Chapter Summaries

Kaijiri Shishigami attacked Fiore after she warned him to leave Yugdomirenia territory, using firearms, a grenade, and a car to overwhelm her. He aimed his gun at the stunned Fiore and pulled the trigger.

• Fiore warned Kaijiri Shishigami to leave Thousandth Tree Yugdomirenia land, but he refused.
• Kaijiri used Airflow Magic to distract Fiore and fired a tracking curse bullet at her.
• Fiore used her Guardian's Tin Arms to intercept the bullet and counterattacked with Magic Bullets.
• Kaijiri tossed a Heart Grenade to draw Fiore's attention, then got into a car and drove at her.
• Kaijiri threw Fiore from the car, aimed his gun at her, and pulled the trigger.

Mordred fought Chiron atop and around the clock tower, but Shirou intervened before she could finish him. Chiron urged Shirou to retreat because their Masters were in danger, and Shirou agreed to cover the rear while handling another task.

• Mordred charged Chiron and was struck by an arrow after he lured her off the clock tower.
• Mordred leaped down to attack, but Chiron used Pankration to throw her and injure her.
• Shirou arrived and placed a counterfeit Balmung between Mordred and Chiron.
• Chiron told Shirou his right arm was badly injured and warned that their Masters could be threatened if the enemy used a Command Spell.
• Shirou told Chiron to inform his Master to retreat while he stayed behind to cover the rear.

Emiya Shirou broke into Rokudou Reika and Jack the Ripper’s hotel room and threatened them, then insisted on talking with Black’s Master. Reika judged that Shirou wanted to negotiate rather than kill them, leaving the three poised to discuss his purpose.

• Rokudou Reika fed the wounded Jack during their late dinner when a draft made Jack notice the open window.
• Emiya Shirou introduced himself as Black’s Berserker, disarmed Reika’s attempt to use a Command Spell, and held her at swordpoint.
• Shirou brought Reika and Jack inside and threatened to kill Reika if Jack attacked.
• Reika reassured Jack that Shirou would not truly harm them and inferred that he wanted to talk.
• Shirou caught Jack’s sneak attack and demanded that she and Reika discuss matters with him.

Amakusa Shirou Tokisada pressured Rokudou Reika and Jack into joining his side, warning that their killings would bring Ruler down on them. Reika agreed to stop killing people after Shirou promised to preserve Jack’s existence, and he left them with his blood to sustain them.

• Shirou offered Reika surrender and allegiance or death, while Reika restrained Jack from attacking him.
• Reika asked why Shirou wanted them on his side, and he explained that Jack’s Noble Phantasm could help counter Semiramis.
• Shirou warned Reika that Ruler knew she had killed people outside the Holy Grail War and that Jack might be destroyed if they continued.
• Reika agreed to stop killing and join Shirou after he promised to maintain Jack’s existence.
• Shirou gave Reika a bag of his blood, and Reika apologized to Jack for deciding on her behalf.

Shirou explained Jack the Ripper’s origins to Jeanne and promised to help her without letting her kill again. After returning Jack and Rokudou Reika to Yugdomirenia, Shirou helped revive Darnic’s battle plan, while Caules became distracted by thoughts of Berserker.

• Shirou told Jeanne that Jack was formed from the resentment of aborted infants and argued that she could not simply be condemned for her crimes.
• Shirou promised Jeanne that Jack would not kill again, and Jeanne accepted his decision to help Assassin.
• Shirou brought a car to Rokudou Reika and Jack and sent them toward Touletifas, then asked Caules and Fiore to report to Darnic.
• After learning that Shirou had found Assassin, Darnic reconsidered his plans and assembled his Servants into a renewed battle strategy.
• Caules walked distractedly after meeting Darnic, and Fiore called him back before he ran into a wall; Caules admitted he had been thinking about Berserker.

Shirou hosted Rin Tohsaka, Jack, and the Yggdmillennia siblings for breakfast, using his cooking to welcome them into the faction. The meal impressed everyone, and Shirou ended by boasting that he could prepare the Manchu Han Imperial Feast.

• Shirou invited Rin Tohsaka and Jack to breakfast, and Rin agreed after teasing him about his noble mannerisms.
• Shirou brought out siu mai for the gathered guests, and Fiore and Caules were delighted by the food.
• Shirou persuaded Chiron to sit and try the siu mai, which Chiron praised as better than Zeus's divine feast.
• Shirou said cooking was one of his best skills and claimed he could make the Manchu Han Imperial Feast if he had enough time.

Jeanne investigated the church in Touletifas and witnessed Semiramis reveal the Red Faction’s enormous Aerial Fortress, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Shirou ordered the Red Faction Servants to prepare for battle as Jeanne fled toward Touletifas.

• Jeanne entered Touletifas’s church, broke free of a Magic Trap, and received a revelation about a strange white-haired man.
• A tremendous boom and tremor drew Jeanne outside, where she saw the Hanging Gardens of Babylon rise from underground.
• Semiramis’s Noble Phantasm revealed itself as a city-sized fortress equipped with powerful defenses and weapons.
• Achilles, Atalanta, and Karna reacted to the fortress as Semiramis explained that it was meant for more than defense.
• Shirou told the Red Faction Servants to prepare for battle, while Jeanne ran toward Touletifas rather than use a Command Spell to bring the fortress down.

Vlad the Third led the Black Faction’s Servants and forces out of Yugdomirenia to confront the Red Faction, while Darnic trusted in Vlad’s strength on Romanian soil. As the Black Faction charged, the Red Faction began the battle with Atalanta’s Phoibos Catastrophe.

• Vlad the Third ordered the Black Faction’s Servants into battle, assigning Chiron to command the army, Avicebron to control Spartacus, Astolfo to fight as Rider, and Siegfried to serve as the shield.
• The Black Faction’s Servants answered Vlad the Third’s challenge with their fighting spirit, and he led the charge from the city wall.
• Chiron organized the homunculi and golems as Shirou, Siegfried, and Astolfo followed Vlad the Third toward the battlefield.
• Avicebron returned to the castle to take control of Spartacus, while Darnic watched Vlad’s advance and relied on the power his reputation and Romania’s ley lines gave him.
• The Red Faction opened the battle by invoking Apollo and Artemis and unleashing Phoibos Catastrophe.

Shirou and the Black Faction fought the Red Faction across the battlefield, with Vlad III confronting Karna and Atalanta. Vlad restrained Karna with his stakes, but sudden flames interrupted his finishing blow.

• Shirou used Gae Bolg to break Atalanta’s arrows, and Achilles charged into the enemy camp in his chariot.
• Avicebron turned two golems semi-fluid, trapping Achilles’s chariot wheels and forcing him to abandon it.
• Vlad III summoned Kazikli Bey to impale the Dragon Tooth Soldiers, then faced Karna as Atalanta attacked from a distance.
• Vlad’s stakes pinned Karna in place, and he approached to deliver a finishing blow while Atalanta tried to help.
• Sudden flames burned the stakes around Karna, forcing Vlad to abandon his attack.

As Ruler approached, Father Shirou anticipated a clash over their revelations while Shirou helped Siegfried reach Karna and prepared to attack Semiramis’s Hanging Gardens. Avicebron released Spartacus, who raced toward the battlefield to fight the forces of authority.

• Shakespeare noisily watched images from his familiar, and Semiramis restrained herself from silencing him because she needed his help against Ruler.
• Father Shirou announced that Ruler was heading toward them and said their conflicting revelations made a battle inevitable.
• Siegfried fought through Dragon Tooth Soldiers toward Karna, and Shirou cleared a path for him with his attacks.
• After Siegfried left, Shirou continued fighting the Dragon Tooth Soldiers as a warm-up before raiding the Hanging Gardens.
• Avicebron freed Spartacus, who declared his intent to crush the oppressors and charged toward the battlefield.

Karna, Vlad III, and Siegfried split into separate fights while Shirou’s side lured Achilles toward Chiron. Achilles reached the Black Faction’s Archer, but Chiron exploited Achilles’s naive recognition of friend and foe to freeze him and kick him down.

• Karna and Vlad III exchanged attacks, each insisting the other would eventually have to yield.
• Siegfried joined the battle and asked Vlad III to let him fight Karna alone, so Vlad III pursued Atalanta instead.
• Chiron began firing arrows at Achilles while Shirou’s homunculi and golems retreated to lure him deeper into the woods.
• Achilles charged through the golems and followed Chiron’s arrows until he reached the archer.
• Achilles froze when he saw Chiron, and Chiron kicked him down after exploiting his weakness.

On the Thousandth Tree plains, Shirou fought through Dragon Tooth Soldiers before Father Shirou tried to recruit him to the Red Faction. Shirou refused, and their battle began with Caster Shakespeare watching from the sidelines.

• Shirou cut down Dragon Tooth Soldiers and followed the fleeing group into a forest, where he destroyed them with a thrown Zanpakuto.
• Father Shirou revealed himself and offered Shirou a place in the Red Faction, but Shirou refused.
• Father Shirou began fighting Shirou while Shakespeare briefly emerged, then hid in spirit form rather than join the battle.
• Shirou dodged Father Shirou’s Black Keys and fired a Projected sniper rifle, while Father Shirou evaded the shot and sent more enchanted keys after him.
• Father Shirou decided to get serious and announced that he was going to use something with Caster.

Shirou fought Priest Shirou while the Red and Black Faction Servants battled elsewhere. Priest Shirou realized Semiramis was vulnerable to Black Faction’s Assassin and used a Command Spell to protect her, but Shirou remained confident that the Assassin was already close enough to win.

• Shakespeare watched Shirou clash with Priest Shirou and encouraged him with theatrical cheers.
• Shirou and Priest Shirou traded blows, and Shirou blasted him with a Gran Rey Cero that he narrowly dodged.
• Shirou noted that the other Servants had begun moving, prompting Priest Shirou to realize that Black Faction’s Assassin might be attacking Semiramis at the Hanging Gardens.
• Priest Shirou used a Command Spell to order Assassin not to die, granting Semiramis a survival boost.
• Shirou noticed Priest Shirou still had nineteen Command Spell marks and remained confident that Assassin was already close enough to succeed.

Astolfo used his Noble Phantasm to destroy Semiramis’s flying Dragon Tooth Soldiers, but Semiramis shot him down with magecraft. Jack then ambushed Semiramis in the Hanging Gardens and began unleashing her Noble Phantasm.

• Semiramis released flying Dragon Tooth Soldiers from the Hanging Gardens to attack Astolfo.
• Astolfo used La Black Luna to destroy the Dragon Tooth Soldiers and challenged Semiramis, who revealed she was the Red Faction’s Assassin.
• Semiramis’s magecraft failed to harm Astolfo because his grimoire granted him A-rank Magic Resistance.
• Semiramis surrounded Astolfo with powerful magecraft, destroyed his Hippogriff, and sent him falling.
• Jack slashed Semiramis from behind, then used Maria the Ripper after black fog covered the observation deck.

Jack’s surprise attack fatally wounded Semiramis, but Battle Continuation let her heal and counterattack. Okita Souji then appeared and fought Semiramis in her garden, ending with Okita’s thrust meeting a defense of purple chains.

• Jack used Maria the Ripper to gut Semiramis, who survived through Battle Continuation and healed herself.
• Jack tried to escape in magical fog, but Semiramis’s magecraft dispersed it and exposed her.
• Okita Souji appeared and slashed Semiramis, who recognized her as the Ruler before sealing the hall and releasing poison.
• Semiramis fired beams of magecraft at Okita, but Okita evaded them with Sokugeri and moved behind her for a thrust.
• Semiramis raised purple chains to block Okita’s thrust and sent more chains to capture her.

Okita Souji withdrew from her attack on Semiramis and continued dodging her chains as the battle wore on. Mordred and Kaijiri Shishigami raced toward the battlefield, where Spartacus leapt onto their car and forced Mordred to carry her Master away.

• Okita Souji abandoned her assault on Semiramis and dodged the chains while circling back toward her.
• Mordred drove a stolen vintage car toward the battlefield with Kaijiri Shishigami, using her Riding skill to evade obstacles recklessly.
• Kaijiri Shishigami spotted Spartacus running toward them, and Mordred recognized the Berserker of the Red.
• Spartacus jumped onto the car and crushed it, so Mordred tore open the roof and leapt out with Kaijiri Shishigami.
• Spartacus advanced on Mordred and her Master, while Mordred complained that she kept having to deal with Berserkers.

Shirou drove Father Shirou into retreat, but Shakespeare used his Noble Phantasm to delay Shirou with phantom actors. As Shirou fought through them, an armored knight and a gigantic monster charged into the battle, and the monster sent him flying.

• Shirou received word from Okita Souji that she had failed, and Father Shirou ordered Caster to retreat.
• Father Shirou called on Shakespeare to use his Noble Phantasm to hold Shirou back while he escaped.
• Shirou discovered that Shakespeare’s phantoms could switch between intangible and physical forms, then destroyed several by trading injuries with them.
• An armored knight and a huge monster rushed toward Shirou, and the monster struck him and trampled the remaining phantoms.

Mordred blasted Spartacus with Clarent Blood Arthur, but he regenerated into a giant monster that grew stronger from damage. At Kaijiri Shishigami’s suggestion, she lured the monster toward Black’s Berserker, where Shirou confronted it.

• Mordred struggled to defeat Spartacus because his Noble Phantasm converted injuries into magical energy and let him regenerate.
• Mordred warned Kaijiri Shishigami that she was running low on magical energy, then fired Clarent Blood Arthur at Spartacus.
• Spartacus survived as a tiny fragment and grew into a giant monster, shocking Mordred and Kaijiri Shishigami.
• Kaijiri Shishigami told Mordred to lead the monster toward Black’s Berserker, and Mordred happily pulled it there.
• Mordred greeted Black’s Berserker, and Shirou called Spartacus his damn grandpa.

Shirou and Mordred teamed up to fight Spartacus in Touletifas, using an anti-dragon sword and powerful attacks to wear him down. With Spartacus reduced to a ball, Shirou asked Mordred to repeat her sword strike as he prepared his next move.

• Spartacus attacked Shirou, and Mordred's surprise strike was blocked by Shirou's Balmung, which threatened her as a dragon-blooded warrior.
• Mordred proposed that she and Shirou join forces against Spartacus, and Shirou agreed to prevent the Berserker from endangering the people of Touletifas.
• Shirou fired a barrage of Ceros at Spartacus, but Spartacus swept at him and then extended multiple arms from his own.
• Mordred cut through Spartacus's extended arms and saved Shirou from being caught by them.
• Shirou and Mordred battered Spartacus until he was reduced to a ball, then Shirou asked Mordred to slash through its middle again.

Shirou used Avalon to protect the city from Spartacus's unleashed Noble Phantasm, then learned that the Red Faction had attacked with an Aerial Fortress and stolen the Greater Grail. He left to return at once, while Mordred was left behind with questions about his father.

• Mordred struck Spartacus, whose body had swollen into a grotesque mass as he prepared to self-destruct.
• Shirou sensed the city’s many inhabitants and released Avalon to shield them from Spartacus’s Crying Warmonger.
• Avalon’s barrier blocked Spartacus’s attack, shocking Mordred, who recognized the scabbard.
• Shirou explained that his adoptive father had used Avalon as a Holy Relic in a Holy Grail War on another world line.
• Caules contacted Shirou to report that the Red Faction had attacked with an Aerial Fortress and stolen the Greater Grail.
• Shirou turned into spirit form and left to return, leaving Mordred alone amid the ruined forest.