Chapter Summaries

Duke and Lancelot tracked Kayneth and Lancer to Kayneth’s fortified hotel, then entered after evacuating the civilians. Kayneth prepared to trap the intruders, but Duke obliterated the hotel’s ghost-filled thirteenth floor with a barrage of light spells.

• Duke and Lancelot located Kayneth and Lancer at the luxury hotel where Kayneth had built a Magecraft Workshop.
• Duke ordered Lancelot to make the hotel evacuate everyone by convincing the staff there was a fire.
• Kayneth mistook the approaching intruders for Kiritsugu Emiya and sent Lancer to block their retreat while preparing his traps.
• The elevator stopped on the thirteenth floor, where a female ghost and other hidden spirits confronted Duke and Lancelot.
• Duke unleashed numerous high-level light spells, destroying the ghost, the other spirits, and the floor’s magecraft patterns.

Duke and Lancelot reached Kayneth’s stronghold after Lancelot took control of the elevator and bypassed its magical defenses. Duke fought Kayneth while posing as a Master, but after both Kayneth and Lancer were wounded, they realized Lancelot was the Servant and Duke was the real Master.

• Lancelot seized control of the elevator, carrying Duke past Lancer and through Kayneth’s magical defenses to the top floor.
• Duke and Lancelot confronted Kayneth and Sola, and Duke claimed he had come to challenge Kayneth.
• Kayneth attacked Duke with Volumen Hydrargyrum, but Duke blocked its strikes and froze its needle assault before cutting Kayneth’s shoulder.
• Lancer arrived and attacked Lancelot after Kayneth identified him as the real Master, but Lancelot wounded Lancer and revealed himself as the Servant.
• Kayneth and Lancer realized that Duke was the Master and Lancelot was the Servant.

Duke overwhelmed Kayneth and Lancer while fighting under the guise of a Master, then revealed that he was Gandalf but not a Berserker. Lancer was left stunned to learn that Duke was actually a Master.

• Duke froze and cut through Kayneth's Volumen Hydrargyrum while Lancelot gained the upper hand against Lancer.
• Kayneth used a Command Spell to bring Lancer back to his side, and Lancer charged Duke after realizing he was the apparent Master.
• Duke blocked Lancer's spear with ease and matched his speed and technique as they fought through the ruined battlefield.
• Lancer's burst of power nearly drained Sola, and a shockwave knocked Kayneth and Sola unconscious.
• Duke kicked Lancer into a wall, seized him by the face, and detonated concentrated mana against his head.
• Lancer recognized Duke as Gandalf, and Duke revealed his Command Spell, confirming that he was a Master rather than a Servant.

Duke spared Lancer and let Lancelot duel him honorably, then left to investigate Kiritsugu Emiya and Saber. He deceived them about Irisviel and Kayneth, leaving Saber enraged and ready to attack.

• Duke offered Lancer a chance to become his Servant, but Lancer refused and asked him to spare Kayneth.
• Lancelot asked to kill Lancer, and Duke granted him permission to give Lancer an honorable death.
• Lancer and Lancelot introduced themselves and began a duel to the death.
• Kiritsugu Emiya and Saber watched from a nearby rooftop while Maiya Hisau waited with a sniper rifle.
• Duke landed near Kiritsugu Emiya and Saber, claimed Kayneth and Irisviel had fallen victim to his Master's perversions, and provoked Saber into a furious threat.

Saber battled Duke and was driven to the edge of defeat as he exploited her swordsmanship and tried to capture her alive. After Maiya Hisau fired at Duke, Saber’s wound began healing, and she unleashed Excalibur, engulfing him in golden light.

• Saber charged Duke in fury over Irisviel’s mistreatment, but Duke countered her attacks with his dual claymores and superior swordsmanship.
• Duke’s relentless assault wounded Saber and cut off her ahoge, while Kiritsugu Emiya ordered Maiya Hisau to find a chance to shoot him.
• Duke said his Master had ordered him to capture Saber alive and revealed that his Master had taken Caster and Lancer’s Masters’ Command Spells.
• Saber’s wrist wound began healing, and she realized Lancer had died; Maiya then shot Duke, who dodged the bullet with an afterimage.
• Saber raised Excalibur and unleashed its golden beam, which swallowed Duke as he complained that Xiaolan had set him up.

Duke survived Saber’s Excalibur and revealed his Noble Phantasm, which kept him alive through devastating injuries. After he destroyed the Assassins who ambushed him and regenerated, Rider challenged him and transported everyone away to test how he could be killed.

• Saber struck Duke with Excalibur, but he remained alive despite losing more than half his body.
• Duke explained that his Noble Phantasm, A Mage Does Not Die on the Battlefield, prevented him from perishing in battle, though divine blood and a powerful curse could kill him.
• Eight Assassins attacked Duke, but he drained their life force, killed them, and regenerated completely.
• Duke invited Saber to keep fighting and suggested that severing and separately sealing his limbs and head could defeat him.
• Rider arrived, confirmed Duke’s claim, and used his power to transport everyone away so he could test it.
• Lancelot reached the empty rooftop and murmured Arthur’s name, while forgetting his own Master.

Rider revealed Ionioi Hetairoi, summoning the Heroic Spirits who had fought beside him, and led them against Duke. Duke faced the advancing army alone, and the two sides collided in the desert.

• Rider created a Reality Marble that recreated the desert battlefield and summoned his former companions as Ionioi Hetairoi.
• Kiritsugu, Waver, and Saber witnessed the vast army, while Saber recognized in Rider’s Noble Phantasm the bond she had sought as king.
• Duke noticed the Assassins trapped nearby and taunted them, then challenged Rider’s army with boasts about past battles.
• Rider asked his Champions to destroy Duke, and they answered with battle cries before marching forward.
• Duke drew two swords and charged the oncoming army, and they collided amid the sand.

Duke overwhelmed Rider’s Ionioi Hetairoi with his swordsmanship and the enormous Five-Emperor Dragon, destroying the Reality Marble. Rider rejected Waver’s plea to retreat and chose to challenge Duke alone, while Kiritsugu Emiya offered to join forces with Saber before Rider dismissed the Reality Marble.

• Duke fought through Ionioi Hetairoi, breaking the soldiers’ encirclement as Kiritsugu Emiya watched from outside the battle.
• Duke summoned a gigantic Five-Emperor Dragon, whose attacks devastated the army and whose Forbidden Dragon's Impact tore through the Reality Marble.
• Duke dismissed the dragon and offered Rider a final fair battle, but Rider took his offer as an insult.
• Waver urged Rider to retreat, but Rider chose to fight for his fallen subjects and pursue glory beyond his reach.
• Kiritsugu Emiya proposed that Saber and Rider combine their Noble Phantasms, but Rider rejected the plan and dispelled the Reality Marble.

After the Assassins fled, Lancelot appeared and recognized Saber as King Arthur, while Duke insisted that Lancelot remain his Servant and fight her. The chapter ended with Duke revealing his Command Spells as Saber challenged him to release Lancelot.

• Lancelot killed three fleeing Assassins and knelt beside Duke, then recognized Saber with visible excitement.
• Duke tried to convince Lancelot that Saber was not King Arthur and ordered him to capture her.
• Saber recognized Lancelot as her former Knight of the Round Table, and Lancelot answered her as his King.
• Duke stopped Lancelot from rising to meet Saber and reminded him that they were enemies in the Holy Grail War.
• Saber challenged Duke to release Lancelot, but Duke revealed his Command Spells and declared Lancelot his Servant.

Duke revealed that he was Lancelot’s Master and admitted he had slept with Irisviel, making an alliance with Kiritsugu Emiya impossible. Lancelot, overwhelmed by guilt over his past with Saber, attacked her in hopes that she would kill him, but she refused to blame him.

• Duke showed his Command Spells and revealed his identity, exposing his earlier claims about Berserker Gandalf as lies.
• Duke assigned Xiaolan to fight Rider and prepared to face Saber, while Lancelot asked to duel Saber or form an alliance with Kiritsugu Emiya.
• Duke explained that he had slept with Irisviel, Kiritsugu Emiya’s wife, so an alliance was no longer possible.
• Lancelot blamed himself for the fall of Britain and charged at Saber with Arondight, seeking death at her hands.
• Saber blocked Lancelot’s attacks and said she had never blamed him, taking responsibility for what had happened herself.

Duke interrupted Lancelot and Saber’s duel with a Command Spell, but Rider stopped him from completing the order before knocking him from the rooftop. After Duke returned on an Ice Dragon and confronted Lancelot, he declared that the Holy Grail War would end that night and flew away.

• Duke began using a Command Spell to order Lancelot to kill Saber, but Rider rammed him off the rooftop and interrupted the command.
• Lancelot attacked Rider for harming Duke, defeated him, then resumed his conflicted assault on Saber.
• Duke returned on an Ice Dragon and froze Lancelot, who broke free and knelt to beg forgiveness.
• Duke told Lancelot he would have killed him if he had chosen Saber over his Master, then carried him away in the dragon’s claws.
• Duke announced that the Holy Grail War would end that night and invited the others to attend the grand funeral he had prepared.

Duke sent Lancelot to release Irisviel, who struggled to find her way back to the Emiya Residence. She arrived by police car just as Saber and the others prepared for the night’s battle.

• Duke explained that Irisviel was the Lesser Holy Grail and ordered Lancelot to dispose of her.
• Lancelot took Irisviel outside, where she discovered her clothes did not explode and fled toward Fuyuki City.
• Irisviel returned to the clinic to ask Lancelot for help calling Kiritsugu, but he could not provide the Emiya Residence’s number.
• Irisviel hailed a taxi, failed to give the driver a specific address, and was taken away in a police car.
• Saber spotted Irisviel arriving at the Emiya Residence and rushed out to meet her.

Irisviel returned to Kiritsugu’s home in a new human body, and Kiritsugu deduced that Duke planned to summon the Holy Grail at Mount Enzou. Duke began the ritual there with Lancelot, who chose to face Saber, but Duke’s Command Spell forced him to fight her to the death.

• Maiya confirmed that Irisviel had returned alone, and Irisviel told Saber she had lost her magecraft and now lived in a human body created by Duke.
• Irisviel explained her capture and the Holy Grail to Saber, who then told Irisviel that Berserker was Lancelot; Saber lamented that she had failed as king, and Irisviel comforted her.
• Kiritsugu concluded that Duke planned to end the Holy Grail War and sent Maiya to investigate New Metropolitan Hall while deciding to continue the war.
• Duke left his clinic with Lancelot and the Holy Grail, chose a valley on Mount Enzou for the summoning, and told Sakura to guard the house.
• Lancelot chose Saber as his opponent so he could settle his lingering obsession, but Duke used a Command Spell to order him to fight her openly to the death without killing himself.

Archer learned that Gandalf was a Master rather than a Servant, then left Tohsaka Residence after a magical fireworks challenge appeared over Fuyuki. Waver spent all his Command Spells empowering Rider, who brought him along to Mount Enzou, where they faced Lancelot and his modern weapons.

• Archer discovered that Gandalf was one of the Masters and smashed Tohsaka Residence in anger.
• Magical fireworks depicting crossed swords appeared over Fuyuki, and Archer departed for Mount Enzou after Tohsaka Tokiomi stayed silent.
• Waver used all three Command Spells to empower Rider and told him to pursue the Holy Grail and fulfill his wish.
• Rider took Waver onto the Divine Chariot and declared him his vassal, friend, and witness to his dream.
• Rider and Waver arrived at Mount Enzou, where Lancelot challenged them with an enchanted RPG launcher and an arsenal of modern weapons.

Rider fought Lancelot with the Divine Chariot until Archer arrived and joined the battle, furious that Lancelot's Master was supposedly preparing to claim the Holy Grail. Lancelot repelled Archer's attack by seizing one of his Noble Phantasms, leaving Archer enraged and the three Servants facing off.

• Rider dodged Lancelot's missile barrage in the Divine Chariot, and he and Waver escaped the explosions in a thundercloud.
• Archer appeared and destroyed Lancelot's missiles, then demanded that Lancelot reveal his Master, who was preparing the ritual for the Holy Grail's descent.
• Archer declared the Holy Grail his treasure and attacked Lancelot after Lancelot taunted him as a defeated dog.
• Lancelot dodged Archer's projected Noble Phantasms, seized one with Hand of NTR, and emerged unhurt.
• Archer raged at Lancelot for taking his treasure, while Lancelot apologized and said his hands had simply itched.

Archer relentlessly attacked Lancelot with Noble Phantasms until Saber arrived, only for Lancelot to be compelled by a Command Spell to fight her. As Saber and Lancelot clashed, Rider proposed an alliance to Archer and transported them into Ionioi Hetairoi.

• Archer fired wave after wave of Noble Phantasms at Lancelot, who deflected them and seized some with Knight Does Not Die with Empty Hands.
• Saber arrived and struck at Archer, then moved to help Lancelot, whose Command Spell forced him to attack her.
• Saber mistook Lancelot's struggle against the Command Spell for rejection and challenged him to an honorable duel.
• Lancelot overpowered Saber and kicked her through a tree as the Command Spell drove him to keep fighting.
• Archer lost interest in the fight and headed toward the valley exit to confront the old man.
• Rider offered Archer an alliance, then used Ionioi Hetairoi to transport Archer, Waver, and himself away.

Rider challenged Archer with Ionioi Hetairoi, and Archer answered by unleashing the Anti-World Noble Phantasm Enuma Elish. While the battle raged, Kiritsugu Emiya and Kirei Kotomine confronted Duke at the Holy Grail, leaving Tohsaka Tokiomi absent from the fight.

• Rider summoned Ionioi Hetairoi and asked Archer to ally with him, but Archer refused and accepted the army's challenge.
• Rider led his Heroic Spirit army in a wedge formation against Archer.
• Archer awakened Ea and unleashed Enuma Elish, tearing apart the world around the battlefield.
• Duke watched the clashes from the valley and noticed Kiritsugu Emiya and Kirei Kotomine creeping toward the Holy Grail.
• Kiritsugu Emiya and Kirei Kotomine confronted Duke while Tohsaka Tokiomi stayed away from the Holy Grail War.

Duke fought Kiritsugu Emiya and Kirei Kotomine while refusing to use magecraft, overpowering them with his physical strength. Meanwhile, Assassin entered Duke’s clinic to abduct Sakura but hesitated at every step.

• Kiritsugu Emiya and Kirei Kotomine attacked Duke with bullets and Black Keys, but Duke caught or deflected them.
• Kiritsugu Emiya prepared an Origin Bullet after his ordinary shot failed to hurt Duke.
• Duke rushed Kirei Kotomine and punched him through a tree, while Kirei used a Command Spell to withstand the blow.
• Kirei Kotomine sent Assassin to abduct Sakura from Duke’s clinic while Duke and Lancelot were away.
• Assassin entered the clinic after scouting the back door with a split-off individual, then pointed into the genkan and told the individual to scout again.

Sakura trapped Assassin in a magical valley filled with Elemental Dragons, who began hunting his remaining selves. Meanwhile, Duke watched the Holy Grail and waited for more Servants to die so it could descend.

• Assassin and his split selves followed Sakura into a bedroom, where she trapped them in an alternate space and attacked them with successive magecraft domains.
• Sakura transformed the space into Dragon Valley and summoned Elemental Dragons created by Teacher to hunt the surviving Assassins.
• Kirei Kotomine sensed Assassin's death while he and Kiritsugu Emiya remained bound upside down together above a bed of Black Keys.
• Duke observed the Holy Grail and concluded that one or two more Servants needed to die before it could descend.

Archer defeated Rider after destroying Ionioi Hetairoi and killed the King of Conquerors, who entrusted Waver with carrying on his legacy. Meanwhile, Lancelot remained compelled to fight Saber, leaving both knights tormented by their clash.

• Archer shattered Rider’s Ionioi Hetairoi with the Sword of Rupture, and Rider sent Waver away to survive and witness his final charge.
• Rider charged Archer, but the Chains of Heaven restrained him as EA pierced his chest, and he disappeared after expressing satisfaction with the expedition.
• Archer praised Rider and promised to accept his challenge again before turning his attention toward Waver.
• Lancelot attacked Saber under the Command Spell, kicked her away, and then seized her Excalibur barehanded with Knight Does Not Die with Empty Hands.
• Saber knocked Lancelot away to protect Excalibur, while Lancelot silently suffered over being forced to harm the king he revered and regretted joining the war.