Chapter Summaries

Duke overwhelmed Berserker, killing him eleven times with different weapons and methods until Illya intervened. Duke spared Illya’s feelings only briefly before beginning Berserker’s twelfth death, summoning five enormous dragon heads.

• Duke cut Berserker apart with a black Claymore, and Berserker revived through Battle Continuation.
• Duke killed Berserker for the third time with a cursed sword, then burned him alive with a flaming greatsword for the fourth.
• Duke killed Berserker repeatedly with wind, gravity, thunder, ice, light, the abyss, and Hollow, leaving him with only one life.
• Duke pinned Berserker to the ground with swords as Red Archer and the other onlookers watched in shock.
• Illya rushed between Duke and Berserker and begged Duke not to hurt him, but Duke announced that Berserker would be devoured by dragons and summoned five enormous dragon heads.

Duke defeated Heracles and took control of him, but spared him and transferred his Command Spells from Medea. As Duke prepared to leave with his new Servant, Emiya Shirou decided to help Illya, leaving Tohsaka Rin alarmed.

• The Five-Emperor Dragon appeared and overwhelmed the gathered fighters, while Duke stopped Illya from kicking him and declared her Holy Grail War over.
• Berserker broke free to attack Duke when Duke carried Illya away, but Duke survived the sword through his chest and pinned Berserker again.
• Duke ordered Medea to use Rule Breaker to sever Illya's contract with Berserker and transfer the Command Spells to him.
• Medea transferred the Command Spells to Duke, and Heracles recovered, though he continued protecting Illya and resisting Duke's authority.
• Tohsaka Rin considered escape, but Emiya Shirou resolved to help Illya because extending a helping hand to the desperate was his family's motto.

Emiya Shirou forcefully opened his Magecraft Circuits and projected Red Archer’s swords, then escaped the cemetery with Saber and Rin while Duke stayed behind with Illya and his Servants. Back at the Matou castle, Duke faced Rider’s objections to his growing Servant roster, but their private discussion lasted through the night.

• Shirou projected incomplete copies of Gan Jiang and Mo Ye after his resolve to save others opened his Magecraft Circuits, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Rin took Shirou while Saber guarded their retreat, and Red Archer’s barrage failed to penetrate the Five-Emperor Dragon’s defenses.
• Duke let Saber’s group escape, dismissed the Five-Emperor Dragon, and returned to the Matou Family castle with Berserker and captive Illya.
• Rider planned to confront Duke about the danger to Sakura, but Duke summoned her to his room for a private discussion.
• Duke and Rider continued their encounter into the next day while Medea watched through her crystal ball.

After Tohsaka Rin mistook Emiya Shirou and Red Archer’s connection to her for a future betrayal, she attacked them, and Emiya Shirou learned about Red Archer’s life and reaffirmed his ideals. The group decided to seek an alliance with Duke, while Saber remained devastated over the biscuits lost in the destruction.

• Saber ate snacks to recover mana while Red Archer examined Emiya Shirou’s stiff body, and Tohsaka Rin suspected the two men were connected to her future pregnancy.
• Tohsaka Rin ordered Red Archer to castrate Emiya Shirou, then beat Red Archer as he explained that he was Emiya Shirou’s future self and that the pregnancy involved him.
• Tohsaka Rin’s gem bombardment destroyed part of the Emiya Family home, and she later beat both Red Archer and Emiya Shirou after their explanations and Emiya Shirou’s marriage proposal.
• Emiya Shirou learned that Red Archer had sacrificed his life pursuing his ideals, then reaffirmed his own desire to help others despite possible misfortune.
• Emiya Shirou proposed meeting Duke to seek an alliance against Caster’s group, and Tohsaka Rin agreed to try to find him.
• Tohsaka Rin asked Saber whether she knew Duke’s Servant Xiaolan, but Saber remained distraught over the lost biscuits.

After Tohsaka Rin learned that Sakura was Magician Duke’s disciple, she confronted Red Archer over his relationships with Sakura and Saber, and a scissor fight accidentally cut off Saber’s ahoge. The next day, Duke examined Illya and revealed the Black Mud inside her while claiming he had known her mother and Kiritsugu Emiya closely.

• Tohsaka Rin learned that Sakura was Magician Duke’s disciple, and Emiya Shirou reacted with alarm.
• Tohsaka Rin discovered Sakura had regularly cared for Emiya Shirou and attacked Red Archer over his future relationship with Sakura.
• Tohsaka Rin questioned Red Archer about Saber, then fought him and Emiya Shirou over a pair of scissors.
• The scissors accidentally snipped Saber’s ahoge, leaving her murmuring about Little Biscuit.
• Duke took Illya to his basement laboratory, drew her blood, and told her she resembled her mother.
• Duke exposed the Black Mud within Illya, destroyed its Irisviel-like manifestation, and claimed Illya should call him Uncle.

Duke remade Illya’s body and began dissecting her old body, then decided to send her and Berserker to Kiritsugu Emiya’s world. When Sakura brought Tohsaka Rin and Emiya Shirou to visit, Duke prepared his Servants to welcome them and told Lancelot that King Arthur had appeared in the war—and that someone had slept with her.

• Duke remade Illya’s body, stopped her from touching her former body, and began cutting it apart to preserve its Holy Grail portion.
• Duke ordered Berserker to confine Illya and considered sending her with him to Kiritsugu Emiya’s world.
• Sakura told Duke that Tohsaka Rin and Emiya Shirou were waiting outside the barrier, and Duke promised not to hurt them.
• Duke summoned Heracles, Medea, Medusa, and Lancelot and ordered them to welcome the visitors without harming the Masters.
• Duke told Lancelot that Saber was King Arthur and then revealed that someone had slept with her.

Duke told Lancelot that Arthur would fall in love with Emiya Shirou, and Lancelot resolved to accept her choice despite his distress. Meanwhile, Sakura led Rin, Shirou, and their Servants into a trap at the Matou estate, where Rider abducted Sakura and Medea’s forces attacked the group.

• Duke revealed that Arthur would develop feelings for Emiya Shirou and claimed that Heroic Spirit Emiya had already been with her, while Lancelot struggled with the news and ultimately decided to bless Arthur’s choice.
• Sakura brought Emiya Shirou, Tohsaka Rin, Red Archer, and Saber through the Matou barrier, where Red Archer warned Rin that the visit might be dangerous.
• Rider ambushed the group, blocked Red Archer, and dragged Sakura away toward the castle.
• Medea appeared above the garden and bombarded the group with magic, prompting Red Archer to call for a retreat while Saber protected Rin and Shirou.
• Medea summoned swarms of Dragon Tooth Warriors, forcing Saber, Red Archer, Shirou, and Rin to fight their way toward the barrier as Medea focused on capturing Saber.

Saber, Red Archer, Emiya Shirou, and Tohsaka Rin fought through Caster’s Dragon Tooth Warriors and Berserker, but were forced into retreat as Rider and Medea joined the battle. Lancelot appeared and seemed to turn the tide, only to mistake Red Archer for Emiya Shirou and threaten him.

• Saber unleashed Wind King’s Hammer while Red Archer helped the group break through Caster’s barrier, but Berserker attacked them from outside.
• Red Archer fought Berserker with projected Noble Phantasms while Emiya Shirou and Tohsaka Rin fought the Dragon Tooth Warriors and Saber searched for an opening.
• Saber stabbed Berserker and used Excalibur to destroy most of his body, but Berserker revived as Red Archer and Tohsaka Rin tried to escape.
• Medea blocked Red Archer and Tohsaka Rin while Rider and Berserker closed in, forcing the group to retreat toward the Matou Family’s castle.
• Lancelot appeared and greeted Saber, then fixed his killing intent on Red Archer and asked if he was Emiya Shirou.
• Red Archer denied it and pushed Emiya Shirou forward, telling Lancelot that he had the wrong person.

Lancelot confronted Saber and challenged her to surrender, but he attacked Red Archer before their duel. Red Archer turned the tide with Heracles’s strength and Nine Lives, forcing Lancelot into a clash as a surge of magical energy seized control of him.

• Red Archer pushed Emiya Shirou forward and identified him to Lancelot, who recognized the boy’s knightly spirit.
• Saber asked Lancelot about his other world and the previous Holy Grail War, and Lancelot urged her to surrender before summoning Arondight.
• Lancelot targeted Red Archer and overwhelmed him with powerful, rapid sword strikes while Saber, Tohsaka Rin, and the others watched.
• Red Archer projected Heracles’s Nameless Axe-Sword, copied his Monstrous Strength, and attacked Lancelot with Nine Lives.
• Lancelot sensed the attack’s fatal danger, but a surge of magical energy took control of him and made him swing Arondight into the clash.

Duke’s group overwhelmed Saber, Tohsaka Rin, Emiya Shirou, and Red Archer after Lancelot defeated Red Archer’s projected Nine Lives technique. Red Archer then unfolded Unlimited Blade Works, transforming the battlefield into his Reality Marble and setting the stage for a counterattack.

• Red Archer projected Heracles’s axe-sword and Nine Lives, but Lancelot used nine swift strikes to cancel the attack and destroy the weapon.
• Tohsaka Rin spotted magic threads controlling Lancelot, and Gandalf appeared as the threads snapped.
• Lancelot addressed Duke as his Master, revealing Duke’s identity and prompting him to drop his disguise.
• Duke demanded that Saber and the others surrender their Servants, then surrounded them with Rider Medusa, Berserker Heracles, Medea, and Lancelot.
• Red Archer activated Unlimited Blade Works, trapping both sides in his sword-filled Reality Marble.

Red Archer used Unlimited Blade Works to attack Duke’s group, but Lancelot and Berserker defended them from the rain of Noble Phantasms. Red Archer then fired Durandal as a Broken Phantasm at Duke, leaving its impact unresolved.

• Saber asked Red Archer about his Reality Marble, and he explained that Unlimited Blade Works could reproduce Noble Phantasms he had seen.
• Red Archer fired Red Plains Hound at Duke, but Lancelot repeatedly intercepted it before claiming it with the Hand of NTR.
• Red Archer unleashed a barrage of projected Noble Phantasms, while Lancelot and Berserker shielded Duke and the others.
• The barrage left Duke, Medea, and Rider unharmed, though Berserker lost one of his lives, and Lancelot wielded two swords marked with crimson patterns.
• Red Archer aimed at Duke and fired Durandal as a Broken Phantasm.

Red Archer’s attacks failed to stop Heracles and Lancelot, and Duke ordered Lancelot to take control of Red Archer’s Reality Marble. After Red Archer was defeated, Duke offered him a place as a Servant, and Medea stabbed him with Rule Breaker.

• Red Archer detonated a projected Noble Phantasm, but Medea’s barrier protected the enemy as Heracles and Lancelot charged through his bombardment.
• Heracles and Lancelot broke through Red Archer’s defenses and overwhelmed him, while Lancelot stopped pursuing him after receiving Duke’s order.
• Lancelot used Knight Does Not Die with Empty Hands to spread red patterns across Unlimited Blade Works and claim the Reality Marble as his weapon.
• With his Noble Phantasm taken, Red Archer could not resist Heracles, who broke his bow and pinned him to the ground.
• Duke approached with Medea and Rider, offered Red Archer a place as his Servant, and Medea stabbed him with Rule Breaker.

Duke took Red Archer as his Servant and led his group against Saber, Tohsaka Rin, and Emiya Shirou. After Medea claimed Emiya Shirou’s Command Spells, Saber struck Duke’s head off, but he caught it and reattached it.

• Duke accepted Red Archer’s service after promising to spare Tohsaka Rin, while Red Archer lost his contract with her.
• Saber, Tohsaka Rin, and Emiya Shirou learned that Red Archer had joined Duke’s side as Duke and his Servants arrived.
• Duke ordered Heracles and Lancelot to fight Saber, then sent Rider into the battle as Red Archer tried to explain his betrayal to Rin.
• Red Archer restrained Tohsaka Rin, Rider captured Emiya Shirou, and Medea stabbed him to take his Command Spells.
• Saber attacked Duke and severed his head, but Duke caught it and reattached it, shocking everyone except Lancelot.

Duke showed off his six Servants to Tohsaka Rin and Emiya Shirou, then revealed the truth about Tokiomi's fate and the corrupted Holy Grail. After Illya attacked Shirou and Rin confronted Red Archer about his past, Duke went to bed while Rider and Medea separately wondered whether he was waiting for one of them to visit him.

• Duke arranged Heracles, Lancelot, Red Archer, Medusa, Medea, and Ahoge behind him while Sakura repeatedly refilled Rin and Shirou's tea.
• Duke told Rin that Tokiomi and her mother were alive in his world, and explained that the corrupted Holy Grail had caused the fire ten years earlier.
• Duke explained that Kiritsugu had recognized the Holy Grail's malice and tried to destroy it, leaving Shirou as his only salvation and unsettling Saber with the truth.
• Illya rushed into the living room and attacked Shirou, while Saber separated them and Rin questioned Red Archer about whether he had been involved with Illya.
• Duke went to bed behind a strong barrier, leaving Rider unable to enter his dreams and Medea to speculate that he was waiting for a woman to approach him.

Type-Moon Duke encountered three newcomers in the Unknown Space, including a knight who tried to recruit him to link the fire, then moved his household from the Matou Family home to Einzbern Castle. The exhausted group arrived after a chaotic drive, where Illya reunited with her maids, who did not recognize the newcomers.

• Type-Moon Duke met a Zaku pilot, a cruiser pilot, and an armored newcomer who asked him to link the fire, then fled before the newcomers could share memories with him.
• Type-Moon Duke decided to leave the Matou Family home and move into the Einzbern Family castle, and Red Archer destroyed the old house as they departed.
• Duke drove an overcrowded business van at reckless speeds, and repeated crashes and vehicle explosions delayed the group’s arrival.
• The household reached Einzbern Castle, where Illya happily called for Sella and Leysritt and then found that the maids did not recognize the others.

Illya’s maids confronted Duke’s group, but Illya explained the situation and Duke claimed the castle and the maids for himself. He dismantled and rebuilt Sella and Leysritt, then sensed that Lancer had appeared nearby and set out to capture him.

• Sella shielded Illya while Leysritt drew her mystic axe and called Duke’s group her enemies.
• Illya calmed the maids, but Duke declared the castle and both maids his property and threatened Illya into silence.
• Duke dismantled Sella and Leysritt in his laboratory, studied their homunculus bodies, and rebuilt them with loyalty redirected to him.
• Medea reported that a Servant had defeated her Dragon Tooth Warriors, and Duke sent her and Rider to capture him alive.
• Duke recognized the approaching Servant as Cú Chulainn and followed with the two maids.

Lancer infiltrated Einzbern territory and fought Medea and Rider, who kept their strength concealed while drawing him toward Berserker Heracles. He faced Heracles alone, convinced that his good luck had put victory within reach.

• Lancer fought through the Dragon Tooth Warriors and headed toward Einzbern Castle to investigate its Masters and Servants.
• Medea ambushed Lancer, and the two exchanged taunts before Rider joined the fight with a chained short sword.
• Lancer probed Rider and Medea, then charged Rider, but she retreated into the forest while Medea continued to watch.
• Berserker Heracles arrived, and Lancer realized he was facing three Servants but welcomed the chance to fight Heracles alone.
• Lancer saw Medea and Rider standing aside as Heracles approached and believed they had given him a favorable opportunity.

Lancer fought Heracles but was overwhelmed when five more Servants surrounded him. Duke offered him a chance to become his Servant, and after Lancer refused, Heracles spun him around as the others watched.

• Lancer charged Heracles, but Heracles matched his speed and strength, wounded him, and drove him through the forest.
• Red Archer joined the fight, and Lancer realized he faced four Servants before Saber and Lancelot appeared, bringing the total to six.
• Duke approached Lancer and offered to make him his Servant, but Lancer refused and challenged them to kill him instead.
• Duke ordered Heracles to teach Lancer how to address his master, and Heracles took his spear and swung him around by the ankle.
• Lancelot offered Saber chips as Heracles continued spinning Lancer, and Saber accepted them.

Duke took Lancer as his new Servant after Medea transferred the Command Spells, then returned to the castle and explained that he could summon the Holy Grail without making the Servants fight. Tohsaka Rin learned that Duke had prolonged the war simply because he was bored.

• Heracles spun Lancer by his ankles and slammed him down, after which Medea stabbed him with Rule Breaker and transferred his Command Spells to Duke.
• Duke teased Lancer about changing Masters and argued that he should not take loyalty so seriously; Lancer remained frustrated but admitted he was glad to be free of Kirei Kotomine.
• Duke asked Lancer about Assassin, but Lancer said he had no information about Assassin or the identity of the Master.
• Duke returned to the castle with Lancer, where Tohsaka Rin and Emiya Shirou questioned why he kept collecting Servants.
• Duke told Tohsaka Rin that he had enough magical energy and knew how to summon the Holy Grail without a battle, and admitted he had delayed doing so because he was bored.

Duke arranged for Illya and the others to travel to a world ten years in the past, then joined Medea in summoning the Holy Grail and containing its Black Mud. He threw Red Archer into the sludge and jumped in himself, leaving Medea alarmed as the Black Mud swallowed them.

• Duke struck a deal with Illya to send her to another world to see her mother and take revenge on Kiritsugu Emiya, with Heracles as her ally.
• Duke offered the others passage to a world ten years earlier; Emiya Shirou signed a work contract, while Tohsaka Rin agreed to sell her blood and Sakura received a free ticket.
• Duke and Medea prepared the Holy Grail summoning at Mount Enzou, using Illya's Lesser Holy Grail and barriers designed to direct the Black Mud into the underground ley lines.
• Duke and Medea connected to the Greater Holy Grail and completed the ritual, causing a vast opening to appear and pour Black Mud into their funnel-shaped barrier.
• Duke summoned Red Archer and kicked him into the Black Mud, then jumped into it himself as Medea watched in alarm.