Chapter Summaries

Bayonetta was transported to a stormy mountain rift, where she found a frightened little girl named Cereza and fought angels attacking her. After Cereza mistook Bayonetta for her mother, Bayonetta called Salomon to come and look after the girl while she dealt with the remaining angels.

• Balder brought Cereza through a portal to a remote mountain platform and left her there to wait for her mother.
• Bayonetta rode toward the mountains, heard a little girl calling for her mother, and was suddenly pulled through a golden portal.
• Bayonetta found Cereza alone on the platform, and Cereza ran to her believing she was her mother.
• Angels appeared, and Bayonetta used the Shura Blade to defeat the Affinity Angels and rescue Cereza from one that had grabbed her.
• Bayonetta called Salomon, who opened a portal and prepared to come to her with snacks.

Salomon babysat Cereza while Bayonetta fought and defeated an Ardor angel. After the battle, Bayonetta agreed to take Cereza home and brought Salomon along to prepare a meal.

• Salomon arrived through a portal and reassured Cereza that Bayonetta would return after dealing with the monster.
• Bayonetta questioned the Ardor angel, then fought it with her longsword and a chainsaw forged by Rodin.
• Salomon protected Cereza as Bayonetta cut the Ardor angel in half, killing it in an explosion of golden light.
• Bayonetta learned that Cereza's father had left her there, while Cereza insisted on staying with Bayonetta and calling her Mommy.
• Bayonetta told Salomon to open a portal to her house, where she planned to clean up Cereza and have him prepare a meal.

Salomon prepared dinner for Bayonetta and Cereza, then examined the mysterious child and discussed her connection to Balder with Bayonetta. Bayonetta left Cereza in Salomon’s care while she continued investigating Wigrid.

• Salomon cooked dinner with the help of Invisible Servants, and Bayonetta and Cereza joined him after bathing.
• After dinner, Bayonetta showed Salomon a Pocket Watch identical to her own and worried that Cereza might be a trap.
• Salomon examined the sleeping Cereza and found no magical traces on her.
• Salomon told Bayonetta that Balder was her father, and Bayonetta considered whether he might have sent Cereza to her.
• Bayonetta decided to continue exploring Wigrid and asked Salomon to look after Cereza and take her shopping for clothes.

Salomon summoned a fey familiar named Cheshire to watch over Cereza while he went to Wigrid to keep Bayonetta from falling into Balder’s trap. Bayonetta encountered Jeanne again, and Jeanne stole her Pocket Watch, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Salomon questioned whether Cereza’s Pocket Watch was connected to the Left Eye and reflected on Bayonetta’s memories of Cereza and the mysterious woman.
• Salomon summoned a fey cat familiar, named it Cheshire, and ordered it to look after Cereza.
• Salomon left to find Bayonetta in Wigrid and help her avoid Balder’s trap, intending to ensure she could kill him.
• Bayonetta reached Wigrid and met Jeanne, who arrived on a motorcycle and crushed the Affinity Angels around them.
• Bayonetta asked Jeanne whether they knew each other, but Jeanne mocked her and stole her Pocket Watch with Witch Time.

Bayonetta recovered a memory of her close friend Jeanne and decided to search the halls from her past. Meanwhile, Salomon trapped Luca in the Mirror Dimension after helping him escape a Wigrid law enforcer.

• Jeanne outmaneuvered Bayonetta, took the Pocket Watch, and returned it while reminding her of her forgotten destiny and the Eyes of the World.
• Bayonetta remembered meeting Jeanne during a tribal ceremony, where Jeanne challenged her to a duel, and recalled that they had once been close friends.
• Bayonetta opened a sealed stone door and returned to Wigrid, deciding to find the halls from her memory and uncover their secrets.
• Luca fled a Wigrid law enforcer, vanished behind a flower-shop table, and found himself in the Mirror Dimension with Salomon.
• Salomon explained that the Mirror Dimension kept them from affecting the outside world and told Luca to be grateful he had rescued him.

Luca showed Salomon photographs he had taken inside Isabelle Tower, revealing coffins that imprisoned dead Witches and drained their magic. Salomon used the photos to plan his search for Bayonetta, while Balder prepared the Angels to sacrifice themselves and awaken the Left Eye through a confrontation with Cereza.

• Luca explained how his disguise and photography at Isabelle Tower had led the guards to pursue him.
• Salomon examined Luca’s photographs and identified the red coffins as devices draining magic from the souls of dead Witches.
• Salomon questioned Luca about where he had taken each photograph so he could map a route through Isabelle Tower and find Bayonetta.
• Balder summoned Angels from the strange space above his room and declared that they would become sacrifices for the Left Eye’s resurrection.
• Balder sent the Angels to make Cereza understand her power and mission, then privately said he wanted her to become the god of a new world with him.

Salomon searched Wigrid for Bayonetta and followed a devastating angel attack to a ruined amphitheater, where he found her confronting the Fortitude Angel. He joined the fight, and Bayonetta prepared to attack the angel as it threatened them and revealed that Salomon was one of its own.

• Salomon split up with Luca to search Wigrid for Bayonetta, then returned to comfort Cereza before resuming the search.
• An explosion and a two-headed angel led Salomon to Bayonetta’s trail as magma engulfed Wigrid’s old district.
• Salomon followed the battle’s traces through a magma pit and climbed out near a ruined amphitheater.
• Salomon identified the angel as the Fortitude Angel, which had summoned the magma and offered to free Bayonetta from her suffering.
• Bayonetta and Salomon rejected the Fortitude Angel’s offer and challenged it, while the angel claimed Salomon belonged to its side.

Bayonetta defeated Fortitudo with Malphas’s help, then flew into Sunrise and Crescent Moon Canyon, where Salomon followed on Pegasus and used Aegis to turn pursuing angels to stone. Salomon lost track of Bayonetta, and the chapter ended as the remaining Inspired angels abruptly turned west.

• Salomon protected Bayonetta from the erupting magma with a fire-resistance spell, and she hurled Fortitudo through the arena.
• Bayonetta summoned Malphas, which tore into Fortitudo before she and the abyssal arms dragged the angel away.
• Salomon concluded that he needed to help Bayonetta’s adventure proceed so she could eventually confront Balder, then rode Pegasus toward Sunrise and Crescent Moon Canyon.
• Salomon raised Aegis against the swarming angels, petrifying many while Pegasus evaded the larger Inspired angels.
• The angels stopped pursuing Salomon beyond a certain area, then the Inspired angels suddenly turned and flew west.

Salomon returned to Kamar-Taj after witnessing Bayonetta and Jeanne fight amid the collapsing statues and storm. The Sorcerer Supreme told him to take Cereza to Wigrid, despite his protests that the battlefield was too dangerous for her.

• Salomon rode Pegasus through the canyon as the storm intensified and the statues began to break apart.
• Jeanne drove away Temperantia, then challenged Bayonetta, and the two fought atop the Sage statue.
• The gale shattered the statues, and Salomon saw a black panther leap from the ruins before Mordo summoned him through a portal.
• Mordo told Salomon that the Sorcerer Supreme had brought back a little girl, and Salomon recognized her as Cereza.
• The Sorcerer Supreme explained that Kamar-Taj was hiding Wigrid from the public and ordered Salomon to take Cereza there.
• Salomon protested that Wigrid was a battlefield, but the Sorcerer Supreme said taking Cereza was predetermined.

Salomon agreed to let Cereza go to Wigrid after the Sorcerer Supreme guaranteed her safety, and summoned Phoenix to protect her. As Salomon helped seal Wigrid inside the Mirror Dimension, Luca reported that the Lagnan Cultists had prepared missiles aimed at the city itself.

• Salomon accepted the Sorcerer Supreme’s assurance that Cereza would be safe in Wigrid and summoned Phoenix to guard her.
• Phoenix promised to protect Cereza, who hugged the demon lord.
• Salomon and Kamar-Taj sorcerers prepared to seal Wigrid inside the Mirror Dimension as Luca described the city’s catastrophic storms and isolation.
• Luca told Salomon that the Lagnan Cultists had missile launchers on Sun Island.
• Luca checked the files and discovered that the missiles were targeting Wigrid itself.

Salomon went to Sun Island to stop Jeanne from launching the missiles threatening Cereza and fought her for the remote control. After disabling it, he asked why Balder was letting Cereza approach Bayonetta, and Jeanne began explaining that Cereza was her best friend.

• Salomon decided to stop the missiles before they could threaten Cereza and asked Master Wong to send him to Sun Island.
• Master Wong opened a portal above Sun Island, and Salomon spotted the missile launchers near Isabelle Tower.
• Jeanne shot at Salomon and guarded the missile remote, but Salomon fought past her and seized it.
• Salomon shorted out the remote and asked Jeanne what Balder planned to do to Cereza.
• Jeanne insisted that she would never hurt Cereza because Cereza was her best friend.

Salomon used fire magic to disable Jeanne’s missiles, but Bayonetta caught him before he fell and Baron Mordo brought Cereza to them. The group reached Isabelle Tower, where Jeanne stood waiting for them.

• Salomon cast Dasson's Scorching Furnace to heat the rooftop, then used the Ring of the Ragador to ignite and disable the missiles.
• Bayonetta caught Salomon as he fell, and Baron Mordo brought Cereza to them through the Mirror Dimension.
• The missiles exploded and destroyed the building, while the blast damaged Isabelle Tower and nearby buildings.
• Baron Mordo gave Salomon a potion and opened a portal to Isabelle Tower, where Bayonetta, Cereza, Salomon, the Phoenix, and Cheshire arrived.
• Salomon spoke with Luca by phone, then stepped in front of Cereza as Jeanne appeared in red leather.

Salomon fought his way into Isabelle Tower with Cereza and reached Balder as Bayonetta battled Jeanne. Balder took Cereza and prepared to awaken Jubileus, while Salomon waited for the Sorcerer Supreme’s plan to take effect.

• Jeanne confronted Bayonetta and declared that their ancient duel would end as she tried to prevent the Left Eye from falling into Balder’s hands.
• The Temperance angel attacked the tower, and Salomon escaped its blows with Cereza using Phoenix’s ability while Bayonetta and Jeanne continued fighting.
• Salomon met Luca in the stairwell, then used Cause Fear and Phoenix’s Banishment to send the Temperance angel to Jubileus’s divine realm temporarily.
• Phoenix carried Salomon and Cereza to the Psionic Path and into the chamber at Isabelle Tower’s core, where they found Balder.
• Cereza ran to Balder, who picked her up and claimed the Sorcerer Supreme approved of his plan; Salomon sat down and prepared to wait for the Sorcerer Supreme’s scheme.

Bayonetta reached Sage Balder in the artificial divine realm and confronted him about Cereza’s identity and his plans to resurrect Jubileus. Balder revealed that he had manipulated events to awaken the Left Eye, then restrained Luca and prepared to kill him as he had Luca’s father.

• Salomon rested while Phoenix watched over him in Balder’s artificial divine realm, where the Creator’s immense form appeared above them.
• Bayonetta recovered memories of Jeanne sealing her five hundred years earlier and learned that her mother had given her the lipstick before dying; Jeanne urged her to face Balder and then was swallowed by golden lightning.
• Bayonetta and Luca arrived, and Cereza called Bayonetta “Mommy” before falling asleep in Balder’s arms.
• Balder called himself Bayonetta’s father and said Cereza and the events in Wigrid were part of his plan to awaken the Left Eye and resurrect Jubileus.
• Luca denounced Balder for the Witch Hunts and his crimes, so Balder immobilized him and said he would let him die the way his father had.

Bayonetta confronted Balder as he revealed how he had manipulated her past and used Jeanne to awaken the Left Eye. Salomon recognized Balder’s time magic and prepared a spell to subdue him, while Bayonetta fired at Balder.

• Balder bound Luca with golden electricity and hurled him out of the chamber, and Bayonetta and Phoenix rushed after him.
• Salomon recognized that Balder had used time magic and realized the child Cereza was Bayonetta brought forward from five hundred years in the past.
• Balder told Bayonetta that Jeanne had been captured and mentally restructured to help awaken her power and memories.
• Balder explained that the Angels had engineered Bayonetta’s battles and Jeanne’s final fight to bring her strength to its peak.
• Bayonetta accused Balder of killing Rosa and called him insane, then fired at him as Salomon cast Tasha’s Hideous Laughter.

Balder overcame Salomon’s spell and joined with the young Cereza, unleashing a magical storm that shattered Isabelle Tower’s chamber. As Salomon and Bayonetta fell through the debris, he urged her to use the lipstick and kill Balder.

• Salomon used Tasha’s Hideous Laughter against Balder, but Balder stopped time, seized Bayonetta, and escaped the spell’s effects.
• Salomon teleported between Balder and Bayonetta, then his familiar clawed Balder while Salomon reached for the young Cereza.
• Balder struck Salomon and Bayonetta into the rune disk, then absorbed the young Cereza as blue magic surged through him.
• Balder’s magic shattered the chamber and damaged Isabelle Tower, while Bayonetta shielded herself and Salomon as they fell.
• Balder revealed five pairs of wings and a blue magical image of Cereza on his chest, while Salomon told Bayonetta to use the lipstick and kill him.

Salomon survived his injuries while Bayonetta defeated Balder and returned Cereza to the past, awakening the Left Eye and creating a parallel history. Balder then rose again, revealing that Cereza’s journey had been part of his plan.

• Bayonetta threw the wounded Salomon to Phoenix, which carried him to the Sorcerer Supreme in the Mirror Dimension.
• The Sorcerer Supreme healed Jeanne and explained that Balder absorbing Cereza was necessary to set Jubileus’s death in motion.
• Bayonetta fought Balder, pulled Cereza from his body, and used the rune disc and Pocket Watch to send the girl five hundred years into the past.
• Cereza’s return created a parallel history, and Bayonetta awakened the power of the Left Eye before collapsing from memories of two different lives.
• Balder stood up again, surrounded by the Right Eye’s blue magic, and claimed that awakening the Left Eye through Cereza had been his plan.

Balder used Bayonetta and the Eyes of the World to awaken Jubileus, while the Sorcerer Supreme shielded Earth and Jeanne raced to stop the resurrection. Jeanne freed Bayonetta from Jubileus's Left Eye and urged her to wake and fight.

• Balder carried the unconscious Bayonetta into the statue atop Isabelle Tower and used the Eyes of the World to awaken Jubileus.
• The Sorcerer Supreme told Salomon that Jubileus could be defeated in some possible futures and that Jeanne would decide what happened next.
• Jeanne awoke, rode a motorcycle onto the ascending rocket, and charged through the Angels surrounding it.
• The Sorcerer Supreme sent the rocket through a portal and expanded the Mirror Dimension around Earth, while the Sanctum Sanctorums activated their defenses.
• Jubileus awakened as the Angels sacrificed themselves, and Jeanne shot Bayonetta out of Jubileus's Left Eye.
• Jeanne called to Bayonetta to wake up and settle their five-hundred-year grudge.

Bayonetta and Jeanne summoned Queen Sheba to defeat Jubileus and Balder, ending their threat and bringing a new day to Earth. The Sorcerer Supreme restored the damaged satellites and returned the unconscious witches from space, while Salomon prepared to take them home and ask about Queen Sheba.

• Bayonetta and Jeanne combined their magic to summon Queen Sheba, who attacked Jubileus and fought her through space.
• Salomon watched the battle with the Sorcerer Supreme and worried that Queen Sheba might mistake him for Solomon.
• Queen Sheba overpowered Jubileus, and Bayonetta used Rosa's inscribed lipstick to strike Balder in the Right Eye and say goodbye to him.
• Jeanne poured her magic into Queen Sheba's gun, which fired at Jubileus and destroyed the remaining threat as the sun rose.
• The Sorcerer Supreme repaired the damaged satellites, withdrew the Mirror Dimension, and brought unconscious Bayonetta and Jeanne back from space.
• Salomon opened a portal to Bayonetta's apartment in New York, intending to take the witches home and ask them about Queen Sheba.

After recovering from the battle with Jubileus, Salomon arranged to learn Queen Sheba’s secrets and planned to use Jubileus’ halo to build a wizard tower. The Sorcerer Supreme later told him that he and Mordo would attend Asgard’s new king’s coronation, promising that the ceremony would bring a good show.

• Salomon woke in Bayonetta’s home, made breakfast for Bayonetta and Jeanne, and asked about Queen Sheba and the debt he owed her.
• Bayonetta offered Salomon the halo obtained after Jubileus’ defeat, and they agreed to summon Queen Sheba together in a few days so he could investigate her secrets.
• Salomon summoned his Cheshire Cat from a rescue worker and returned it to Bayonetta and Jeanne, then went back to Kamar-Taj to study and plan his wizard tower.
• The Sorcerer Supreme gave Salomon an invitation to Asgard’s new king’s coronation and explained that she would take him and Mordo there in about a year.
• When Salomon asked what he should prepare for, the Sorcerer Supreme promised him a good show.