oysters, and lamb kidneys.
  • Himeko and Theresa returned home exhausted from grading papers, and Lin Nai said that only the chicken soup remained before dinner was ready.

Ch. 271Fu Hua: Let Me In! (cont.)

Fu Hua drugged the chicken soup so everyone but herself would fall asleep, leaving her alone with Lin Nai. She dragged him to her room to finally carry out what she had waited fifty thousand years to do.

  • Lin Nai called everyone to dinner, and Fu Hua served a heavily fortified chicken soup.
  • Lin Nai's system detected anesthetic and sleeping pills in the soup, but his poison immunity and drug resistance protected him.
  • The others became drowsy and returned to their rooms while Fu Hua remained alert after taking an antidote.
  • Fu Hua told Lin Nai she had drugged everyone else because she could not knock him out, then dragged him into her room.
  • A Previous Civilization flashback showed Pardo recognizing Fu Hua's bags as supplies she had once provided to Dr. Mobius.

Ch. 272Lady Green Lily Otto

Lin Nai arrived at Schicksal Headquarters and found Otto in a young woman’s body dressed in green, after Otto’s previous body was destroyed by Anti-Entropy. Otto explained that Kallen had chosen the new body and its outfit, while Rita reported that Kallen was proposing to form a squad.

  • Lin Nai arrived at Schicksal Headquarters and met Rita, who escorted him to Otto’s office.
  • Rita told Lin Nai that Kallen and Yae Sakura were still at Schicksal and that Kallen had proposed establishing a squad.
  • Durandal joined Lin Nai and Rita outside Otto’s office, and the three went inside.
  • Lin Nai found a young woman sitting in Otto’s seat and learned that Otto’s former body had been destroyed by Anti-Entropy.
  • Otto explained that Kallen had chosen the new body and its green noblewoman’s outfit.

Ch. 273Linnaeus: Let’s Head to the Pier for Some Fries

Lin Nai took Rita and Durandal to London, where they relaxed while Durandal played football with local children. After Lin Nai was struck by Durandal’s ball, she encouraged the children to work hard, though her certainty faltered.

  • Otto agreed to let Lin Nai take Durandal and Rita to London, but Lin Nai declined Otto’s offer to host them and left to find someone who owed him Gold Coins.
  • In Russell Square, Rita reminisced about playing football with Durandal in a World Bubble, and Lin Nai recalled how Durandal had beaten eleven opponents.
  • A flaming football hit Lin Nai, who gave Durandal a red card and teased her about her past habit of kicking balls out of sight.
  • The children praised Durandal and Lin Nai, and Durandal encouraged them to train hard while admitting effort did not always guarantee success.

Ch. 274Linnaeus: I’m Up—One Move, One Kill

Lin Nai, Rita, and Durandal visited a museum after asking Gray Snake about the Divine Key’s location, where they found a guide and a stele depicting Kevin as Merlin. The chapter ended when a cat appeared on a display case.

  • Lin Nai discussed British food with Rita and Durandal, then the three found somewhere to eat.
  • Lin Nai asked Gray Snake about the Divine Key, and Gray Snake directed him to the museum where the guide had arrived.
  • Lin Nai examined a stele depicting Arthur drawing the sword from the stone and recognized the white-haired figure as Kevin.
  • Durandal guessed that the figure was Kevin, and Lin Nai revealed that Su was the Lady of the Lake.
  • A cat appeared atop a display case, drawing the attention of Lin Nai, Rita, and Durandal.

Ch. 275The Invincible Armored Puppet Has Fallen

Lin Nai and the others encountered Stan, a modified cat that could transform into a Honkai Beast, and Catherine led them to the Second Divine Key hidden in the River Thames. Lin Nai arrived eager to meet Su and make him drop Gold Coin.

  • Stan transformed into a Honkai Beast and attacked Lin Nai, who subdued it with one hand and threatened it with an Ultra Disk Blade.
  • Lin Nai recognized Stan as Jackal's modified cat, and Stan returned to its normal form after Lin Nai ordered it to change back.
  • Catherine arrived and explained that Gray Snake had asked her to guide Lin Nai to the Divine Key's location.
  • Durandal caught Stan when Lin Nai tossed it to her and happily petted it.
  • Catherine activated a remote control, revealing a massive locomotive that was the Second Divine Key hidden in the River Thames.
  • Lin Nai saw the Divine Key and looked forward to making Su drop Gold Coin.
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