Chapter Summaries

Tristan attacked the three Chaldea members with invisible slashes. The chapter ended as his attack reached their position on the earthen slope.

• Tristan faced the three Chaldea members and identified them as enemies.
• Tristan released a killing intent and plucked his bowstring.
• Tristan's shot became thousands of invisible slashes that formed an airtight cage around the three.

Tristan questioned the blond man after realizing he knew too much about the Singularity and the king’s hidden secrets. The man’s identity remained unknown.

• Tristan turned cold and demanded to know who the blond man was.
• Tristan judged that the man knew the Singularity’s circumstances too well to be an ordinary traveler from the future.
• Tristan realized that even someone from his own era could not know such detailed information without witnessing events firsthand.
• Tristan recalled that only a handful of people summoned by the king knew the king’s hidden secrets.

Tristan recognized Leon as the emperor from his memories, but was shocked by how different the calm man seemed from the tyrannical ruler he remembered. Mordred also appeared genuinely stunned by Leon’s changed demeanor.

• Tristan looked at Leon and recognized the face from his memories.
• Tristan saw Mordred’s stunned expression and confirmed that Leon was their emperor.
• Tristan wondered how the calm, wise-looking Leon could differ so much from the ruthless emperor he remembered.

Tristan suddenly grew pale and unsteady, and Leon realized that the divine protection bestowed upon him had disappeared.

• Tristan groaned, drawing everyone's attention.
• Leon stepped forward and saw that Tristan looked weak and could barely stay upright.
• Leon examined Tristan and realized his divine protection was gone.

Fujimaru Ritsuka was shocked and bewildered by Tristan’s account of Artoria’s plan to save humanity. She could not understand how anyone could consider turning humanity into preserved specimens.

• Tristan described Artoria’s plan to Fujimaru Ritsuka.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka reacted with shock and called the plan extreme.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka struggled to understand how Artoria could have conceived of such a solution.

An attacker suddenly targeted the resurrected Lion King during the Holy Selection, causing the refugees to panic. The crowd fled in chaos as a riot erupted around the guarded Lion King.

• An attacker sprang at the Lion King, who was surrounded by layers of guards.
• The refugees panicked when they saw the attack.
• The crowd fled toward the rear, and the ensuing stampede caused casualties as screams filled the scene.

Mordred demanded to know why Gawain had stopped him from attacking Leon, whom he accused of impersonating their father. Gawain stood between them, leaving Mordred to question whether his brother had sided with Chaldea.

• Leon halted his charge when Gawain blocked Mordred's strike for him.
• Mordred leapt back and asked Gawain why he was protecting Leon.
• Mordred accused Leon of impersonating their father and insisted he would kill him himself.
• Mordred asked whether Gawain believed Chaldea's treachery and intended to become their enemy.

Mash and Gawain fled the imperial capital at tremendous speed while Mash grieved over Dr. Leon staying behind to face the Purging Knights. The ground began to stir in the distance as they flew beyond the horizon.

• Mash flew through the air surrounded by Rune Script, with Gawain beside her.
• Mash looked back toward the imperial capital but could see only darkness.
• Mash remembered Dr. Leon facing the Purging Knights alone to cover their escape and bit her lip in grief.
• The capital disappeared beyond the horizon, and the distant ground began to stir.

Mordred and Artoria escaped the Rune barrier, but Leon had already broken through the Righteous Knights and vanished. Artoria ordered the surviving knights to clear the battlefield, and an investigation found that most refugees had stayed in the camp.

• Mordred deciphered and broke the Rune barrier trapping her and Artoria.
• Leon punched through the Righteous Knights' encirclement and fled before they emerged.
• Artoria surveyed the wreckage and ordered the Righteous Knights who could still move to clean up the battlefield.
• The knights found that most refugees had remained in the camp during the riot.

Leon reassured Fujimaru Ritsuka that the deaths of the refugees who stayed in the Imperial Capital were their own choice, not her fault. He had expected that some people would cling to wishful thinking rather than judge the danger rationally.

• Leon saw Fujimaru Ritsuka looking dejected.
• Leon patted Fujimaru Ritsuka on the shoulder and told her the refugees' deaths were not her fault.
• Leon reflected that people often failed to face reality until danger reached them.

Leon traveled across the wasteland to find Agravain, hoping to reach Lancelot soon afterward. He arrived at a fortress standing exposed on the plains.

• Leon laughed as he imagined Mash pounding Lancelot with her shield.
• Leon decided that finding Agravain quickly might let him reach Lancelot in time.
• Leon followed Gawain's rough map across the wasteland for nearly half a day.
• Leon spotted a large brick-and-stone fortress on the plains.

Leon realized the Holy Spear was Morgan’s reconstructed spell formula, powered by Albion’s vast leyline and now held by Artoria. Its destructive force could rank just below the Holy Sword of the Stars at full release.

• Leon learned that Morgan had transformed Albion’s underground leyline into the Holy Spear’s spell formula.
• He recognized that the formula surpassed the original Storm Anchor in scale and circuit quality while retaining its core concept.
• Leon understood why he had been unable to seize the Holy Spear and realized Artoria now possessed Morgan’s creation.

Fujimaru Ritsuka freed Xuanzang Sanzang from her cell. Xuanzang thanked the last Master from Chaldea for rescuing her.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka released Xuanzang Sanzang from her cell.
• Xuanzang stretched and said that being captured still made her uncomfortable.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka remarked on Xuanzang's size.
• Xuanzang gripped Fujimaru Ritsuka's hand and thanked her for saving her.

After forming contracts with Agravain and Lancelot, Fujimaru Ritsuka led the group toward the mountains to meet the Old Man of the Mountain. Lancelot and Tristan grew uneasy about facing the Mountain People, and Ritsuka asked why they looked nervous.

• Fujimaru Ritsuka successfully formed contracts with Agravain and Lancelot.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka led the group into the mountains to rendezvous with the Old Man of the Mountain.
• Lancelot and Tristan looked ahead uneasily as they thought about meeting the Mountain People, who had once been their enemies.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka noticed their nervousness and asked what was wrong.
• Lancelot sighed.

The knights and Fujimaru Ritsuka reacted with disbelief when Leon claimed that something in the Imperial Capital could transcend historical corrections. The chapter ended with Ritsuka struggling to accept that it was so close to her.

• The knights questioned what was inside the Imperial Capital and how it could transcend historical corrections.
• The knights suspected that His Majesty had done something again.
• Leon’s claim surprised the knights, who had never heard it before.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka was astonished that something capable of transcending the timeline was nearby.

Leon learned that Mordred was leading the Imperial Capital's forces and realized he would have to confront him personally to delay them. The coming battle was about to begin.

• Hassan of the Hundred Faces told Leon that Mordred was leading the troops.
• Leon recalled that he had anticipated a manhunt and battles after Artoria's arrival.
• Leon judged that only he could likely stand against Mordred and delay the advancing forces.

Mordred emerged from her tent with the Demon Sword and inspected the silent ranks of Righteous Knights. She was pleased by the force’s discipline and intimidating presence.

• Mordred emerged from the tent carrying the crimson Demon Sword on her shoulder.
• Mordred surveyed the rows of Righteous Knights standing in perfect formation.
• Mordred nodded in satisfaction at the Knights’ discipline and oppressive presence.
• Mordred thought that even the guards under her command in life had not seemed so intimidating, since they had no emotions.

Caliban manifested his homeland, and Hassan of the Cursed Arm warned Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash that their arrow was beginning to descend. The three prepared to jump off before it lost momentum and crashed.

• Caliban manifested his homeland.
• Hassan of the Cursed Arm pointed out that the arrow was losing momentum as it approached its destination.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash noticed the arrow descending and realized they needed to get off before it crashed.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka screamed as usual during the high-altitude jump but had grown more accustomed to the experience.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash discussed King Hassan’s warning after he vanished. The chapter left them questioning whether the Doctor could be trusted.

• King Hassan’s eerie words lingered as Fujimaru Ritsuka came to her senses and saw that he had vanished.
• Mash asked Fujimaru Ritsuka what King Hassan had meant and whether the Doctor was trustworthy.
• Fujimaru Ritsuka asked Mash what she thought, and Mash hesitantly noted that the Doctor had come from Chaldea with them.

Fujimaru Ritsuka, Mash, and Hassan of the Cursed Arm crossed the mountains to return to the village. They reached the mountains near the village, but Ritsuka still had to ride onward.

• Hassan of the Cursed Arm led Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash through the mountains toward the village.
• Mash and Hassan helped Ritsuka endure the difficult mountain road.
• The group reached the mountains near the village as quickly as they could.
• Ritsuka realized she still had to ride.