Chapter Summaries

Iori revealed his true name and gained Ciel’s support, while the chapter shifted to the Red and Black Factions’ Holy Grail War in Romania. As Vlad III investigated the Red Faction’s phantom-thief robberies, Shuten-dōji and Caster examined the Greater Holy Grail and discussed the ritual’s true purpose.

• Iori told Ciel that his true name was Iori Aizen and identified his Holy Grail War identity as Susanoo, earning a bond reward from her.
• Jeanne remained neutral while the Black Faction’s Saber and Rider fought the Red Faction’s Lancer and Rider after the Red Faction attacked her.
• Vlad III refused to send more Servants into the battle and expected Jeanne to oppose Shiro Amakusa, whom he believed was a hidden threat.
• Fiore reported that suspected Red Faction Masters had robbed Romanian public facilities of cultural relics and old books, prompting Vlad III to investigate their motives.
• Shuten-dōji and Caster inspected the Greater Holy Grail, and Caster explained that the Holy Grail War was a ritual whose completion did not require killing every Servant.

Medea and Circe met while fighting over a national museum, where Circe had been stealing artifacts and Medea had set a trap. After trading barbed remarks instead of continuing their magecraft duel, they complained about how many Greek Servants had gathered for the Holy Grail War.

• Shuten asked Medea for a treasure that attracted dragons, while recovering from the loss of part of her Spirit Origin and seeking greater strength.
• Circe entered a national museum under cover of darkness and collected genuine artifacts, animating familiars to carry them.
• Medea attacked Circe with Dragon Fang Soldiers and a layered barrier, prompting the two witches to duel with powerful magecraft.
• Medea and Circe recognized each other, both briefly considered killing the other, and then stopped fighting.
• Medea and Circe traded barbed remarks about their relationship and appearances before complaining about the many Greek Servants in the Holy Grail War.

Medea returned from her failed attempt to stop the Phantom Thieves and increased the Black Faction’s magical energy by adjusting the Greater Holy Grail. Both factions then learned that Rhinegold would be exhibited in Turifas, and Vlad III decided to investigate the apparent trap on his own territory.

• Medea and Circe discussed the Phantom Thief Incidents, and Circe revealed that Amakusa had ordered her to gather materials for Assassin’s Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
• Medea reported her failure to Vlad III, then adjusted the Greater Holy Grail to increase the Black Faction Servants’ magical energy.
• Amakusa worried that the damaged artifacts would weaken the Hanging Gardens and began gathering replacement materials while holding back his eager Servants.
• The Black and Red Factions received fragments of ore and news that Rhinegold would be exhibited near Turifas; Siegfried confirmed that the relic was genuine.
• Vlad III dismissed the Black Faction Masters’ warnings and ordered extensive reconnaissance, preparing to confront the challenge within his territory.

Iori and Ciel’s plan to draw both factions toward Rhinegold set the Holy Grail War in motion, while Jeanne sensed trouble and left the farm where she had been staying. At a manor, she recovered her missing suitcase and found Rhinegold inside, but could not determine who had placed it there or whom the apparent trap targeted.

• Fiore advised Vlad III to investigate cautiously, and Gordes urged him to send Siegfried to retrieve Rhinegold.
• Iori explained to Ciel why the Black Faction and Amakusa’s Red Faction would be drawn to the Rhinegold bait.
• Jeanne sensed an approaching event, thanked the elderly couple who had sheltered her, and decided to leave so they would not be caught in the conflict.
• Jeanne discovered her suitcase had been stolen and found a note directing her to a manor, along with a newspaper report about Rhinegold.
• Jeanne followed the address to the manor, found her suitcase, and discovered Rhinegold inside.
• Jeanne resisted Rhinegold’s allure and considered why someone had left such a valuable relic as bait.

Jeanne found a mocking note and gold in the Holy Relic box, then sensed the factions’ Servants approaching and watched Achilles and Siegfried come under attack. Iori used Rhinegold to draw the fighters into battle, then challenged Yggdmillennia at Thousand-Tree Castle to lure out Shuten-dōji, where Asterius emerged to face him.

• Jeanne read a note mocking her underwear and found Pound Sterling in the box, then crushed the ore pedestal in anger.
• Jeanne sensed Red and Black Faction Servants approaching the manor as Achilles charged Siegfried with his chariot.
• Siegfried blasted Achilles away with his Demon Sword, while an unseen Archer wounded Achilles and harassed Siegfried with targeted arrows.
• Iori used his magic circle to track the Servants and planned to use Rhinegold to draw out Shuten-dōji and exhaust both factions.
• Iori learned that Mordred had entered the battle and headed toward the Black Faction’s Lancer before he decided to challenge Thousand-Tree Castle directly.
• Iori revealed himself outside the castle and provoked Yggdmillennia, prompting Asterius to charge out through the gates.

Iori battled Asterius outside the Black Faction’s castle, forcing Vlad III to intervene before the Minotaur could be defeated. Vlad engaged Iori while, at the manor, Jeanne defended Rhinegold from Karna, Atalanta, and Siegfried.

• Iori bound Asterius with successive Kidō spells, but the Minotaur broke free and continued attacking despite his wounds.
• Iori struck Asterius with Kurohitsugi and nearly finished him, but Vlad III attacked with wooden stakes to prevent the Minotaur’s defeat.
• Vlad III entered the battle, ordered Asterius to withdraw, and challenged Iori to fight him directly.
• Iori suspected Shuten-dōji might be at the manor because the Black Faction had brought Rhinegold there.
• At the manor, Jeanne refused to hand Rhinegold over to Karna, who had arrived with Atalanta and Siegfried.

Jeanne tried to keep Rhinegold neutral, but Shuten-dōji stole it during the battle between the Red and Black factions. Siegfried protected Shuten-dōji from Karna’s assault, leaving their clash poised to decide whether the Black faction could escape with the relic.

• Jeanne fought Karna while guarding Rhinegold until Siegfried arrived and took her place, allowing her to leave the battle.
• Atalanta attacked Jeanne, but Jeanne endured the Huntress’s arrows and fought back before they continued exchanging blows.
• Shuten-dōji stole Rhinegold from Jeanne’s suitcase and argued that Jeanne could not reclaim it without favoring a faction.
• Siegfried protected Shuten-dōji from Karna, who unleashed his Immortal Blade and forced the other Servants to retreat.
• Siegfried countered Karna’s blazing spear with Balmung’s Heavenly Demon Fall, and the attacks collided in a blast that engulfed the estate.

Shuten-dōji betrayed the Black Faction by stealing Siegfried’s heart and Rhinegold, then escaped Karna’s flames by shedding her skin. Meanwhile, Iori fought Vlad III’s relentless stake attacks and revealed his Storm ability, but remained trapped in the Duke’s deadly barrage.

• Siegfried held back Karna’s spear until Shuten-dōji stabbed him from behind and pulled out his heart.
• Shuten-dōji explained that she had put her Master into an eternal dream, then claimed she acted as a monster rather than a hero.
• Karna attacked Shuten-dōji with flames, but Jeanne deduced that she had used a Command Spell to shed her skin and escape death.
• Iori fought Vlad III inside the Duke’s territory, evading and destroying waves of wooden stakes while hiding the nature of his abilities.
• Vlad III attacked Iori from every direction, and Iori used Storm so the stakes passed through him without causing wounds.

Iori learned that Shuten-dōji had betrayed Black Faction by stealing Rhinegold and killing Siegfried, provoking Vlad III’s fury. As Siegfried vanished and the factions pursued Shuten-dōji, Jeanne sensed a godlike evil awakening; the chapter then explained how Shuten-dōji used Siegfried’s heart and mythic treasures to prepare for a clash with Yamato Takeru.

• Vlad III sensed Iori’s attack and suppressed him with repeated stakes and his abundant mana.
• Iori provoked Vlad III by suggesting something had happened on the other battlefield, and Vlad III erupted in fury after learning Shuten-dōji had betrayed Black Faction and killed Siegfried.
• Jeanne supported the dying Siegfried as he asked Karna to spare his Master if Red Faction won; Karna agreed, and Siegfried vanished.
• Atalanta and Karna set off to hunt Shuten-dōji, while Jeanne sensed a godlike evil approaching and ran to stop it from destroying Romania.
• The narration explained that Shuten-dōji had used Siegfried’s heart, Rhinegold, and the Golden Fleece to prepare for her confrontation with Yamato Takeru and his Heavenly Cloud Sword.

Shuten-dōji transformed into a vessel for Yamata no Orochi, whose poisonous aura began killing the forest and threatened the surrounding land. Jeanne gathered nine Servants from the Red and Black factions to fight it, but they first had to find a way to withstand its corrupting poison.

• Shuten-dōji consumed a heart, transformed, and summoned Yamata no Orochi through the Dragon's Sin.
• Achilles and Chiron stopped fighting and headed toward the forest, but Atalanta warned them away from the poisonous dead zone.
• Iori identified the monster as Yamata no Orochi as Servants from all three factions gathered at the forest's edge.
• Jeanne declared that Yamata no Orochi had to be destroyed before it could poison the nearby city and country, and rallied the Servants to cooperate.
• Chiron explained that Orochi's poison carried depravity that could corrode Servants' spiritual bodies and reverse their Saint Graph attributes.

The heroes prepared to attack Yamata no Orochi despite its poisonous mist, and the battle began as the monster struck at them. Iori, Mordred, Black Rider, and Karna pushed into the mist, but Karna was trapped after striking an illusion while the King of the Hunt charged the revealed snake head.

• Chiron warned that Yamata no Orochi’s poison could overwhelm heroes whose legends made them vulnerable, while Karna offered to clear a path with his Golden Armor.
• Jeanne organized a plan for Black Rider, Red Lancer, and Berserker to attack together, with the Archers providing cover, but Yamata no Orochi stirred and sent its tail rushing toward them.
• Mordred attacked the tail, and Vlad III used Kazikli Bey to wound it and hold back the monster’s other tails from outside the poisonous mist.
• Achilles carried Atalanta into the sky so she could support the attack, while Iori entered the mist and found that he gradually developed resistance to its poison.
• Black Rider charged ahead, and Karna pierced a snake head before its blood turned into venom and swallowed him; the apparent head was revealed as an illusion as the King of the Hunt charged the real one with Rhongomyniad.

Iori and the Servants confronted Ibuki-dōji and the regenerating Yamata no Orochi, but their attacks failed to finish the battle. As the serpent unleashed a curse, Karna charged Ibuki-dōji and met her greatsword head-on.

• Black Rider pierced Yamata no Orochi's barrage with Rhongomyniad, but the serpent head regenerated and Ibuki-dōji struck Black Rider down.
• Ibuki-dōji repelled Chiron's arrows and hurled part of Achilles's chariot, then defeated Karna with her overwhelming strength.
• Iori appeared and severed a serpent head while wounding Ibuki-dōji, but she survived and fought back against the heroes' combined Noble Phantasms.
• Ibuki-dōji restored her wounds and challenged Iori, who advanced toward her despite admitting he had little confidence in the fight.
• Yamata no Orochi unleashed a curse that weakened the Servants, and Karna charged Ibuki-dōji before clashing with her greatsword.

Ibuki-dōji used her divine sword and magatama to summon multiple aspects of herself, forcing the heroes into a tougher fight. Chiron’s arrows exposed her defenses and enabled Iori to engage her with Ama-no-Murakumo, leaving Ibuki wounded and determined to kill the Archer.

• Ibuki-dōji knocked Rider from the sky and nearly dragged her into the serpent’s jaws, but Mordred struck the serpent and helped Rider escape.
• Mordred and King Arthur joined forces against Ibuki-dōji as Karna returned to the battlefield.
• Ibuki-dōji cast off her magatama necklace and manifested several versions of herself to restrain the heroes.
• Chiron fired three arrows that revealed how Ibuki-dōji’s Water God’s Barrier bent light, and the third arrow grazed her neck.
• Iori appeared and clashed with Ibuki-dōji using Ama-no-Murakumo, wounding her as Chiron continued to disrupt her defenses.
• Ibuki-dōji tried to kill Chiron, but Iori stopped her and she vowed to defeat them both and claim the divine sword.

Iori used the power of Susanoo to defeat Ibuki-dōji after Jeanne and the other Servants created an opening for him. Ibuki-dōji fell, realizing that Iori was Susanoo rather than Yamato Takeru.

• Iori wounded Yamata no Orochi and revealed that Ibuki-dōji had been suppressing its awakening to keep control of it.
• Ibuki-dōji unleashed Yamata no Arashi, but Jeanne shielded Iori with Luminosite Eternelle and used two Command Spells to empower him as Susanoo.
• Iori summoned lightning, transformed Heavenly Cloud Sword, and defeated Ibuki-dōji with an eightfold attack.
• Ibuki-dōji attempted to kill Iori with a final strike, but their swords collided and her blade cracked.
• Iori severed Ibuki-dōji's sword and head, and she realized he was Susanoo before she fell silent.

After Iori defeated Ibuki-dōji and petrified Yamata no Orochi, Medea and Circe used the Golden Fleece to obtain the serpent’s heart and prepared to build a labyrinth around the Greater Holy Grail. Iori gained rewards for subduing Yamata no Orochi, while the gathered Servants discussed resuming their conflict until Jeanne stopped Mordred from attacking Black Rider.

• Ibuki-dōji warned Iori and Jeanne about hidden agendas and a contract before dissolving, and Iori noticed Yamata no Orochi turning to stone and realized Rhinegold was involved.
• Medea revealed that she had used a Command Spell to summon the Golden Heart of Yamata no Orochi, while Circe praised her plan to construct a labyrinth and end the war.
• Iori received the Calamity Soul: Yamata reward and a second CG reward after reenacting the legend of Susanoo slaying Yamata no Orochi.
• The surviving Servants gathered around the petrified serpent, and Iori learned that several fighters, especially Arthur and Mordred, were suffering from the poisonous mist.
• Black Rider asked Jeanne whether the Servants could resume fighting now that their assigned task was complete, and Mordred challenged her before Jeanne blocked Mordred with her flagpole.

Jeanne halted the battle for three days and offered Command Spells to those who had fought Yamata no Orochi. Medea then revealed that she had taken control of the Black Faction’s contracts and claimed she could use the Greater Holy Grail to grant everyone’s wishes without further fighting.

• Jeanne declared a three-day ceasefire and awarded Command Spells to selected Servants and Masters who had faced Yamata no Orochi.
• The Black Faction Servants lost their connections to their Masters, then sensed new contracts with stronger Magic Power.
• Chiron deduced that Medea had forcibly dissolved and reassigned the contracts, while Iori realized she had been guarding the Greater Holy Grail.
• Medea appeared with numerous Command Spells and confirmed that the Black Faction Masters were safe but had transferred their Command Spells.
• Medea announced that she had found a way to activate the Greater Holy Grail and fulfill everyone’s wishes without the Holy Grail War’s usual sacrifices.

Medea argued that she could modify the Greater Holy Grail to grant every Servant’s wish, prompting Iori to demand Einzbern’s treasure back. Shiro Amakusa revealed he had taken control of the Red Faction’s Command Spells and proposed joining Medea’s plan, while Iori agreed to a temporary ceasefire.

• Medea explained that the Greater Holy Grail held enough energy for several wishes and could be altered to drain Ley Lines faster, though Karna warned that this would ruin the land.
• Iori claimed that the Greater Holy Grail belonged to Einzbern and demanded its return, then drew Ama-no-Murakumo to challenge Medea.
• Shiro Amakusa appeared by projection and revealed that the Red Faction’s Masters had transferred their Command Spells to him, changing the Servants’ contracts.
• Atalanta demanded that Amakusa state his real purpose, and he offered to sign a ceasefire with Medea and use the Greater Holy Grail to save humanity.
• Iori agreed to a temporary ceasefire and said he also wanted to save all humanity.

Iori, Medea, and Amakusa formed a truce to pursue the Greater Holy Grail, leaving Jeanne unable to enforce the Holy Grail War’s rules. Later, Iori told Ciel he suspected Red Caster was behind Medea’s actions, while Amakusa and Semiramis debated whether their alliance with Medea could last.

• Iori joined Medea and Amakusa in declaring a shared goal of saving humanity, and the Red and Black Factions agreed to a truce.
• Jeanne condemned their plan to drain the Earth's Ley Lines, but withdrew when Iori pointed out that she would have to face them all alone.
• Iori explained to Ciel that Medea and Amakusa might not truly be allies and suspected Red Caster was influencing Medea.
• Iori told Ciel his objective was already achieved and refused her offer to grant his wish, saying that chosen sacrifice differed from passive acceptance.
• Amakusa admitted to Semiramis that the truce was necessary for now, while Semiramis argued they should have challenged Medea's control of the Black Faction.

Shiro Tokisada Amakusa and Semiramis discussed the dangerous Berserker, the Lesser Grail, and Shiro’s plan to use the Greater Holy Grail to save humanity. Meanwhile, the war’s factions prepared for a final clash as Turifas emptied under supernatural fog, and a Mage’s Association envoy confronted Shishiou.

• Shiro Tokisada Amakusa told Semiramis that Berserker had sabotaged the Hanging Gardens and might share their interests, though he suspected Berserker was a god incarnate.
• Shiro explained that the Lesser Grail stored defeated Servants’ souls and could open a path to the Root, while affirming that he would pursue his own salvation plan through the Greater Holy Grail.
• Semiramis used Yamata no Orochi’s cast-off shell to strengthen the Hanging Gardens as Shiro prepared for a final battle against Medea.
• Dense nightly fog and sightings of monstrous shadows drove many residents to leave Turifas, while Medea fortified Thousand-Tree Castle and built a dangerous labyrinth around the Greater Holy Grail.
• Shishiou told a Mage’s Association envoy that the Association could not challenge the Age of Gods mages controlling Turifas.
• The envoy told Shishiou that only Servants could oppose rampaging Servants, then stared at him directly.

Jeanne met Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash, who explained that Chaldea had sent them to repair the Holy Grail War as a minor Singularity. After hearing that Yamata no Orochi and even Susanoo-no-Mikoto had been involved, Ritsuka realized the situation was far beyond the easy mission she had expected.

• Jeanne defeated demonic beasts in the forest and sensed two figures falling from the sky.
• Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash fought alongside Jeanne, then introduced themselves and explained their experience with otherworldly enemies.
• Ritsuka told Jeanne about Chaldea, the Incineration of Humanity, and their mission to repair the Singularity affecting the war.
• Jeanne described the Red and Black factions and warned that Medea's use of the Greater Holy Grail had disrupted the ley lines.
• Ritsuka and Mash asked Jeanne to help them find a ley line node so they could summon Chaldea's Servants.
• Jeanne revealed that Yamata no Orochi had been defeated with help from Susanoo-no-Mikoto, prompting Ritsuka to complain that the mission was not minor.