Chapter Summaries

Rin proposed a two-front strategy against Russia and Eastern Rome, with Chaldea handling the Eastern Roman army. To prove Chaldea could do so, she summoned Iskandar and Cleopatra, who displayed their armies, while Nero asked to learn Cleopatra’s summoning ritual.

• Rin explained that Russia’s presence revealed another distortion point and proposed attacking it to gather intelligence.
• Caligula and Nero objected to fighting Russia and Eastern Rome at once, but Rin argued Russia would threaten Rome if left unchecked.
• Rin assigned Caligula to defend Gaul and Nero to secure Rome, while Chaldea would face Eastern Rome; Caligula challenged the plan and Rin promised to demonstrate Chaldea’s strength.
• Rin summoned Iskandar and Cleopatra, and Iskandar revealed his army while Cleopatra used his Bounded Field to summon an Egyptian army and sphinxes.
• Nero asked Rin to teach her Cleopatra’s army-summoning ritual, and Rin considered whether Nero could learn the demanding magecraft.

Rin and the King of Conquerors led Roman legions out of Rome while Ai-chan and Caligula took command of separate forces. In Russia, Aiga left the Singularity after seeking Rin, Anastasia prepared to act against Ivan, and Dr. Heartless began the operation to give the aging Tsar a magical beast’s body using Sophia’s blood.

• The King of Conquerors befriended Nero and promised to teach her how to summon an army, while Caligula watched jealously.
• Rin’s army marched out of Rome, Caligula departed for Gaul, and Nero sent Ai-chan to defend the Alps.
• Anastasia confronted Aiga over Moscow’s sudden industrial technology, and Viy intervened when Aiga threatened her.
• Aiga left the Singularity after asking Anastasia to greet Rin Tohsaka, and Anastasia planned to seize her chance once Ivan’s army reached the front.
• Ivan agreed to undergo a body-replacement operation using the magical beast and Sophia’s blood, despite knowing Sophia would die.
• Dr. Heartless injected a strange liquid into the unconscious Sophia and described her as fertilizer for his attempt to make the Age of Gods endure.

Dr. Heartless transformed Ivan into a magical beast, and Ivan ordered his court to undergo the same transformation before setting out to expand his territory. Meanwhile, Rin, Cleopatra, and Iskandar approached Caesar’s fortified defenses at Pella, where Iskandar chose to face Caesar’s army while Rin held back.

• Dr. Heartless drained Sophia’s blood and fused Ivan’s brain and spine with a magical beast, bringing Ivan back to life in a monstrous body.
• Ivan returned to his palace, told Eliza that Sophia had been buried in his mausoleum, and ordered his ministers, nobles, and guards to undergo magical beast transformation.
• Rin, Cleopatra, and Iskandar marched toward Macedon, where Iskandar selected a riverside campsite and Rin assigned each commander control of their own forces.
• Caesar showed Cleopatra the fortifications around Pella, and she told him that Iskandar would lead an army against him.
• Caesar mustered his troops as more than fifty thousand Heroic Spirit and Egyptian soldiers approached Pella, and Iskandar praised Caesar’s defenses before choosing to fight him directly.

Iskandar led his Heroic Spirits against Caesar’s forces outside Pella, but Caesar’s disciplined Romans forced a withdrawal after the Macedonians wore down their frontline. Iskandar planned a night assault on Pella’s forts, while the Russian Empire mobilized its advanced forces for war on three fronts.

• Rin Tohsaka left Iskandar to command the assault and joined Cleopatra’s Egyptian army.
• Iskandar’s Macedonian archers struck Pella’s defenders from an extraordinary distance, and Caesar rallied his troops and called cavalry from the western and northern forts.
• Caesar led thirty thousand soldiers out of Pella as the cavalry encircled Iskandar’s army, but Iskandar divided his forces to hold the encircling troops and formed a broad battle line.
• Caesar’s Romans and Iskandar’s Heroic Spirits fought to a stalemate until Caesar recognized that his human soldiers were tiring; he withdrew them under cavalry cover, and Iskandar ordered his army back to camp.
• Iskandar told Rin Tohsaka he would try a night assault on Pella’s forts with Cleopatra’s giant beasts, while Rin considered summoning Jeanne Alter and Artoria if needed.
• The Russian Empire began moving conscripts, advanced artillery, primitive tanks, and warships toward its fronts after receiving technology from Aiga and Dr. Heartless.

Ai-chan and the Roman defenders repelled the Russian army at an Alpine pass, but Caligula’s legions were routed by Russian guns and armored vehicles in Gaul. After ordering an evacuation and giving up on choosing its destination, Caligula was confronted by his legion commanders.

• Ai-chan spotted the Russian army approaching the Alps, sent warnings to Rome, and prepared defenses at the only suitable mountain pass.
• Ai-chan rallied the Roman soldiers through the Russian artillery bombardment, and they inflicted heavy losses before the Russians withdrew; reinforcements arrived.
• Caligula watched Russian artillery, infantry, and armored vehicles cripple two of his five legions, then ordered the surviving troops to retreat.
• Russian cavalry hunted down most fleeing Romans, while the Russian commanders celebrated their victory and claimed the Romans had killed no enemies.
• Caligula’s legions began evacuating Gaul, burning supplies and driving civilians from their homes; when commanders asked where to go, Caligula told them to decide without disturbing him.
• A legion commander knocked the wine from Caligula’s hand and urged him not to give up, and Caligula seized the commander by his armor and lifted him into the air.

Rin captured Pella and secured Greece with the King of Conquerors and Cleopatra, while Russia’s modern fleet devastated Caesar’s forces and attacked Constantinople. Caesar reached the palace after realizing Eastern Rome faced defeat, where Romulus had summoned him.

• Rin used the Witch-King Slayers to drive Eastern Roman troops to Pella, then accepted their surrender and demonstrated her power to deter resistance.
• The King of Conquerors and Cleopatra captured parts of Greece and secured their supply lines, while Rin discovered Russian iron warships in the Aegean Sea.
• Caesar’s fleet suffered heavy losses from Russian warships as he retreated from Pella to Constantinople.
• Russian warships bombarded Constantinople’s harbor after Caesar’s arrival, and Caesar recognized that Eastern Rome’s overseas territories were lost.
• A palace messenger ordered Caesar to report to Romulus and the Demon God Pillar, and Caesar rode toward Constantinople’s palace.

Caesar accepted Romulus’s command to attack the Russian forces, while Rin rode alone toward Moscow and Anastasia’s rebellion spread. Facing repeated defeats and the threat of exile, Mendeleev decided to join Anastasia’s revolution, leaving the Russian army on the brink of mutiny.

• Romulus gave Caesar command of Rome’s armies and ordered him to attack the Russian fleet, while the Demon God Pillar protested that Romulus was delaying their agreement.
• Rin rode north alone toward Moscow, and Caesar led cavalry out of Constantinople.
• Anastasia watched revolutionaries fight the garrison near the Ural Mountains and spoke with Alesky about their cause.
• Mendeleev watched his demoralized Russian troops retreat from the Roman defenses in the Alps, then decided that the time had come to act.
• Mendeleev proposed that the Russian generals and officers support Anastasia to escape punishment, and they agreed to follow his plan.

Rin searched Moscow for Aiga, then attacked the city to force her to appear, only to face Dr. Heartless’s modified beasts. Rin defeated many of them, but the prehistoric Thunder Beasts resisted her attacks and injured her with lightning, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Rin searched Moscow for Aiga’s magical traces, then revealed herself and destroyed buildings when she failed to find her.
• Dr. Heartless watched Rin’s attack and unleashed his modified beasts, determined to protect his dream of recreating the Age of Gods.
• Rin headed for the Kremlin, but a hawk-like beast broke through her barrier and knocked her into the street.
• Rin activated her Dragon Factor, healed herself, and killed many of Dr. Heartless’s beasts.
• Thunder Beasts entered Moscow, and Rin’s Spears of Venus and starlight attacks failed to harm them.
• The Thunder Beasts struck Rin with lightning, which Light of Execution weakened but could not completely repel, while Dr. Heartless laughed at her surprise.

Rin defeated the Thunder Beasts in Moscow with the Adriatic Sea Queen Fleet, leaving Dr. Heartless so impressed that he begged to follow her. Two days later, the destruction of Moscow’s factories had disrupted Russian supplies in Gaul, where tensions were building toward revolt.

• Rin fought the Thunder Beasts, healing injuries from their qi and struggling against their immense strength and resilience.
• Rin summoned the Adriatic Sea Queen Fleet and used Limited Time Cross to mark the Thunder Beasts before the fleet’s bombardment decomposed them and much of central Moscow.
• Dr. Heartless watched the spell destroy Moscow and, shaken by what he believed it proved about modern magecraft, asked Rin to let him follow her.
• Rin left Moscow after failing to find Aiga, then encountered Dr. Heartless on the outskirts and aimed a Spear of Venus at him before he knelt to her.
• Two days later, the destruction of Moscow’s factories had disrupted Russian ammunition supplies, while Gaul’s local powers increasingly prepared to resist the Russian army.
• A soldier entered to report, and someone smashed a porcelain teacup against his head, killing him.

Ivan the Terrible ordered Mendeleev back to Moscow, giving him a chance to help Anastasia seize power, while Rin traveled toward Greece and let Iskandar lead a new expedition. In Constantinople, Romulus sent another legion north toward Asia Minor as Eastern Rome neared collapse, and something stirred beneath the city.

• Ivan the Terrible recalled Mendeleev to Moscow to oversee factory reconstruction, and Mendeleev planned to use his army to install Anastasia as Tsar.
• Anastasia led her rescued exiles toward Moscow as a messenger carried news of her rebellion across Asia Minor.
• Rin learned that Russia had no Holy Grail, then left Iskandar to lead his Macedonian army on an expedition toward Greece.
• Romulus rallied the Eastern Roman Imperial Guards and sent them north toward Asia Minor because the strait was blocked and Eastern Rome lacked supplies.
• Romulus reread Roman history in his study and seemed to glance toward a vast cavern beneath Constantinople.

Caesar’s cavalry defeated Mendeleev’s forces outside Moscow and breached the city, while Ivan the Terrible ordered his army to advance on Constantinople after learning of Anastasia’s rebellion. Alesky arrived with Anastasia’s motley army to take over the defense, but it was scattered by a Roman cavalry charge.

• The Demon God Pillars reacted to Romulus’s defeat and continued building a portal as one Pillar returned to Lord Gae Dearg.
• Caesar arrived near Moscow with tens of thousands of cavalry, raided nearby settlements for supplies, and promised his men the spoils.
• Mendeleev tightened control of Moscow and sent an army of eighty thousand to drive Caesar away, but Caesar’s cavalry routed and nearly destroyed it.
• Caesar captured Russian cannons and rifles, advanced on Moscow, and began bombarding its walls; his troops seized part of the wall and entered the city.
• Ivan the Terrible learned that Anastasia had rebelled and ordered his army in Asia Minor to advance on Constantinople.
• Alesky told Mendeleev that Anastasia had entered Moscow and took command of her ragtag army, but an Eastern Roman cavalry charge scattered it through the streets.

Nero ordered an expedition to face Romulus while Rin led Iskandar around Constantinople and crossed toward Asia Minor. Russian probing attacks battered Constantinople, and rain halted Caesar’s advance into Moscow as his army suffered heavy casualties.

• Alesky’s soldiers ambushed Eastern Roman troops across Moscow’s streets, slowing their advance while Anastasia and Mendeleev received the battle report.
• Nero rejected Losheels’ advice to stay in Rome and ordered her Imperial Guard to prepare for an expedition to meet Romulus.
• Nero assigned Ai-chan to take command of Caligula’s army, sent Caligula back to Rome, and asked Rin to leave Constantinople to her.
• Rin gave Iskandar a Saint Quartz 2.0 to cross the strait, then complained about its cost as he and Cleopatra watched her.
• Rin and Cleopatra watched Russian troops fail another landing at Constantinople, and Cleopatra explained that the attacks were probing the city’s defenses.
• Rain turned Moscow’s roads to mud and halted Caesar’s advance; his adjutant reported more than 6,600 dead and around 11,300 wounded.

Caesar negotiated a ceasefire with Anastasia, who was crowned Tsar before Aiga appeared and transported Russia to another world. As Constantinople faced defeat, Nero met Romulus, who approved of her as Rome’s emperor.

• Caesar and Anastasia exchanged valuables for food and signed a ceasefire, ending the siege of Moscow.
• Anastasia was crowned Tsar, but Aiga arrived and subdued the city before revealing that she had moved Russia to another world.
• Aiga spared Anastasia and sent her through a spatial gate with Viy after Anastasia attacked her.
• Romulus considered whether to leave Constantinople to Nero or Ivan the Terrible as Russian forces and Nero’s army besieged the city.
• Nero arrived on the terrace to meet Romulus, and he approved of her as a worthy Roman Emperor.

Romulus acknowledged Nero as Rome’s emperor, then fought Ivan the Terrible and gave his life to defeat him. As Eliza grieved over Ivan’s body, a wounded Demon God Pillar began sacrificing itself to summon something and take revenge on Chaldea.

• Romulus gave Nero the Holy Grail, named her his successor, and united Rome and Eastern Rome against the Russian invasion.
• Ivan the Terrible led the Russian assault, while Romulus crossed the strait to face him and Rin went underground to search for the Demon God Pillar.
• Romulus used his Noble Phantasm and burned his Saint Graph to strike Ivan with the Spear that Built the Nation, fatally wounding him and planting the concept of Rome within him.
• Eliza found Ivan’s corpse and broke down in grief and rage over his death and her mother’s sacrifice.
• The damaged Demon God Pillar destroyed its former vessel and began sacrificing itself to summon something as it declared revenge on Chaldea.

Rin discovered that the Demon God Pillar had summoned Sefar, who awakened inside Eliza and began destroying Constantinople. After Sefar gravely wounded Rin, Chaldea’s fighters rescued her, and she healed herself with magecraft before returning to the battlefield.

• Rin reached the Demon God Pillar as it sacrificed itself and sent a pillar of magical energy to the Moon, awakening Sefar inside Eliza.
• Sefar transformed into a sixty-four-meter giant, drained Ivan the Terrible’s corpse, and targeted Rin with a devastating beam that left her severely wounded.
• Chaldea’s fighters prevented Sefar from killing Rin, while Kiritsugu used Scapegoat to save her and Mash carried Fujimaru Ritsuka away from the fighting.
• Ophelia treated Rin as Touko instructed her to use magecraft, and Rin healed herself with Water of Life before borrowing Ophelia’s coat and changing clothes.
• Rin flew back toward Sefar as Nero warned the others that the giant could absorb magical energy.

Rin and the others wounded Sefar, but Sefar caught Rin and began absorbing her vast magical energy. Ophelia released Surtr to rescue Rin, and the two giants began a destructive battle while Ophelia struggled to sustain the contract.

• Rin distracted Sefar, allowing Nero to use her Imperial Privilege to shrink the White Giant.
• Sefar outsmarted Rin, caught her in her palm, and began draining her magical energy as her body grew.
• Gudako offered a continent-destroying spell, but Ophelia warned that Sefar would absorb its energy and chose to release Surtr instead.
• Ophelia formed a contract with Surtr, accepting his destructive flames and the pain they caused her.
• Surtr emerged and wounded Sefar with Laevateinn, but Sefar struck back while refusing to release Rin.
• Ophelia dropped to one knee as her energy drained, while Surtr and Sefar battled amid flames and destructive energy.

Rin unleashed her modified Rocket Downpour against Sefar after Ophelia’s contract with Surtr began draining her life. The attack devastated Constantinople but spared everyone outside its targeted civilization, and Sefar was left burning beneath its barrage.

• Surtr severed Sefar’s left arm, but Sefar retaliated, drained his mana, and overwhelmed him.
• Ophelia’s contract with Surtr began consuming her life, and Rin returned to find her weakening.
• Rin helped restore Ophelia and asked Gudako to activate the magecraft formation, while Nero agreed to support Rin’s decision.
• Gudako opened the formation’s gate, allowing a Magic Tome to emerge as Rin summoned hundreds of enormous formations in the sky.
• Sefar sensed that Rin’s attack could kill her and fired countless Magic Bullets, but the formations neutralized them.
• Rin released Rocket Downpour, which struck Constantinople and rapidly pierced Sefar while leaving Nero, the soldiers, and the surrounding world unharmed.

Rin’s relentless Rocket Downpour ended when an otherworldly being retrieved Sefar, and Rin returned to camp to explain how she had made Sefar’s return unlikely. After weeks of preparation, Rome completed the magecraft circles and runes needed for its transfer, and Rin sent Sieg back to the Sea of Stars after using him again.

• Rin bombarded Sefar for a day and night until giant god Attila gave Mooncell the locations of her companions to make it retrieve Sefar.
• Mooncell took Sefar through a portal, and Rin followed her with a Rocket Downpour that she had made effective against everything.
• Rin returned to camp exhausted and hungry, ate a feast, and told Nero and the others that Sefar had been rescued but would not find them again.
• Rin assigned Gudako to help Nero prepare Rome for transfer, sent most of the others back to Chaldea, and arranged to contact King of Conquerors through their contract.
• After weeks of preparations, Rin summoned Sieg to complete the magecraft work and then sent him back to the Sea of Stars.

Rin arrived with Gudako, Scathach, Mash, and Fujimaru Ritsuka at an unexplored Pacific island in 1573 and began surveying the surrounding waters while the others enjoyed the beach. Elsewhere, Drake allied with Anne Bonny and Mary Read to pursue Blackbeard, and Gudako warned Rin that their pirate fleet was approaching the island.

• Rin fled Chaldea’s romantic turmoil and led the group into the 1573 Pacific Singularity, where Touko promised to keep Sakura, Fujino, Olga Marie, and Nero from disrupting the operation.
• Rin decided the group would stay on a safe circular island for several days while her familiars scouted the waters, and Scathach welcomed the chance to relax at the beach.
• Blackbeard withdrew from his fight with Drake after Anne Bonny and Mary Read arrived aboard the William, and Drake persuaded them to follow his fleet to learn the local waters.
• Drake recruited Anne and Mary into her alliance, promised them a larger share, and led the fleet toward an island for a welcoming feast.
• Gudako pulled Rin’s earplugs out and warned her that pirates were sailing toward their island.

Rin ambushed Drake’s pirate crew, hoping to steal their sea charts, but after defeating them she discovered they had none. She threatened to burn the captured pirates, leaving Drake desperately trying to escape.

• Rin ordered Gudako, Scathach, and Mash to prepare an ambush after pirates approached the island.
• Drake encouraged Anne and Marie to embrace pirate freedom, making the Twins reconsider returning to Captain John.
• Scathach, Mash, Gudako, and Rin overwhelmed Drake’s crew, while the Twins fought Gudako and Drake faced Rin.
• Rin and her companions tied the pirates to coconut trees and searched their ships and supplies for sea charts.
• When Gudako found no charts, Rin shook Drake’s tree and threatened to burn the pirates, while Drake insisted the crew had none.