Chapter Summaries

Allen fought Gilles de Rais and his regenerating Sea Demon while the creature’s threads drove Fuyuki City’s residents into a violent riot. After Allen destroyed the Sea Demon with his Wind Lightning Sword, he trapped Gilles inside a barrier with a ticking nuclear warhead.

• Gilles de Rais summoned an island-sized Sea Demon and unleashed threads that incited chaos and violence across Fuyuki City.
• Allen struck the Sea Demon with Myriad Thunder, but its rapid regeneration kept it alive.
• Rider and Waver, Diarmuid and Sola, Saber, and Golden Flash with Tokiomi watched as Allen’s lightning kept them from joining the fight.
• Allen summoned a gale and charged his sword with lightning, then destroyed the Sea Demon with a single Wind Lightning Sword strike.
• Allen exposed Gilles de Rais on the seabed, started a copied nuclear warhead’s countdown, and enclosed him in a spherical Barrier-Barrier Fruit barrier.

Allen detonated a nuclear bomb inside a barrier at Fuyuki Harbor after swallowing Saber's Excalibur with a black hole, then urged the surviving Masters and Servants to form an alliance against him. Rider and Gilgamesh began considering an alliance as authorities and aircraft converged on the harbor.

• Hisau Maiya and Emiya Kiritsugu recognized Allen's bomb as a nuclear warhead, and Kiritsugu rushed to the shore to beg Allen to stop it.
• Rider and Gilgamesh remained calm about the bomb, while Saber demanded that Allen halt the countdown and prepared to attack him.
• Saber unleashed Excalibur, but Allen swallowed its light with a black hole and mocked its power.
• The nuclear bomb detonated inside Allen's barrier, killing the French Marshal while containing the blast and evaporating the incoming seawater; Allen disposed of the remaining radiation in a Dungeon.
• Allen invited the other Masters and Servants to unite against him, then left to collect Aoi, Sakura, and Rin.
• Rider and Gilgamesh discussed forming an alliance, while Diarmuid fled with Sola as helicopters and fighter jets approached Fuyuki City.

After the battle at the docks, Saber struggled with her failure, Kayneth gained a Command Spell by claiming credit for defeating Caster and then shot Rin Tohsaka. Allen kept Aoi and her daughters at his residence, warned her that Tokiomi was in danger from Kotomine Kirei and Gilgamesh, and left after agreeing to try to save him.

• Irisviel tried to comfort Saber, while Emiya Kiritsugu urged them to leave and contact Berserker because he believed Allen's warnings about the nuclear warhead.
• Rin Tohsaka rejected Kayneth's request for a Command Spell reward, but Kayneth argued that he qualified and received one after claiming his contract with Lancer remained under his control.
• Kayneth shot Rin Tohsaka after receiving the Command Spell, unwilling to let the other Masters gain additional spells.
• Allen cooked for Aoi and her daughters, then told Aoi that he would not kill Tokiomi but warned that Kotomine Kirei and Gilgamesh posed a threat to him.
• Aoi begged Allen to save Tokiomi, and Allen said he would try without making a promise before leaping from the building to answer a phone call.

Kayneth’s fury at Diarmuid’s failure turned to humiliation when Emiya Kiritsugu threatened Sola and demanded Lancer’s death. Allen arrived during the confrontation, and Emiya Kiritsugu openly joined him against Tokiomi’s proposed alliance, leaving the Holy Grail War’s factions sharply divided.

• Kayneth berated Diarmuid and accused him of seducing Sola, while Diarmuid continued to defend his loyalty.
• Rider condemned Kayneth’s treatment of Lancer and abandoned Waver’s plan to form an alliance with him.
• Emiya Kiritsugu arrived with the unconscious Sola and demanded that Kayneth use a Command Spell to make Diarmuid kill himself.
• Kayneth began to command Diarmuid’s death, but Gilgamesh’s attack interrupted him, allowing Diarmuid to rescue Sola.
• Tokiomi proposed a temporary alliance against Berserker and admitted that Sakura was his daughter, though he would not show her mercy in the war.
• Allen arrived on his Spirit Winged Young Dragon, and Emiya Kiritsugu joined his side, rejecting Tokiomi’s proposal and condemning his treatment of Sakura.

Allen defeated Diarmuid in battle after Tokiomi’s attempt to form an alliance failed, and Diarmuid died with honor. Tokiomi and Kotomine Kirei then killed Kayneth and Sola, whose souls Allen captured, while the remaining kings prepared for the war’s next stage.

• Tokiomi urged Kayneth to join forces against Allen, but Kayneth hesitated and Emiya Kiritsugu refused the alliance.
• Allen attacked Diarmuid with a frost spear, pierced his shoulder, and pressed the attack despite Saber’s intervention.
• Saber released Excalibur, but Allen weakened its blast with ice and defeated Diarmuid with the spear’s fiery eye.
• Diarmuid accepted his defeat, learned Allen’s name, and dispersed into mana.
• Gilgamesh told Tokiomi to leave and contact the King of Conquerors, then Tokiomi had Kotomine Kirei kill Kayneth and Sola; Allen detained their souls.

Allen removed the polluted Lesser Grail from Irisviel, saved her with a replacement heart, and made Uryuu Ryunosuke its new vessel. He then persuaded Irisviel and Emiya Kiritsugu to fake their deaths and follow his plan to escape the Einzbern family, leaving Saber stunned by Uryuu Ryunosuke’s transformation into a woman who could impersonate Irisviel.

• Allen warned Emiya Kiritsugu that Irisviel might be succumbing to the polluted Greater Holy Grail, and Irisviel confirmed that it threatened humanity.
• Allen tore the Lesser Grail from Irisviel’s chest, while Vilnalasath wove her a new heart and Allen healed her wounds.
• Allen placed the Lesser Grail inside Uryuu Ryunosuke, whose mind began to succumb to Angra Mainyu’s influence.
• Allen proposed that Irisviel and Emiya Kiritsugu fake their deaths and follow his Script to reunite with Illyasviel and escape the Einzbern family.
• Allen used Irisviel’s genes to transform Uryuu Ryunosuke into a woman who could impersonate her, astonishing Irisviel and Saber.

Allen explained his ideas about punishment to Saber, then showed her the Warcraft world he had been developing and revealed that he wanted to use Angra Mainyu to perfect it. After returning to Fuyuki, Saber agreed to stay with Irisviel while Kiritsugu began his plan to use Ryunosuke as a substitute.

• Allen told Saber that he punished irredeemable criminals outside the law and said he intended to hunt Angra Mainyu to perfect and create a world.
• Allen persuaded Saber to let him touch her cowlick, then took her to Stormwind City in his world.
• Allen showed Saber Stormwind and explained that the world was incomplete and that he hoped the corrupted Holy Grail could provide the force to strengthen it.
• Saber noticed the city's people behaved like soulless puppets and asked whether Allen intended to give them life; Allen said he was uncertain what would happen.
• Allen and Saber returned to the abandoned factory, where Kiritsugu said Ryunosuke was ready to act as Irisviel's replacement.
• Saber chose to stay with Irisviel and promised to protect Kiritsugu if he called on her with a Command Spell; Kiritsugu then drove away.

Allen and Saber discussed the alliance between Gilgamesh and Iskandar while Tokiomi arranged a pact against them. After Kotomine Kirei discovered his father’s death and inherited his Command Spells, Gilgamesh offered to become his Servant so they could betray Tokiomi.

• Allen explained that Tokiomi might have to spend the Tohsaka family's gemstone reserves to support Gilgamesh and Iskandar's alliance, and Saber refused to join them.
• Tokiomi welcomed Iskandar to the Tohsaka mansion, and Waver signed a binding agreement allying the King of Conquerors with the King of Heroes against Allen and Saber.
• Kotomine Kirei found his dead father in the Holy Church, felt pleasure rather than grief, and transferred his father's Command Spells to himself.
• Gilgamesh appeared before Kotomine Kirei and offered to become his Servant after deciding to betray Tokiomi.
• Kotomine Kirei agreed to help Gilgamesh kill Tokiomi, and Gilgamesh said he wanted Tokiomi to suffer a blow from his daughter first.

Allen finished giving Hisau Maiya experimental Magic Crests, and she demonstrated their power. After Fuyuki City’s disaster was blamed on a gas leak, Sakura faced Tokiomi in a duel arranged under Allen’s watch, and her counterattack left him badly hurt.

• Allen engraved experimental Magic Crests across Hisau Maiya’s body, and she crushed a large-caliber handgun with her enhanced strength.
• A jeweled bird delivered Tokiomi’s formal challenge to Sakura, and Allen chose the duel’s date.
• After Fuyuki City returned to normal and officials blamed the disaster on a gas leak, Allen and Sakura arrived at the suburban clearing where Tokiomi and Golden Flash waited.
• Allen encouraged Sakura to fight Tokiomi, and she prepared with protective spells before meeting his opening fire attack with Ice Spike.
• Sakura summoned a Water Elemental and Blinked behind Tokiomi, then disrupted his spell with Magic Counter and made him spit blood.

Sakura defeated Tokiomi and renounced both the Tohsaka and Matou names, while Hisau Maiya and Emiya Kiritsugu’s deception let Kotomine Kirei abduct Uryuu Ryunosuke in place of Irisviel. Sakura left with Allen, and Kiritsugu prepared to continue his plan to win the Holy Grail War.

• Sakura overcame Tokiomi’s magic and beat him, then told him she no longer hated him and would leave him alive after destroying his pride and status.
• Sakura declared herself Sakura Tashi and flew away with Allen on Dragon, while Golden Flash helped Tokiomi return to the Tohsaka Main House.
• Hisau Maiya fought Kotomine Kirei with her new enchantment crests and burned his hand and face with a fire enchantment.
• Kotomine Kirei seized Uryuu Ryunosuke, whom he mistook for Irisviel, and drove away with the false hostage.
• Emiya Kiritsugu revealed that the abduction was part of their plan, praised Hisau Maiya’s acting, and said he still had to finish his role as the planned winner of the Holy Grail War.

Kotomine Kirei killed Tokiomi and formed a contract with Golden Flash, while Allen secretly restored Tokiomi to life in a severely damaged state. Elsewhere, Rider and Waver prepared to face Berserker, relying on Golden Flash’s defensive Noble Phantasms and their own attacks.

• Tokiomi told Kotomine Kirei that Sakura had defeated him, then welcomed Uryuu Ryunosuke, disguised as Irisviel, as the Lesser Grail.
• Tokiomi named Kotomine Kirei Rin’s guardian and gave him the Azoth Sword, unaware that Kirei intended to kill him.
• Kotomine Kirei stabbed Tokiomi, then made a contract with Golden Flash, who agreed to become his Servant.
• Allen arrived after Kirei had left and restored Tokiomi’s breathing and heartbeat, but left his brain damage untreated before taking him to a hospital.
• Rider warned Waver about the dangers of continuing the war, but Waver refused to withdraw after Kayneth and Sola’s deaths.
• Rider told Waver that Golden Flash would use defensive Noble Phantasms against Berserker’s nuclear weapons, while they planned to attack with the Army of the King and Golden Flash’s ultimate Noble Phantasm.

Saber trained Rin and Sakura before Allen hosted a lavish dinner, but news of the final battle at Ryūdō Temple sent him and Sakura into action. Allen arrived at the temple with Sakura as Gilgamesh, Iskandar, Kotomine Kirei, and Waver prepared for the confrontation.

• Saber sparred with Rin and Sakura, praised Sakura's skill, and promised to build Rin's physical foundation.
• Allen served dinner to Saber, Irisviel, and the others, then received Kiritsugu's news that Gilgamesh, Iskandar, Waver, and Kotomine Kirei had gathered at Ryūdō Temple.
• Sakura insisted on accompanying Allen to the final battle, and Allen agreed despite Aoi's objections; he left Saber behind to guard the others.
• At Ryūdō Temple, Gilgamesh and Iskandar discussed their coming fight while Kotomine Kirei prepared the Holy Grail ritual and gave Waver six additional Command Spells.
• A barrier alarm sounded as Allen arrived at Ryūdō Temple on his Spirit Winged Young Dragon with Sakura.

Allen faced Rider, Gilgamesh, and their forces at Ryūdō Temple, then unleashed his Beast Mastery powers and fought through the army. After breaking Gilgamesh’s Chains of Heaven and provoking him into using Enuma Elish, Allen launched a Supermassive Black Hole at the sword.

• Allen arrived with Sakura and ordered his Wolf Pack to protect her while he prepared to fight Rider and Gilgamesh alone.
• Waver used all three Command Spells to strengthen Rider, who unfolded his army’s Inherent Domain, while Gilgamesh empowered his Noble Phantasms.
• Allen activated Wild Rage and Heart of the Beast, then charged into the Heroic Spirit army and crushed roughly a thousand soldiers with a Tremor-Tremor Fruit attack.
• Gilgamesh bound Allen with the Chains of Heaven, but Allen opened the Gate of Death and snapped the chains, taunting Gilgamesh about losing his friend.
• Gilgamesh drew Enuma Elish and attacked, while Allen threw a tiny black speck toward it and invoked Supermassive Black Hole.

Allen defeated Gilgamesh and Rider, but Gilgamesh revealed that the Holy Grail had been moved and sacrificed himself and Rider to complete the ritual for Kotomine Kirei. Allen learned that the Grail was about to descend at the Holy Church and left Sakura and Waver behind as he went there.

• Allen used a Singularity to counter Enuma Elish, then battered Gilgamesh and destroyed Rider’s chariot with lightning.
• Allen declared himself the victor, but Gilgamesh revealed that the Lesser Grail was bait and that Kotomine Kirei was his true Master.
• Gilgamesh killed Rider with Gate of Babylon, then stabbed himself with Enuma Elish so both their souls could complete the Holy Grail ritual.
• Allen called Emiya Kiritsugu and learned that the Greater Holy Grail was about to descend at the Holy Church.
• Allen asked Sakura to wait with Waver and departed for the church, while Sakura comforted Waver with strawberry juice.

Allen removed Angra Mainyu from the Greater Holy Grail, purified it, and arranged for it to refill before a future Fifth Holy Grail War. Emiya Kiritsugu followed Allen’s plan, ordered Saber to destroy the Grail, and shot himself as the opening to the Root closed.

• Emiya Kiritsugu defeated Kotomine Kirei and rejected his demand for the Black Mud, then Allen arrived at the church.
• Allen used the Ten-Tails Divine Tree to draw Angra Mainyu and the Black Mud from the Greater Holy Grail, while Emiya Kiritsugu shot Kotomine Kirei.
• Angra Mainyu attacked Allen with countless incarnations and then a giant body, but Allen pulled out its soul and the Divine Tree separated the remaining power into two fruits.
• Allen declared the Holy Grail clean and said the tree would refill it within ten years; he promised Emiya Kiritsugu could reclaim his family by following the Script.
• Emiya Kiritsugu summoned Saber, used his Command Spells to order her to destroy the Holy Grail, and shot himself as the opening to the Root closed.

After the Fourth Holy Grail War, Allen used Nanika’s Nen to accelerate Dungeon construction and planned to use the Third Magic and Avalon in the next war. Ten years later, Sakura had grown up, the Greater Holy Grail had refilled, and the Fifth Holy Grail War began as magi gathered in Fuyuki.

• Artoria returned to her contract with the Counter Force, while Emiya Kiritsugu survived, exchanged identities with Kotomine Kirei, and reported the war’s staged outcome to the Holy Church.
• Allen released the fruit’s malice into the game world, and Nanika’s Nen rapidly built three Dungeons in Outland as Vilnalasath demanded a share of future loot.
• Allen explained his plan to use Soul Materialization as a vast source of magical power and revealed he intended to summon Artoria in the next war with Avalon as a Holy Relic.
• Allen returned to Fuyuki, reunited Sakura with Aoi, Rin, and Irisviel, and asked Irisviel to find Emiya Shirou and teach him Projection Magic.
• Allen remained confined to Fuyuki and studied magic through knowledge supplied by Waver, while Sakura grew up and the Greater Holy Grail refilled over the next ten years.
• The Fifth Holy Grail War began, drawing magi to Fuyuki as they sought Holy Relics and powerful Servants.

As the Fifth Holy Grail War approached, Allen, Sakura, and Emiya Kiritsugu prepared for a conflict shaped by Allen’s plans and their alliance. Allen and Sakura planned to leave the world after the war, while Rin prepared to summon Gilgamesh and compete alongside her sister.

• Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel discussed reuniting with Illyasviel and the planned Masters, including Allen, Sakura, Rin, and Shirou.
• Sakura revealed that Rin had found the Snake skin Tokiomi had used, while Kiritsugu planned to take Bazett Fraga McRemitz’s Command Spells before she summoned Cú Chulainn.
• Allen told Sakura to show no restraint in the war, and she affirmed that she would follow him when he left the world afterward.
• Rin complained that Allen had overcharged her for gemstones, then reassured Aoi that she and Sakura would stop fighting once one of them won.
• Rin continued preparing to summon Gilgamesh, though she might struggle to get along with the King of Heroes.

Allen reunited with Waver, used a cursed gem to strengthen Vilnalasath, and summoned Artoria as his Saber for the Fifth Holy Grail War. After agreeing to help her pursue the Holy Grail, he went to eat with her, while Sakura sent Medusa to scout the Tohsaka family.

• Waver delivered Allen a dangerous black gem, which Allen fed to Vilnalasath to transfer its Mystery and strengthen her curse-related power.
• Waver introduced his disciple Gris, whose appearance was changing whenever Saber was summoned, then left with her for the Clock Tower.
• Allen summoned Artoria with Scabbard Avalon and offered her the genuine Holy Grail in exchange for abandoning her wish if it could not be fulfilled and traveling with him as his knight.
• Artoria accepted Allen's agreement, and the two went to a barbecue restaurant to eat and discuss the previous Holy Grail War.
• Sakura summoned Medusa and ordered her to investigate the Tohsaka family without attacking until the Masters and Servants were identified.

Rin summoned Gilgamesh and used two Command Spells to force him to obey, while Medusa revealed that she served Sakura. Meanwhile, Shirou secretly went to his magecraft workshop and summoned Red A as Assassin, leaving the two versions of himself facing one another.

• Rin summoned Gilgamesh, then used two Command Spells to force him to kneel and press his head to the floor.
• Medusa introduced herself as Sakura's Rider, told Rin she bore no ill will, and left after warning the pair to reach an agreement.
• Rin and Gilgamesh agreed to talk once the Command Spell's suppression ended.
• Shirou slipped out after paying his younger sister ten thousand yen to keep quiet, then rode to the abandoned Emiya residence.
• Shirou performed a summoning ritual and brought forth Red A as Assassin, who immediately criticized him.

Rin and Sakura left the church after revealing their ties to the Holy Grail War, while Shirou learned more about the dangers awaiting him. Allen’s arrival triggered a fight between Saber and Red A, and Allen later told Emiya Kiritsugu that Illyasviel was on her way to Fuyuki as they prepared for the war’s opening battle.

• Emiya Kiritsugu told Rin that Berserker had already been summoned by Illyasviel and that only Caster’s slot remained, prompting Rin to leave the church.
• Rin revealed her family’s history and warned Shirou that the previous war had left only three Masters alive; Sakura then disclosed that she had also been a Master ten years earlier.
• Emiya Kiritsugu explained the rules to Shirou, then Allen entered the church and asked whether Shirou wanted to become an ally of justice, prompting Red A to attack him.
• Saber fought Red A at the church entrance, then Allen warned Shirou to investigate his Servant’s origins before leaving with Saber.
• Red A told Shirou he had attacked Allen to test him, while Shirou objected to his taking the initiative to kill.
• Allen told Emiya Kiritsugu that Illyasviel would arrive in about eleven hours, and Kiritsugu revealed he had taken Bazett’s Command Spells; they agreed to begin the war when Caster appeared.