Chapter Summaries

Reienkan Misaya and Sajo Ayaka reconciled as friends and agreed to set aside the Holy Grail until the other Masters were eliminated. Misaya then discussed the Church’s bounty against the Linglongguan Family and ended by jokingly threatening Miyazaki Yota.

• A'tui suggested that the Masters and Servants join forces against Gilgamesh, and Cú Chulainn agreed while leaving the decision to their Masters.
• Reienkan Misaya recognized Miyazaki Yota as a non-mage and questioned how he had entered the Holy Grail War.
• Misaya thanked Sajo Ayaka, and the two reaffirmed that they were best friends before agreeing to postpone any discussion of the Holy Grail.
• Misaya denied that the Linglongguan Family had caused the Church’s bounty and concluded that the Church intended to destroy her family.
• Misaya reasoned that the Church had allied with a Master, ruled out Gilgamesh’s Master, and said they should strike at the Church.
• Misaya told Miyazaki Yota that killing him would be the easiest way to eliminate a competitor, leaving him startled.

Miyazaki Yota, Reienkan Misaya, and Sajo Ayaka sent A'tui to infiltrate the Church in Ikebukuro District, where he discovered the priests were monsters. After one attacked him and the others surrounded him, A'tui prepared to fight.

• Miyazaki Yota questioned whether he had to lead the mission, while Reienkan Misaya explained that A'tui could handle the infiltration.
• A'tui entered the Church and searched its buildings but found no sign of Sangred Fain or anything suspicious.
• A'tui knocked out a young priest who spotted him and carried him toward the priest's room.
• The priest awoke, stabbed A'tui in the abdomen, and transformed into a scaled monster.
• Other priests transformed and surrounded A'tui, who drew his greatsword and declared that the hunt had begun.

Reienkan Misaya and her companions found the aftermath of A'tui's battle with the Church's mutated priests and discovered a hidden passage beneath Sangred Fain's office. They followed it to an underground laboratory where Sangred Fain had transformed humans into monsters, but they had not yet found him.

• Reienkan Misaya and the others entered the church and found a corridor flooded with blood and the bodies of mutated priests.
• A'tui told Reienkan Misaya that Sangred Fain had escaped, while she recognized the monsters as resembling her father's former research products.
• Reienkan Misaya used a silver bell to reveal a hidden entrance beneath Sangred Fain's desk.
• Lily went through the narrow passage first and led the others down into the underground sewers.
• Reienkan Misaya and the others found Sangred Fain's hidden laboratory, where Lily ended the suffering of the transformed humans still alive.

Reienkan Misaya and her companions discovered Sangred Fain’s human experiments, but his hidden bombs detonated after he escaped. Sangred then approached President at the Skyscraper, where President challenged him and invoked his Inherent Domain.

• Reienkan Misaya identified Sangred Fain as the mastermind behind the experiments, and his puppet taunted the group before exploding.
• A countdown appeared in the cavern, and Sangred Fain’s timed bombs detonated as he watched from outside.
• Sangred went to the Skyscraper, where Gilgamesh blocked his path with swords and threatened him with weapons from golden portals.
• President revealed himself and rejected Sangred’s claim that the Church sincerely intended to help the Masters.
• President demanded that Sangred prove his strength and invoked his Inherent Domain: Skyscraper.

Tatsumiaino realized that he could have tried to destroy the Holy Grail directly, but Caster revealed that the Tokyo Holy Grail War was a repeating artificial world and that Tatsumiaino had died ten years earlier. Caster lifted the final restriction and sent Tatsumiaino to face the Ancient Serpent hatched from the Holy Grail, leaving him with the glowing bronze card.

• Tatsumiaino questioned why he had kept fighting the other Servants instead of trying to destroy the Holy Grail.
• Caster appeared and told Tatsumiaino that the rules of the game had changed because the Holy Grail had hatched.
• Caster revealed that he was an artificial consciousness created by Paracelsus and that Tatsumiaino had died ten years earlier, while the world around him was an illusion.
• Caster explained that Little Tamaki was real and would return to the real world when she woke from her dream.
• Caster lifted the final restriction on the bronze card and assigned Tatsumiaino to defeat the Ancient Serpent or everything would be annihilated.
• Tatsumiaino returned to his former location and found the bronze card glowing in his chest pocket.

Hadi met a mysterious girl in his recurring dream, who called herself the Guardian of the Holy Grail and granted him the qualification to reach Sky Castle. He woke with a strange token as Sangred Fain reported that Hadi had escaped an explosive trap, while the President vowed to track him down.

• Hadi followed a song through the ruins in his dream and met a girl who called herself the Guardian of the Holy Grail.
• The girl said Hadi had to defeat her to qualify for Sky Castle, then counted his agreement as a victory and sent him out of the dream.
• Hadi woke at dusk beside Shakespeare, found a strange token in his hand, and put it away.
• Hadi noticed that a button had shattered and concluded that someone had tried to take a Command Spell from him.
• Sangred Fain reported to the President that Hadi had avoided an explosive trap by leaving a puppet in his basement.
• The President told Sangred Fain that a flock of crows would search Tokyo for Hadi.

Hadi was tracked down by the Church and fought off a Raven Feather Assassin, but more Familiars surrounded him in an alley. Sangred Fain arrived and demanded his Command Spell, declaring that Hadi’s journey in the Holy Grail War would end there.

• Hadi noticed a Crow Familiar watching him and led it into a deserted alley, where it transformed into a Raven Feather Assassin and attacked.
• Hadi seized the Raven Feather Assassin, shattered its bones, healed his neck wound, and killed it before tearing its card in two.
• More Raven Feather Assassins surrounded Hadi and prevented him from leaving while he waited for their master and the pursuing priest.
• Sangred Fain arrived, taunted Hadi about the bombs at his residence, and demanded that he hand over his Command Spell.

Hadi was discovered by the Church’s Crow Familiars and fought off one Raven Feather Assassin, but more surrounded him in an alley. Sangred Fain arrived and demanded Hadi’s Command Spell, declaring that the Holy Grail War was over for him.

• Hadi spotted a Crow Familiar tracking him and lured it into a deserted alley.
• The Crow Familiar transformed into a Raven Feather Assassin, which wounded Hadi before he seized it and snapped its neck.
• Hadi healed his wound, destroyed the Raven Feather Assassin’s card, and found himself surrounded by more of the Familiars.
• The Raven Feather Assassins blocked Hadi’s escape while he waited for the Church’s next move.
• Sangred Fain arrived and offered to guarantee Hadi’s safety if he surrendered his Command Spell.

Hadi was discovered by the Church’s Crow Familiars and fought off a Raven Feather Assassin, but more Familiars surrounded him in an alley. Sangred Fain arrived and demanded Hadi surrender his Command Spells, declaring that his Holy Grail War would end there.

• Hadi spotted the Crow Familiars tracking him and lured one into a secluded alley.
• A Raven Feather Assassin attacked Hadi, but he grabbed it, shattered its bones, and killed it before tearing its card apart.
• More Crow Familiars transformed into Raven Feather Assassins and surrounded Hadi, blocking his escape without attacking.
• Sangred Fain arrived and offered Hadi personal safety if he handed over his Command Spells, while insisting the Church would end his participation in the Holy Grail War.

President revealed that his card-based alchemy let him summon the powerful Sky White Dragon and offered Hadi peace for his country in exchange for his Command Spells. Hadi rejected the bargain, and President prepared to kill him.

• President took control of the Plague Doctor and explained how he sealed magecraft and Familiars into cards.
• President summoned the Sky White Dragon, whose presence overwhelmed Hadi with fear.
• President offered to help restore peace to Hadi's country if Hadi surrendered his Master status and Command Spells.
• Hadi asked what the Holy Grail meant to President and rejected his offer after learning President viewed it and Hadi as collectibles.
• President declared that he would take Hadi's Command Spell crests by killing him and unleashed the dragon's power.

Hadi used Shakespeare’s magical support and the powers of the Four Spirits to transform into a Phantasmal Species and battle President’s Sky White Dragon. President fused three dragons into the Sky Ultimate Dragon, which defeated Hadi; Shakespeare vanished after completing his final story.

• Shakespeare empowered Hadi with Magic Addition and blessed him to reach a happy ending.
• Hadi fused the Four Spirits’ powers, transformed into a beast, and fought the Sky White Dragon at close quarters.
• President summoned two more Sky White Dragons and fused all three into the Sky Ultimate Dragon.
• Hadi charged the Sky Ultimate Dragon’s breath attack, which consumed and dissolved him.
• Shakespeare finished writing, said he had kept his promise, and vanished, leaving his manuscripts behind.

Miyazaki Yota returned home with A'tui, reflected on the Holy Grail and his place in the war, and prepared to face Archer's Master the next day. After pushing Yota toward the bathroom, A'tui sensed magical energy nearby.

• Miyazaki Yota relaxed at home and lamented that the battle had ruined his expensive computer.
• A'tui explained that the Holy Grail likely could not grant Yota's wish for more Holy Grails because it relied on magical energy drawn from the Ley Line.
• Miyazaki Yota examined the magical mark left by the Reienkan Family's head, but declined A'tui's offer to remove it.
• Miyazaki Yota said he was not very interested in the Holy Grail and was content with his life, prompting A'tui to solemnly promise to protect him.
• A'tui pushed Miyazaki Yota into the bathroom, then sensed a magical energy reaction half a block away.

Miyazaki Yota found Sangred Fain waiting in his apartment, where the priest revealed he was a Master and demanded Yota’s Command Spells. Trapped inside Asterius’s labyrinth and unable to summon A’tui, Yota seized the Soul Summoning Bell as Sangred Fain watched.

• Sangred Fain explained that the priest killed in the earlier battle had been his stand-in and said he had isolated Yota from A’tui.
• Sangred Fain demanded Yota surrender his Master status and Command Spells, then revealed a Command Spell on his tongue.
• Yota used a Command Spell to summon A’tui, but Sangred Fain canceled it with one of his own.
• Sangred Fain identified the space as Asterius’s inescapable labyrinth, and Yota tried another Command Spell to bring A’tui to his side.
• Yota charged Sangred Fain, then veered to the TV cabinet and grabbed the Soul Summoning Bell.

Sangred Fain killed Miyazaki Yota and took his token, but A'tui used the Golden Tree's blessing to restore Yota's heart and save his life. After A'tui's magic potions ran out and his connection to the world faded, he left Yota with words of encouragement.

• Sangred Fain revealed that the man on the sofa had been his magical projection and stabbed Miyazaki Yota through the heart with the Black Key.
• Sangred Fain took Yota's remaining Command Spell and token, then dispelled the labyrinth and left.
• A'tui returned after the labyrinth vanished and found Yota dying, with their magical connection severed.
• A'tui used a Golden Tree blessing and magic potions to heal Yota's heart and restore his life.
• A'tui told Yota to keep pursuing his wish through his own efforts, then disappeared into motes of light.

Tatsumiaino led his group into the underground cavern where the Holy Grail was hidden, only to find Saber mortally wounded after facing the Monster that Devours Gods. The group pressed on toward the creature, leaving the chapter at the cavern’s blazing-hot exit.

• Tatsumiaino and his group entered a hidden Tokyo ley-line convergence point, where Elsa confirmed the Holy Grail was concealed.
• Tatsumiaino reassured Tamakiaino and rallied the group before Arash led them through the dark passage.
• The group found Sasaki Kojirou badly wounded beside his broken Nodachi, and he warned that the Monster that Devours Gods threatened the world.
• Sasaki Kojirou began dissolving before he could explain how to defeat the monster, leaving his final words unfinished.
• Tatsumiaino and his companions passed through the door behind Saber and followed the scorching tunnel toward its exit.

Tatsumiaino’s group entered Tokyo’s underground Ley Line convergence point to reach the Holy Grail and confront the Monster that Devours Gods. They found the dying Saber, Sasaki Kojirou, who warned them of the monster before vanishing, and the group pressed deeper underground.

• Tatsumiaino led Elsa, Tamakiaino, Drake, Jekyll, and Arash into the cavern, where Elsa confirmed it was a Ley Line convergence point.
• Tatsumiaino rallied the group despite worrying about the goodbye he would eventually have to give his sister, and Arash took the vanguard.
• The group found Saber, identified by Tatsumiaino as Sasaki Kojirou, badly wounded beside his broken Nodachi.
• Sasaki Kojirou warned that the Monster that Devours Gods threatened the world and said there was only one way to defeat it, but vanished before finishing his explanation.
• Tatsumiaino’s group passed through the door behind Saber and continued through a scorching tunnel toward the exit.

Drake and Arash fought the giant serpent again after it revived as an intelligent monster wielding the Holy Grail and a Profane Holy Sword. Elsa spent all her Command Spells to empower Arash, who unleashed Stella at the monster, leaving the battle's outcome unknown.

• Drake's Noble Phantasm and Arash's attacks mangled the giant serpent, but it revived and rapidly regenerated.
• The creature revealed the Holy Grail and a Profane Holy Sword, then declared that Drake and the others would become sacrifices.
• Drake decided to unleash her Noble Phantasm again without holding back her magical energy.
• Arash told Elsa he could not continue their journey, and Elsa used all her Command Spells to command him to win.
• Arash fired Stella at the monster, and the underground space erupted in blazing light.

Tatsumiaino obtained the Great Serpent Hunting Spear, a weapon capable of suppressing the Great Serpent’s regeneration, and joined the fight despite his frail body. The serpent was badly wounded and lost its regenerative ability, while a black shadow began to emerge from the sphere of light.

• Arash’s Noble Phantasm badly injured the Great Serpent, but the monster quickly regenerated and renewed its attack.
• Tatsumiaino took the Great Serpent Hunting Spear from the heated card, and Drake, Hyde, Tamakiaino, and Elsa helped protect or strengthen him.
• The Great Serpent recognized the spear as its nemesis and sent waves of magma toward Tatsumiaino and his allies.
• Tatsumiaino and Bao Qinshu wielded the spear’s blade of light, which cut through the magma and inflicted wounds the Great Serpent could barely heal.
• The spear severed part of the Great Serpent’s cervical spine and stripped away its abnormal regeneration, leaving its body lifeless as silver mist filled the space.
• A sphere of light formed around a faint black shadow, which grew more solid as the light vanished.

As the false Holy Grail world began to collapse, Tatsumiaino and Tamakiaino reunited and chose to treasure their brief time together rather than make a wish. Tamakiaino returned to the waking world with her memories and a token from the city in the heavens, while Tatsumiaino faced the end of the dream.

• Tatsumiaino rejected the false Holy Grail but wished his little sister could live happily and safely.
• Drake decided to withdraw from the Holy Grail War now that she had found her brother, and her Servant accepted her choice.
• Tamakiaino touched the Holy Grail, and it vanished as the world began to collapse.
• Tatsumiaino said goodbye to Tamakiaino and thanked Elsa for helping him through countless cycles.
• Drake woke in the middle of a road with her memories restored and a patterned stone token in her pocket.

President and Talisman Gilgamesh answered the summons to Sky Castle after the seven Masters obtained their talismans, arriving at a plaza where the Holy Grail and a sleeping armored figure awaited them. As Gilgamesh prepared to face the apparent final Guardian, President stood on the verge of claiming the Grail.

• President's two talismans merged into a larger talisman that summoned him to Sky Castle.
• President and Talisman Gilgamesh discussed the challenge ahead, and Gilgamesh insisted he would face the opponent alone.
• President answered the summons and passed through a massive gate into Sky Castle.
• President saw the Holy Grail floating above a golden throne and a sleeping, armored figure resting on a giant golden tree.
• Talisman Gilgamesh raised his twin blades toward the figure and declared his confidence in victory.