Chapter Summaries

The World Government’s forces launched an assault on the British lines at Wallasey, revealing shielded Conqueror Type III units and mechanized Ten King Warriors. The chapter ended with Nebula drones sweeping across the battlefield and devastating British troops and tanks.

• General Peewood and British officials watched World Government troops descend from transport planes, including shielded five-meter Conquerors and white-suited warriors.
• Five Conqueror Type III units landed at Wallasey and destroyed British positions with Golden Flash attacks.
• Ten King Warriors deployed in pairs around the Conquerors, unleashing rockets against nearby British forces.
• Yuri activated Nebula, releasing swarms of laser-equipped drones for the Ten King Warriors to control.
• Nebula drones pierced British soldiers and tanks as King Bradley watched the Army Breaker Star’s assault from the sea.

Integra ordered Seras to drink her blood, awakening Seras as a true Vampire with the power of 'Dead River.' As Alucard took Seras away to help her grow stronger, Major Montana prepared a vast multinational force to advance on Britain.

• Integra refused to send Alucard to the battlefield and ordered Seras to drink blood and awaken her Vampire power.
• Seras drank Integra's blood, awakened as Alucard's true descendant, and gained the power of 'Dead River.'
• Integra sent Alucard with Seras to help her grow strong enough to resurrect at least a thousand times.
• Walter warned Integra that an immortal Seras could become a danger, while Integra said Seras needed to fight for Britain.
• Major Montana watched the battle in Liverpool and directed multinational armies toward Britain, hoping to entertain the Astral Legion with a grand war.

The Leo Star Army faced a growing international coalition as Major Montana Max revealed his role in preventing the world’s leaders from surrendering. He declared his love of war and asked the World Government to treat the conflict as an interview for joining the Astral Legion.

• The British forces fled from Liverpool to Manchester after repeated defeats, while allied fleets and military supplies converged on Britain.
• Vice Admiral Townsend learned that Millennium and the Vatican had secretly cooperated to bring vampires and world leaders together through promises of immortality and faith.
• Yuri played a prerecorded declaration from Major Montana Max, who explained that he had stopped the nations from surrendering to the World Government.
• Montana Max proclaimed his love of every kind of war and asked to join the Astral Legion, calling the world war his interview.

As war spread across Europe, the Vatican summoned a Heroic Spirit to face what it recognized as a grave crisis. Maxwell became the Servant’s master, and Percival de Galles answered the call as Lancer, wielding Longinus.

• Montana Max’s declaration about joining the Astral Legion spread across the Astra Militarum and reached Army Headquarters on the Sea Star Homeworld.
• Konev and King Bradley deployed their brigades’ MCVs in Scotland and England without activating the Illusion Towers, while Anatoly prepared to break through the French and Spanish fleet.
• Matai told Maxwell that the Vatican’s summoning array and holy relics were ready, and Maxwell began the ritual to summon a Heroic Spirit.
• The ritual consumed the Holy Shroud, shattered the Holy Grail, and broke the Spear of Longinus into three pieces as a red Cursed Seal appeared on Maxwell’s hand.
• Percival de Galles appeared as a Lancer, identified Longinus as his Noble Phantasm, and pledged to fight at the forefront of the battlefield with Maxwell.

Percival learned why he had been summoned to protect the Vatican and prepared to join Maxwell’s Ninth Crusade Expeditionary Force on its way to Britain. As the British forces faced a Vampire assault in Manchester, Olivia Mila Armstrong revealed that her Thunder Breathing and Nichirin Blade could kill the Vampires.

• Percival agreed to give his all to protect the Vatican and hoped to help Britain, while the Pope and cardinals debated whether to send him there.
• Maxwell told Percival that he had been appointed commander of the Ninth Crusade Expeditionary Force, which would travel to Britain to fight the World Government’s Astral Legion.
• Percival encouraged Maxwell and said that Father Anderson cared about him too, then joined Maxwell and the others for a meal before their deployment.
• The Vampire soldiers attacked the First Heavy Combined Regiment in Manchester, and King Bradley learned that Olivia Mila Armstrong needed reinforcements.
• Olivia used Thunder Breathing’s First Form, Thunderclap and Flash, and her Nichirin Blade to kill four Vampires, confirming that the weapon worked against them.

Astra Militarum soldiers in Manchester struggled against agile vampire troops until silver ammunition arrived by drone. With the new bullets, Olivia led a counterattack that drove the vampires toward the River Irwell.

• Sa Fang and Marwan exchanged fire with regenerating vampires and worried they would have to fight them with ordinary swords once their ammunition ran out.
• Yuri announced that Galaxy transport aircraft would deliver anti-vampire silver magazines to the squads by drone.
• A Galaxy transport aircraft released drones across Manchester, and Sa Fang collected silver magazines for himself and Marwan.
• Marwan shot a vampire with silver bullets, and the wound failed to heal, revealing that the ammunition caused vampires severe pain.
• Astra Militarum soldiers emerged from cover and drove the vampires toward the River Irwell as Olivia led a full-scale counterattack.

Integra approved forming a Vampire force and sent Seras to Birmingham as Britain prepared for a counteroffensive against the invading Leo Star Army. As the Ninth Crusade Expeditionary Force arrived and Major Montana prepared to join the gathering war, Alucard began to suspect a connection between his Restriction Control Formula, Van Helsing, and Valhalla.

• Integra and British officials reluctantly approved Major Montana’s plan to create Vampire soldiers, judging that defending London and the Queen came first.
• Alucard returned to the castle with Seras, and Integra appointed Seras commander of the Vampire force before ordering her to Birmingham.
• Alucard warned Integra that the World Government might not be Britain’s enemy and suspected Millennium had secretly turned people in Britain’s upper ranks into Vampires.
• Walter reminded Integra to go to Heathrow Airport to receive the Ninth Crusade Expeditionary Force, and Alucard wondered whether heroic spirits and Valhalla were connected to his past.
• Major Montana surveyed the forces gathering for war and insisted on going to the battlefield himself despite Doctor Mengele’s warning that it was dangerous.

Lieutenant Colonel Konev’s brigade fought off a British night raid in Cumbernauld, where Vampire soldiers attacked alongside the British troops. A mysterious card-wielding man wreaked havoc on the Astral Legion’s forces before a woman with a purple blade confronted the Vampires.

• Yuri told Lieutenant Colonel Konev that Vampires had joined the British night raids and advised him to use transport planes and drones to deliver silver ammunition.
• The 2nd Battalion in Cumbernauld initially repelled the attacking British troops with tanks, armored vehicles, and helicopters, then used the delivered silver magazines against the Vampires.
• Nilo and nearby Astra Militarum soldiers were cut down by a mysterious man who attacked with razor-sharp, explosive playing cards.
• The card-wielding man destroyed a Star Lion armored vehicle and a Blaze Armed Helicopter, while his cards briefly shielded him from the helicopter’s autocannon fire.
• A woman’s purple blade sliced two charging Vampire soldiers in half, and she mocked the Vampires as the others halted.

Loli Mercury fought the Vampire Tobarukain Alhambra and used her necromancy to turn fallen soldiers into Blood Demons. She defeated Alhambra with her soul-targeting Death God's Scythe, declaring herself Whitebeard's daughter.

• Alhambra introduced himself to Loli Mercury, who revealed she had come to take him down.
• Loli Mercury and Alhambra clashed as she used necromancy to raise two Blood Demons from fallen Vampires.
• The Blood Demons attacked the surviving troops, and Alhambra destroyed one with an exploding playing card.
• Alhambra used card clones and a barrage of explosives against Loli Mercury while she summoned Death God's Scythe to pursue his soul.
• Loli Mercury appeared behind the injured Alhambra and decapitated him, then declared that he was no match for Whitebeard's daughter.

Miria captured Advanced Artificial Vampire Li Bo Van Winkle after their battle devastated a hospital, while fighting elsewhere in England continued to devastate the NATO Allied Forces. The chapter ended with Seras and her vampire soldiers confronting the Army Breaker Star unit as Conquerors and drones surrounded the battlefield.

• Yuri reported that Loli Mercury had killed Tubalcain Alhambra in Cumbernauld and that Miria was still fighting Li Bo Van Winkle.
• Yuri then reported that Miria had captured Li Bo at the ruined general hospital in Motherwell.
• Miria told Li Bo she would send him to Impel Down to suffer for the deaths and destruction caused by his Magic Bullets.
• Major Montana concentrated British and allied forces in Birmingham as battles across England continued to inflict heavy losses.
• In central Stockton, Seras and her vampire soldiers intervened when a Ten King Warrior attacked the NATO Allied Forces.
• A Conqueror Type III landed as drones surrounded Seras's unit and the allied soldiers, creating a tense standoff.

Seras fought through the Ten King Warriors, Conqueror Type IIIs, and drone swarms, using her blood powers to overwhelm the machines despite their attacks slowing her regeneration. Pell Bruff arrived with more than a hundred Vampire soldiers and joined the battle, leaving Seras to face one enemy while he engaged the other.

• A Ten King Warrior opened fire with arm cannons and shoulder rocket launchers, devastating the Vampires and NATO forces around Seras.
• Seras charged through the smoke, dodged a Flash Beam, and pierced a Conqueror Type III with blood thorns before taking its strange blue, glass-like heart.
• Seras evaded the drones’ laser attacks and drew blood from the battlefield to strengthen herself, forcing the Ten King Warrior to retreat.
• A second Ten King Warrior and another Conqueror Type III joined the fight, and the machines discovered that Fear Energy Bullets slowed Seras’s recovery and resurrection.
• Pell Bruff kicked one Ten King Warrior away and appeared beside Seras with more than a hundred Vampire soldiers; he then moved to fight the other warrior himself.

Seras and Pell Bruff defeated the Conqueror Type III and its forces, but Seryu Ubiquitous arrived with her biological Teigu, Little Cutie, and turned the fight against them. Pell transformed into a soul-like white wolf and wounded Little Cutie, which Seryu then empowered with Berserk for a second round.

• Seras and Pell Bruff destroyed the Conqueror Type III, and Seras tore out its blue heart while Integra ordered them to work together and destroy the enemy command headquarters.
• Seryu Ubiquitous arrived with Little Cutie, who swallowed the two defeated Ten King Warriors to keep them safe during the fight.
• Little Cutie used its Philosopher's Stone ability to evade Seras and Pell's attacks and batter them through several buildings.
• Pell transformed into a giant white wolf surrounded by mist and bit Little Cutie's neck, forcing it to retreat as he focused on Seryu.
• Seryu ordered Little Cutie to use Berserk, darkening its fur and intensifying its power as she announced the second round.

Seryu fought Seras and Pell, using her weapons and Haki to injure Pell while repeatedly blasting Seras, who kept regenerating. Unable to find a lasting way to defeat Seras, Seryu held Pell at cannonpoint and forced Seras to agree to surrender if Little Cutie swallowed Pell and returned him unharmed.

• Seryu recalled Little Cutie after it failed to harm Pell's soul form, then cut Pell with the Song Emperor Blade when he charged her.
• Seryu blocked Pell's kick and blasted Seras into blood mist, then struck Pell with the Ming Ancestor Cannon and sent him flying.
• Seras regenerated after Seryu repeatedly attacked her, while Pell recovered and rejoined the fight before Seryu pierced his thigh with a Qin Emperor Sword.
• Seryu used Soru to pin Pell beneath her foot and threatened to shoot him unless Seras let Little Cutie swallow her.
• Seras agreed to surrender if Little Cutie swallowed Pell first and returned him unharmed, and Seryu ordered Little Cutie to swallow him.

Alucard learned from Pell Bruff’s blood that Seras had been captured by Seryu and began considering how to rescue her. At the base in Liverpool, Mage Association President Joseph Orleans demonstrated that he could restrain Pell’s soul transformation and captured him with Ifrit.

• Alucard arrived where Seras had disappeared and absorbed bloodstains left by Pell Bruff to learn how Seryu had defeated and captured them.
• Seryu returned to the Fourth Heavy Combined Brigade’s base in Liverpool with Seras and Pell, then had Yuri repair the damaged Ten King Warriors.
• King Bradley introduced Mage Association President Joseph Orleans and his secretary, Sheffield, to Seryu.
• Joseph said magic could restrain Pell’s soul transformation and asked Seryu to release him for a test.
• Pell escaped from Little Cutie’s mouth, but Joseph accelerated Ifrit, which caught him and used Heavenly Prison to disable him.

Joseph subdued Pell and Seras with Ifrit’s Heavenly Prison, then arranged for the vampires to be taken to the Giant World. Seryu proposed using Seras to lure Alucard out, while Joseph asked to be notified once Alucard was found.

• Pell tried to use Ifrit’s flames to kill himself, but passed through them unharmed and gave up escaping.
• Seryu released Seras, and Ifrit trapped her with Heavenly Prison despite her attempts to evade it and replace her consciousness with other souls.
• Joseph questioned Seras about Alucard and called him ordinary, saying he could have broken the base’s magic barrier himself.
• Joseph asked Seryu to escort Pell and Seras to the Giant World and told King Bradley to notify him when Alucard was located.
• King Bradley said General Hank had gone to Manchester, and Seryu suggested taking Seras there to lure Alucard into rescuing her.

Olivia and Armstrong faced Han, the vampirized former Five-Tails jinchuriki, as he attacked their command headquarters. Han overwhelmed both siblings, and a five-colored white light appeared between him and Olivia just as she was about to be struck.

• Olivia discussed using the Five-Path Rotary Furnace against Stafford, but Yuri warned that a powerful target had breached the headquarters and that Greedy Wolf Star would arrive in two minutes.
• Han burst through the command headquarters in a cloud of blood-colored steam, and Armstrong recognized the former Iwagakure jinchuriki.
• Armstrong confronted Han and was badly burned and knocked aside after their clash.
• Olivia refused to abandon Armstrong and attacked Han with Thunder Breathing, but Han overwhelmed both siblings.
• As Han attacked Olivia, a five-colored white light appeared between them and erased the blood-colored steam in its path.

Hank saved Olivia from Han, then fought the vampirized ninja above Congleton as Olivia ordered a retreat and retaliatory strikes. Meanwhile, the Greedy Wolf Star forces arrived in Nottingham, where Uchiha Kejiu faced Father Anderson and Percival.

• Hank appeared in time to kick Han away from Olivia and save her at the First Regiment command post.
• Hank confronted Han, whose vampirism had transformed Boil Release into a powerful blood-red flame and steam ability.
• As Hank and Han fought over Congleton, Olivia ordered the command post evacuated and commanded strikes against NATO positions in Stoke and Birmingham.
• The Ninth Vatican Crusade attacked the Second Regiment command post in Nottingham, where the Greedy Wolf Star forces arrived to reinforce the defenders.
• Uchiha Kejiu, riding Smaug, faced Father Anderson and Percival in Nottingham.

Uchiha Kejiu fought Percival and Father Anderson in a blazing battlefield he created with Smaug. He held his own against both opponents as an unseen observer watched and planned to investigate the Vatican afterward.

• Uchiha Kejiu challenged Percival and Father Anderson while standing on Smaug, and noticed their golden protection resisted his Sharingan.
• Percival charged Kejiu with the Spear of Longinus, but Smaug engulfed him and the town center in dragon fire.
• Kejiu set the fire walls as a battlefield, then descended from Smaug to meet Percival's spear with his Uchiha Fan.
• Kejiu and Percival fought at high speed while Father Anderson attacked with volleys of blades.
• Anderson joined Percival in a two-on-one assault, but Kejiu used his Sharingan, Observation Haki, and Armament Haki to fight without losing ground.
• An unseen observer watched the battle and decided to visit the Vatican afterward to learn why Heroic Spirits had appeared in the world.

Hank fought the mind-controlled Han in the ruined town of Congleton, where Han transformed into a Blood Flame Five-Tails and Hank became Fenrir. Hank won by pinning Han down and devouring most of his energy, leaving Han unconscious for the professionals to examine.

• Hank and Han battled around Astbury Lake as Blood Flame spread through Congleton and destroyed the town.
• Han transformed into a blood-red Five-Tails, while Hank fully awakened his Fenrir form and confronted him.
• Fenrir and the Blood Five-Tails collided, then fought across the dried-up lake as Hank endured Han's attacks and devoured his blood and energy.
• Han's Blood Flame and Chakra dwindled until Fenrir knocked him unconscious with a claw strike.
• Hank returned to human form, exhausted but victorious, and left Han ready to be taken for examination.

Joseph used Seras as bait to draw Alucard to Warrington, where he confronted the Vampire and learned about the seal on his hand. The chapter ended with Alucard impressed by Joseph's apparent knowledge and hoping he could remove it.

• Joseph waited with Seras, Sheffield, and four mage guards at Warrington Town Hall after civilians had been evacuated from the area.
• Alucard arrived at night and greeted Seras, then fired at the magical barrier until his blood hound destroyed it.
• Joseph approached Alucard while Sheffield kept watch over Seras, and the two stopped five meters apart.
• Alucard showed Joseph the magic circle on his hand and asked whether Joseph could identify and remove it.
• Sheffield telepathically told Joseph that the mark was likely a seal, and Joseph told Alucard that someone had sealed him.
• Alucard praised Joseph as worthy of being the Mage Association's president.