Chapter Summaries

Avia fought Kihara in her sealed mental world while the Outer God threatened Earth, and Typhon chose to lend him her frame. After sending Typhon away with Meli, Avia prepared to face Kihara alone, relying on Magic Sword: True World and his contract with Altrouge Brunestud.

• Avia recognized that Kihara had drawn everyone who entered Rome into her mental realm as the Outer God announced its approach to Earth and the moon.
• Avia battled Kihara with his Holy Sword and magic sword, but she overwhelmed him with the Holy Scripture, Ether cannons, and lunar phantoms.
• Typhon feared her frame was breaking, and Avia promised to protect her before asking her to lend him that frame instead of serving as his armor.
• Typhon agreed to help Avia, and he explained that Meli could take only one person out of the sealed world; he chose to send Typhon with her.
• Avia told Meli to take Typhon to Avalon and stayed behind to confront Kihara, intending to seal her with Magic Sword: True World.
• Avia invoked his contract with Altrouge Brunestud, began transforming into a Dead Apostle, and grasped the Holy Sword as his power mingled with hers.

Avia sealed Kihara and the Alien God’s promised arrival away, but Kihara trapped Avia in a brutal battle that seemed certain to end with his death. As the souls of those he had helped gathered around him, Avia was recognized by humanity and the Dead Apostles, and his fight began anew.

• Avia sealed the boundless world around Kihara, preventing the Savior from leaving and declaring that the awaited Garden of Eden would never arrive.
• Kihara attacked Avia and promised to keep him alive through endless torment, while Avia’s Dead Apostle nature left him unable to make the Star Sword shine.
• Avia endured Kihara’s attacks and rejected the promised salvation, affirming that humans had to think and judge for themselves.
• Avia’s body reached its limit, but the memories and voices of those he had helped gathered around him and lifted him from the darkness.
• The Church's Twelve Apostles acknowledged Avia as fighting for humanity, and Altrouge Brunestud acknowledged him as a Dead Apostle.

The Savior’s final battle ended with Avia’s death, leaving Attila and Typhon grieving as the survivors carried on. Years later, Beowulf and Siegfried reunited to defeat a dragon, while the last Nightmare returned the changed Holy Sword to Avalon and began guiding a young blonde girl toward becoming an ideal king.

• The Savior’s light ended the conflict, and Avia told Altrouge Brunestud he had broken his promise before leaving her.
• Avia died in Attila’s arms after asking her to endure the loneliness ahead; Attila confessed her love as his soul vanished.
• Typhon woke in her volcano, sensed Avia’s farewell, and sobbed over losing the chance to stay with him forever.
• Years later, the aged Beowulf fought a revived dragon until Siegfried arrived, and the two defeated it together.
• The last Nightmare returned the changed Holy Sword to Avalon, where a fantasy flower preserved memories and she spoke with Fou.
• The last Nightmare listened to a blonde girl’s wish to become an ideal king and remembered something that shaped her reply.

Meli remembered her connection to Bradamante and the old promise she still owed someone, then wept by the starlit water as she pursued him across time. The chapter detailed Avia’s Rider and Saber forms, including the histories and powers behind his bond with Typhon and the Norse pantheon.

• Bradamante called to Meli for help reaching a great mage, and Meli answered her directly through their minds.
• Hearing Bradamante mention Charlemagne, Meli recalled an old conversation in the Alps and recognized her meeting with Bradamante as a gift.
• Meli ended her connection with Bradamante and went to the water’s edge, where she wept at the sight of the blue star.
• Meli said the star was beautiful and vowed to pursue someone across countless years until he fulfilled his promise.
• The chapter described Avia’s Rider abilities and Typhon’s armor, then recounted Typhon’s imprisonment, hatred, and encounter with someone more important than revenge at Mount Etna.
• The chapter presented Avia’s Saber profile, including his resistance to Mystery, Norse authority, and independent power supplied by Yggdrasil.

Sajyou Manaka tried to win Novia’s affection by making breakfast, but Melusine shut her out and returned to bed with Novia. Melusine then sensed Typhon’s faint scent on Novia and wondered how the supposedly dead dragon had become involved.

• Sajyou Manaka got up early and prepared breakfast, hoping to grow closer to Novia after Melusine had taken him from her the previous night.
• Sajyou Manaka brought breakfast to Novia’s room, but Melusine took the food and told her not to wake them again.
• Furious at Melusine’s rejection, Sajyou Manaka called Ayaka to complain that someone was bullying her.
• Melusine returned to bed, cuddled Novia, and noticed a faint scent of Typhon on his body.
• Melusine wondered how Typhon could have left his scent on Novia when she believed the Primordial Dragon was dead.

Novia recovered and set out with Melusine to find Typhon, while Sajyou Manaka reacted to their departure by calling Ayaka to complain. In Rome, Ciel tried to send Kiara Sessyoin to school, but Kiara insisted on being called Kichijo-in Kihara and refused classes because she was a Buddhist.

• Melusine cared for Novia as he recovered, then agreed to accompany him to find Typhon after insisting she wanted to be his only dragon.
• Novia and Melusine left the house, and Sajyou Manaka called Ayaka to say she was being cuckolded.
• Ciel told Kiara Sessyoin that she had to return to school after taking a week off.
• Kiara explained that she had once wiped out Japanese cults as a child, had been brought to Rome by the Church, and now wanted to join the Burial Agency to help it.
• Kiara insisted that Ciel call her Kichijo-in Kihara because she was a Buddhist, and Ciel agreed that she should not take classes from another religion's church.

Kihara sent Ciel to school while sensing that a supposedly dead enemy was still alive in the United States. On Mount Etna, Novia found Typhon and asked her to leave the volcano and share his life forever, and she moved to kiss him.

• Kihara insisted that Ciel attend school and reflected on the Church's treatment of French Incident survivors and its dealings with Dead Apostles.
• Kihara sensed that a dangerous enemy in the United States had survived and vowed to make him regret it.
• Novia and Melusine reached Mount Etna, where Novia asked Melusine to prevent the volcano from erupting as he entered its crater.
• Typhon mistook Novia for Albion's Incarnation and attacked, but his Primordial Runes stopped the lightning and calmed the volcano.
• Novia told Typhon he had come to take her with him and share his life forever, and Typhon stepped close and moved toward his lips.

Novia returned from Mount Etna with Typhon, then stayed several more days at Sajyou Manaka’s home before announcing he would travel to the United States for a Holy Grail War. As Manaka struggled with her feelings for him, she finally made a move and pushed him down.

• Melusine recognized Typhon as a primordial dragon, and Novia brought both dragons back to Romania after they argued over their supposed data transmission.
• Sajyou Manaka persuaded Novia, Melusine, and Typhon to stay at her home, then spent several nights imagining what the dragons and Novia were doing together.
• Typhon caught Melusine and Novia kissing, but Novia canceled his promise to Melusine and Typhon’s wish to join them was fulfilled.
• On the sixth morning, Sajyou Manaka overheard the dragons with Novia, and Novia recognized what she had been doing when he saw her flustered by his bedroom door.
• Novia told Sajyou Manaka he was going to the United States to join the Holy Grail War and find someone, prompting her to pounce on him and confess that she wanted him too.

Altrouge Brunestud arrived in Snowfield City to investigate whether a man resembling Avia was there, and freed Assassin from her Dead Apostle Master. As the Holy Grail War approached, Novia reflected on its limits and the conflict between Heracles and the Greek gods.

• Brad told Altrouge Brunestud that he had seen someone who looked like Avia, and she decided to visit the upcoming Holy Grail War in the United States.
• Francesca told Faldeus that she wanted the Snowfield Holy Grail War to open the Great Labyrinth Alcatraz and expose its supreme treasure to humanity.
• Altrouge Brunestud killed Jester, who had been posing as a corpse, and ended his contract with Assassin.
• Assassin recognized Altrouge Brunestud's spiritual attainment and asked her to show the way home.
• Novia failed to summon a Servant in Snowfield City and considered the Holy Grail War, Heracles, and Alcides while noticing surveillance by familiars.

Novia waited for the Holy Grail War to advance while an unexpected Heroic Spirit, Charlemagne, appeared on live television, and Kichijo-in Kihara encountered Tsubaki Kuruoka and Pale Rider in Snowfield City. At the opera house, a summoned hero killed the mage threatening blonde Ayaka, whose memories returned and revealed her identity as the El-Melloi Family’s three-foundation mana furnace.

• Novia watched a live broadcast from the opera house and recognized the man beside the reporter as Charlemagne.
• Kichijo-in Kihara comforted Tsubaki Kuruoka in the hospital and asked Pale Rider to fulfill Tsubaki’s wish by removing a misfortune.
• A Holy Grail War mage prepared to kill blonde Ayaka, but Francesca interrupted him and he began summoning a Heroic Spirit instead.
• The mage summoned an armored hero who killed him and rescued blonde Ayaka at the opera house.
• Blonde Ayaka remembered that she was not Sajyou Ayaka and revealed that she was the El-Melloi Family’s three-foundation mana furnace, transformed into Ayaka’s likeness after a university student wished for her.

Charlemagne entered the Snowfield City Holy Grail War, while Novia connected with the Human Order and revealed himself as a world-shaking presence. Earlier, Gilgamesh and Alcides clashed in the canyon, where Alcides began to expose Gilgamesh to madness.

• Charlemagne learned the blonde Ayaka's memories, promised to fulfill her wish, and was arrested after appearing at the theater.
• Sajyou Manaka discovered that Novia had successfully summoned a Servant and was disappointed that she had not become his Master.
• Novia accepted the Human Order's request to stop Alcides from erasing Heracles, then manifested a vision of destruction that reached Snowfield City and alarmed the Mage's Association and Holy Church.
• Gilgamesh confronted Alcides in the canyon while Tine watched, and Alcides deflected the weapons Gilgamesh launched from the Gate of Babylon.
• Alcides taunted Gilgamesh and invoked the Mad God's cries, briefly unleashing madness in Gilgamesh's mind.

Charlemagne interrupted Gilgamesh and Alcides just as they were about to fight, but a girl’s ritual and the arrival of Novia disrupted the battlefield and revealed a terrifying new threat. Meanwhile, Alcides rejected a radiant figure’s attempt to define him by his past, and American officials debated whether to proceed with their plan to destroy Snowfield if the Holy Grail War went wrong.

• Charlemagne arrived in the canyon and stopped Alcides from striking Gilgamesh, identifying himself as Charlemagne and revealing that his sword Joyeuse held the tip of Longinus.
• As Charlemagne, Gilgamesh, and Alcides prepared to fight, a girl trapped them in a blood-red battlefield and began invoking her Noble Phantasm.
• A revelation announcing Novia’s approach reached the Servants and Masters, frightening Francesca while Charlemagne welcomed the possibility that his sister might arrive too.
• Alcides saw a radiant shadow that compared him to Novia, but he rejected the comparison, remembered Megara, and declared that he would no longer serve the iron remnants.
• American officials met in a mountain cabin, worried about the Church’s response and Novia’s arrival, then considered whether to proceed with Operation Aurora Fall to erase Snowfield.

Novia’s Wild Hunt Trial sealed all of Snowfield City’s residents inside a vast inner world, while Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg and Kouhaku discussed Hibino Hibiki’s search for her mother. As Servants began approaching Novia’s storm-wrapped rooftop, he agreed to meet Alcides and accepted Pale Rider’s offer of peaceful support.

• The General and his staff watched satellite images reveal that all eight hundred thousand people in Snowfield City had vanished into Novia’s reverse Reality Marble.
• Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg spoke with Kouhaku, who told him that Hibino Hibiki wanted to find Kihara, and the pages of Zelretch’s book showed Hibiki in a hospital room.
• Kichijo-in Kihara left Tsubaki Kuruoka in Pale Rider’s care, and Pale Rider departed to meet Novia.
• Sajyou Manaka served Novia breakfast on the rooftop, where he explained that he had joined the Holy Grail War and intended to stop the Sea of Vengeance while honoring Hera’s request to meet Alcides.
• Novia named Aika his Master, and Pale Rider reached him first, asking him to forgive Tsubaki before pledging not to oppose him.
• Hassan of the Phantom Valley appeared before Novia as the next Servant to arrive.

Ista restored her full divine power and attacked Novia with the Bull of Heaven, Maanna, and Mountain-Splitting Star Scorch after reflecting on Haruli’s grief and choosing to let her live as she wished. Novia summoned the Primordial Sacred Sword as Ista’s devastating attack closed in.

• Novia’s question led Hassan of the Phantom Valley to accept his death and ask to be shown the way home.
• Ista built a temple with Haruli and Humbaba, then comforted Haruli and withdrew her blessing after witnessing her memories of her parents’ murder and desire for revenge.
• Ista, Haruli, and Humbaba approached Novia, and Ista challenged him to prove he could protect humanity under her divine attention.
• Novia recreated the Age of Gods, restoring Ista’s full divinity and enabling the Bull of Heaven to arrive.
• Ista summoned Maanna and unleashed Mountain-Splitting Star Scorch at Novia, who drew the Primordial Sacred Sword as the attack approached.

Novia defeated Ista and the Bull of Heaven, then waited for the remaining Servants while dealing with the jealousy and bickering of Sajyou Manaka, Melusine, and Typhon. The chapter ended by revealing that Meli was confined in Avalon and had once sent the White Demon Hound away to seek his true master.

• Novia killed Ista with the Magic Sword: True World, and the True Berserker Group withdrew from the Holy Grail War.
• Novia summoned Typhon's mechanical body to devour the Bull of Heaven after Pale Rider and Hassan of the Phantom Valley had eliminated Humbaba.
• Sajyou Manaka hugged Novia and asked him for a reward, while Melusine worried about losing her place as his only weapon.
• Typhon revealed that Meli was a fairy who had kept the Primordial Sacred Sword, and Melusine teased Typhon about being the mother of Greece's monsters.
• Novia noticed that Gilgamesh's presence had disappeared as the other Servants failed to approach the Thunderbolt.
• Meli remained confined in Avalon, recalled her dispute with Vivian over the Primordial Sacred Sword, and remembered sending the White Demon Hound away to find his real master.

Meli was freed from Avalon when the Holy Sword broke Vivian’s barrier, and she vowed to collect on her promise. In Snowfield, Francesca helped Alcides kill the King of Heroes, after which Alcides struck down Tiné and thanked the fading white figure who had saved him.

• Meli watched the Primordial Sacred Sword emerge from the sea, then the Holy Sword broke Vivian’s barrier and freed her from Avalon.
• Charlemagne left the canyon, while the King of Heroes headed toward the city center and Alcides provoked him into battle.
• Alcides unleashed his vengeance, and Francesca used an illusion and the summoning key to expose the King of Heroes to a fatal attack.
• The King of Heroes died after laughing at the goddess Ista, and Francesca urged Alcides to join forces against the remaining threat.
• Alcides killed Tiné when she refused to leave, then thanked a fading white figure who answered that he was Alcides.

Alexandre Dumas warned Orlando Reeve that the police chief’s side had little chance of defeating Novia, whom he believed might be the Holy Spirit. Beneath Snowfield, Altrouge Brunestud waited out the lightning, reflected on Hassan of the Zealot’s past, and agreed to care for Enkidu’s artificial wolf after the war; Enkidu grieved that Humbaba had died and was offered food by Altrouge.

• Alexandre Dumas told Orlando Reeve that Novia’s power made victory unlikely and explained why he might be known as the Holy Spirit.
• Altrouge Brunestud explained to Hassan of the Zealot that the lightning made it dangerous for her to go above ground, while Snowfield’s protective suggestions had vanished.
• Altrouge Brunestud recalled how Hassan of the Zealot had been rejected as the next Hassan-i Sabbah despite her devotion and talent.
• Enkidu arrived with the Artificial Silver Wolf and asked Altrouge Brunestud to look after their Master after the Holy Grail War; Altrouge agreed.
• Enkidu sensed that Humbaba had died after seeing the Bull of Heaven appear and disappear, and Altrouge Brunestud offered them food.

Altrouge Brunestud reunited with Novia and asked him to take her wherever he went. The chapter then shifted to Sigma’s memories of becoming a mercenary and his partnership with Novia, ending as Novia faced a large group of magecraft users while trying to protect children he had rescued.

• Enkidu noticed that Novia had come downstairs, and Altrouge Brunestud tearfully reunited with him.
• Sigma recalled how the government had trained him as a mercenary and how he had survived a former friend’s betrayal.
• Sigma remembered meeting Novia in the desert and learning about his generous, carefree approach to life.
• Sigma recalled how Novia repeatedly rescued people from conflict zones, despite the risks and expense.
• Sigma arrived at a battle where Novia faced hundreds of magecraft users hired by a trafficker, and one of the rescued children shot at Novia.

Sigma chose to stop standing aside and killed his employer to save the children, then later resolved to kill Francesca, whom he blamed for destroying his country. At Novia’s mansion, Altrouge joined the group and provoked Melusine with a kiss, while Typhon panicked that destroying the Bull of Heaven might prevent her from killing Zeus.

• Sigma recalled the voice that urged him to destroy those who would take from his people, and decided to take part rather than remain a spectator.
• Sigma stabbed his employer in the heart, and he and Novia were the only survivors left amid the slaughter.
• Novia told Sigma that his mother, Maiya Hisau, had left him an inheritance, though Sigma recognized that Novia was trying to comfort him.
• Back at the mansion, Sigma told Captain that he intended to kill Francesca, while Novia introduced Altrouge Brunestud to the others as the sixth arrival.
• Altrouge kissed Novia and accepted his invitation, irritating Melusine, who challenged her with a hostile look.
• Novia asked Typhon whether destroying the Bull of Heaven had changed anything, and Typhon feared that she might no longer be able to kill Zeus.

Typhon reconciled with Novia after he comforted her, and Flat arrived to meet him on Lord El-Melloi II’s request. Novia agreed to protect Flat as the second day of the Holy Grail War ended with eleven Servants remaining.

• Typhon threw herself onto Novia, declared her love for him, and teased the others, while Novia suspected Meli had coached her.
• Hassan of the Zealot told Novia that a Servant was waiting outside, and Flat arrived to meet him.
• Lord El-Melloi II had sent Flat to contact Novia after Gray recognized Novia as resembling the legendary Lord of El-Melloi, Avia.
• Van-Fem called Flat, warned that he was special to humanity, and asked him to give Novia and Her Highness his regards.
• Flat asked Novia to speak with Lord El-Melloi II, who sincerely requested that Novia protect his student; Novia agreed.
• The second day of the Holy Grail War ended, with the True Berserker Team and False Archer Team eliminated and eleven Servants remaining.