Chapter Summaries

General Hale met Gideon Malick at the Malik family’s Alpine castle to negotiate, where Gideon revealed Hydra’s power and led her to meet his master. Constantine barred Hale’s bodyguard from entering, leaving the guard outside to wonder whether Constantine had taken the Super Soldier Serum.

• Gideon Malick welcomed General Hale to his castle and showed her Hydra banners, family crests, and armored women.
• Gideon led Hale down a dark corridor to Constantine, a towering figure in advanced golden Power Armor.
• Constantine said his master was waiting and ordered Hale’s bodyguard to stay behind.
• Gideon took Hale through the door, while her bodyguard asked Constantine whether he had used the Super Soldier Serum.
• Constantine remained silent and stood motionless.

General Hale arrived to negotiate with Salomon, but discovered her daughter Ruby was already with him and accused him of using her as leverage. Salomon invited Hale to hear him out while Gideon and Stephanie left them alone, and Stephanie entrusted the remaining arrangements to Constantine.

• Gideon Malick led General Hale into a room where Salomon spoke with a woman she could not initially see.
• Stephanie brought in refreshments, and General Hale discovered that the woman with Salomon was her daughter Ruby.
• General Hale pulled Ruby away and accused Salomon of using despicable methods, while Ruby insisted that Salomon and the others were her friends.
• Salomon cleared the spilled wine, invited General Hale to sit, and asked Gideon Malick and Stephanie to leave them time to talk.
• Salomon introduced Constantine as one of his Praetorian Guard and offered General Hale mulled wine as they prepared to speak.
• Stephanie told Constantine to handle the rest, and he affirmed that he was the extension of Salomon's will.

Stephanie began negotiating detailed terms with General Hale after Salomon departed, while Salomon explained why mortal military forces mattered and assigned Constantine a broader duty than guarding him. The chapter ended with Constantine joining the Sisterhood’s patrols and receiving access to Salomon’s grimoires so he could continue learning.

• Salomon left through a portal with the Golden Armored Giant, while Ruby said she hoped to see him again and asked to go skydiving.
• General Hale questioned Stephanie about the Malik family’s allegiance, and Stephanie said Hydra served Salomon before inviting her to dinner to discuss further agreements.
• Constantine questioned the need to cooperate with General Hale, and Salomon explained that mortal soldiers and organized armies were necessary alongside powerful fighters.
• Constantine proposed security reconnaissance, then agreed to join the Sisterhood’s patrols after Dinah objected to him acting alone.
• Salomon recognized Constantine’s plan to study the Sisterhood’s methods and security, then opened his collection of grimoires to him.

Stephanie discussed construction, S.H.I.E.L.D., and General Hale’s deal with Salomon, who limited Hale’s authority and placed Ruby in the City of Immortals as a hostage. Bayonetta then sent Salomon out to buy herbs and pick up Wanda Maximoff for dinner, while he planned to inspect the Dragon Bone excavation and settle a dispute with holdout tenants.

• Stephanie asked Salomon to decide General Hale and Ruby’s positions, and he gave Hale limited authority while placing Ruby in the City of Immortals as a hostage.
• Salomon explained that the Praetorian Guard’s Gene Fragments protected them from Astral Energy but suppressed their existing magical talent.
• Bayonetta sent Salomon to buy Provence herbs and told him to bring Constantine along.
• Salomon said he would inspect construction in the Clinton District and deal with holdout tenants whose demands had delayed the Dragon Bone excavation.
• Bayonetta told Salomon she had invited Wanda Maximoff to dinner, so he left with Constantine and an Artificial Human to pick her up.

Coulson and Melinda May investigated a suspicious castle renovation and discussed Salomon’s growing independence from S.H.I.E.L.D., while considering asking Dr. Garner for insight into him. At dinner, Jeanne threatened Salomon over his handling of official business, and Bayonetta intervened by aiming pistols at them both.

• Melinda May found that a recently created Gloucestershire renovation file had no listed owner, and she and Coulson suspected someone had erased evidence ahead of their investigation.
• Coulson and Melinda discussed Salomon’s power, the Monolith, and the danger of leaving Fitz and Simmons confined, then considered seeking Dr. Garner’s opinion of Salomon.
• Salomon told Wanda and Jeanne that MI5 was investigating his castle restoration, and Jeanne objected to Stephanie’s frequent visits.
• Jeanne hurled a dinner knife at Salomon and appeared beside him with it at his throat, while Wanda hesitated over whether to intervene.
• Bayonetta drew two pistols, aimed one at Jeanne and one at Salomon, and demanded to know whether they wanted meat or bullets.

Salomon and Bayonetta hosted Wanda for Christmas, giving her gifts and welcoming her into their home. After leaving the celebration, Salomon assigned Victoria Hand to investigate S.H.I.E.L.D.’s activity at an ancient Gloucestershire castle and revealed the dangerous scope of the work ahead.

• Bayonetta gave Wanda a jeweled silver revolver, and Salomon gave her handmade crimson gloves before the group settled in to watch a comedy.
• Salomon went to his study and asked Victoria Hand to take over the Gloucestershire assignment while Stephanie remained busy in Europe.
• Victoria ordered her agents to review surveillance footage and coordinate with MI5 to drive any S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel out of Gloucestershire.
• Salomon told Victoria to use her high-level credentials to access classified files, explaining that the investigation involved Hydra and ancient Middle Eastern legends.
• Salomon revealed that Laura Croft had already set out and that he planned to create an artifact-collecting organization supervised by Victoria and the future Ministry of Magic.

Salomon and the Witches welcomed Wanda to stay with them and invited her to learn magic, while Constantine watched over his sovereign and reflected on Salomon’s plans. The Christmas gathering descended into chaos when enchanted crackers unleashed prank toys, and everyone joined in fighting them.

• Salomon joined Bayonetta, Jeanne, Wanda, and Constantine in the living room while they watched an old film.
• Bayonetta invited Wanda to stay overnight and privately told Salomon she planned to leave him at home with Wanda the next morning.
• Salomon reassured Wanda, invited her to stay for a few days, and offered to teach her magic with Bayonetta and Jeanne.
• Dinah set off an enchanted Christmas cracker, releasing mischievous toys and streamers into the living room.
• Bayonetta, Jeanne, Salomon, Dinah, Wanda, and Constantine fought or dodged the prank toys.

Salomon learned that angels were appearing over New York and prepared to investigate the threat with Constantine, Wanda, Bayonetta, and Jeanne. As the Witches moved to hunt the angels, a gray fighter jet raced toward Fifth Avenue, sending New Yorkers fleeing.

• Wanda joined Salomon for breakfast, and he planned to begin her training and discuss her studies.
• Constantine brought word that Upper Plane Beings had begun appearing around New York and that the New York Sanctum was investigating.
• Salomon and Wanda sensed the angels, while Bayonetta and Jeanne prepared to fight them.
• Salomon told Constantine to check their armor and invited Wanda to join the coming practical lesson.
• A gray fighter jet accelerated toward Fifth Avenue, and New Yorkers panicked and ran for shelter.

Bayonetta, Jeanne, and the Sisterhood fought Angels attacking New York while Salomon and Master Daniel investigated the invasion at the Sanctum. The crystal ball revealed that New York was only one edge of a much larger anomaly, and Salomon suspected the Witches were central to whatever was directing the Angels.

• Bayonetta and Jeanne stopped an Angel-controlled fighter jet from crashing into Manhattan, then prepared to fight the Angels.
• Catherine led the Sisterhood into battle, and her soldiers discovered that their weapons could injure and kill the Angels.
• Catherine revealed the Angels' forms, allowing the Sisterhood to attack them more effectively.
• Salomon and Wanda Maximoff arrived at the Sanctum, where Master Daniel showed them the Crystal Ball of Agamotto's view of the invasion's vast scale.
• Salomon inferred that something was gathering the Angels and that the Witches were critical to the incident.
• Master Daniel said Lady of Calamity had painted SpongeBob and Patrick Star, then joked that turning off the television would stop her painting.

Bayonetta, Jeanne, and the Sisterhood fought Angels threatening New York while Salomon and Wanda monitored the battle and prepared reinforcements. As stronger Angels appeared, Salomon ordered the Sisterhood to prepare for deployment, and Bayonetta and Jeanne faced a magnificent serpentine Angel.

• Angels seized two Platinum Star fighter jets, forcing their pilots to eject as the planes dove toward Manhattan.
• Bayonetta and Jeanne steered the fighters away from the city while fighting Angels in the shallow Aether, and the Sisterhood struggled to keep pace.
• Salomon watched the battle with Wanda, ordered armor and weapons prepared, and authorized the use of nuclear weapons if necessary.
• Wanda spotted a residential building damaged by an attack, prompting Salomon to send Constantine and prepare the Sisterhood for battle.
• Bayonetta and Jeanne encountered increasingly frequent mid-tier Angels and then a magnificent serpentine Angel, forcing them to consider dangerous measures to protect civilians.

Salomon and the Witches fought a Power on the Williamsburg Bridge while the Sisterhood and Constantine led the purge of angels across New York. As Wanda fought alongside Constantine, she worried about Salomon but learned he still had the battle under control.

• A headless Cherub hurled its greatsword at Bayonetta and Jeanne, but Salomon deflected it and killed the angel with its own weapon.
• Salomon caught up to the Power Faith, severed its knee, and flung it away from the subway and the Witches.
• Jeanne cursed Salomon for taking her prey, while he turned to face a larger enemy rising through steam from the river.
• Catherine and Aura led Sisterhood forces against Lower-Tier Angels, while Constantine swept through the city with Wanda following him.
• Wanda used the Serpent Bone Staff to restrain an angel so Constantine could kill it, then asked whether they should help Salomon; Constantine said Salomon had the fight under control.

Salomon destroyed an intermediate angel and coordinated the Witches’ fight against the angels attacking Manhattan before going after the circling Upper Angel. As police officers struggled to understand the unfolding disaster, Salomon’s hunt continued and Detective Carter insisted the crisis was not over.

• Salomon used the Sacred Sword to destroy the fallen angel’s halo and erase its soul.
• Catherine, Aura, and Constantine reported on the Witches’ progress and said an Upper Angel was circling above Manhattan.
• Salomon ordered Stephanie to support the police and victims, then opened a portal to confront the Upper Angel.
• Detective Carter and Detective Fusco discussed the unexplained emergency as police prepared to respond and awaited the Avengers or National Guard.
• Detective Carter told Fusco that the crisis was not over.

Bayonetta and Jeanne fought angels while Salomon pursued and brutally killed a snake-shaped Upper Angel that wanted the Umbrella Witch. The battle moved to Greenpoint, where Bayonetta and Jeanne continued fighting as Salomon pressed his attack.

• Bayonetta killed the last Thrones and asked Jeanne whether the boy who had gone to heaven needed their help.
• Jeanne complained that they had ignored a Powers' advice to use Explosive Rounds Guns, which would have spared her bruises.
• Salomon chased the snake-shaped Upper Angel, rejected its offer to talk, and attacked it with enchanted explosive rounds and his Sacred Sword.
• Salomon methodically wounded the Upper Angel, whose blood fell over Brooklyn and caused some people to heal while others developed cancer.
• Bayonetta and Jeanne saw Salomon fighting across the river as the witches' battle shifted from Williamsburg to Greenpoint.
• Bayonetta shot an Upper Cherubim, and Madame Butterfly punched it as the Witches continued their fight.

After Jeanne’s soul was torn from her body in a conspiracy against the Witches, Salomon decided to seek help from Hecate despite Kamar-Taj’s restrictions. He ordered the Helicarrier toward the Mediterranean Sea and prepared a nuclear contingency plan in case the mission failed.

• Salomon and Master Daniel concluded that Gomora could not have severed Jeanne’s soul without outside coercion and suspected a conspiracy against the Witches.
• Bayonetta said she had contacted Rodin for information, while Salomon chose to seek help from Hecate, the Titan goddess of magic.
• Master Daniel warned that the Venerable One would not permit Salomon to go to Europe, but Salomon insisted that he had sworn to recover the Witches’ souls.
• Salomon said he had prepared high-yield nuclear weapons as a contingency if the mission failed.
• Salomon summoned Constantine, Catherine, and Aura and ordered the Helicarrier to set sail for the Mediterranean Sea.

Salomon and Bayonetta prepared to travel to Noahduen Town and confront the forces tied to the Umbra Witches’ past while Jeanne remained protected at Kamar-Taj. The chapter ended with Salomon and Bayonetta entering a portal toward the mission as Catherine’s squad stood by to provide backup.

• Salomon left Jeanne’s body in Kamar-Taj’s Sanctum under Wanda’s watch while the protective spell held back Trans-dimensional Bacteria.
• Salomon obtained potions and a name from Hecate, then received The Venerable One’s approval to join the operation after Kamar-Taj’s Arcanists found the same name.
• Mordo identified Fimbulwinter Mountain and Noahduen Town as the mission site and arranged a route that would avoid alerting their enemies.
• Salomon planned to bring in the Helicarrier and other forces, with orders to destroy Fimbulwinter Mountain if the mission failed and its passages had to be sealed.
• Salomon and Bayonetta left the Assault Transport through a magical portal while Catherine and her Sisterhood prepared to rendezvous with the Praetorian Guard.

Salomon and Bayonetta reached Noahduen Town, where they spotted a host of angels gathering near Fimbulwinter Mountain and prepared to fight. In New York, Tony Stark learned that Salomon had threatened a nuclear strike during an incident involving Agent Coulson.

• Salomon landed in Noahduen Town with Bayonetta and learned about the town from its tourist information board.
• Salomon and Bayonetta explored the town, shared drinks at a café, and sensed a powerful enemy presence near the mountains.
• Bayonetta spotted the angels beneath the snowy peaks, drew her blade, and asked Salomon if he was ready to fight.
• Tony Stark searched New York for clues about the missing pilots and joined Agent Maria Hill's investigation.
• Maria Hill told Tony Stark that Salomon had threatened to drop nuclear bombs after Agent Coulson's team encountered an extinction-level incident.

Stark questioned Agent Hill about Salomon’s use of a nuclear bomb and sought surveillance access to investigate a possible connection to destruction in New York. Meanwhile, Salomon and Bayonetta fought a host of angels in close coordination, bringing down a Seraph and pursuing it toward the ground.

• Stark asked Agent Hill why he had not been told about Salomon’s nuclear threat, and she explained Nick Fury trusted Salomon’s judgment.
• Stark asked Agent Hill to expand his clearance so Friday could analyze New York surveillance footage for familiar faces.
• Bayonetta and Salomon fought through surrounding angels, combining gunfire, sword strikes, and Witch Time to overwhelm them.
• Salomon bound a serpentine Seraph with Sekhmet’s Crimson Chains while Bayonetta summoned Madame Butterfly to smash its head and tear off its claws.
• Salomon caught Bayonetta in his arms, restarted his jet engine, and pursued the unconscious Seraph as Bayonetta said Madame Butterfly liked him.

Salomon and Bayonetta defeated a Seraph and found a mysterious boy in the ruins, but neither he nor Salomon would answer the other's questions. Elsewhere, a man in a golden mask recognized Bayonetta and watched her with interest in Salomon and his sword.

• Bayonetta fired four modified anti-armor rounds at the falling Seraph, and its impact and explosions devastated part of Noahduen Town.
• Salomon scanned a figure in the rubble, confirmed it was an unconscious boy, and pulled him free while keeping his weapon trained on him.
• Salomon revived the white-haired boy with pain-relief spray, restrained him when he sprang up, and questioned him about how he entered the plane and his necklace.
• Salomon and the boy traded hostile questions until Bayonetta brought them hot drinks and made them take a break.
• A man in a golden mask watched Bayonetta, Salomon, and the boy through detection magic, recognized Bayonetta, and wondered about Salomon and his sword.

The Sage and the Prophetess plotted to stop the boy from reaching the Holy Mountain, while Salomon and Bayonetta agreed to escort Loki to Fimbulwinter in exchange for his help finding a route to Hell. Loki’s recovered memories pointed them toward a device at Waterfall Church that could carry them to the mountain.

• The Prophetess warned The Sage that the boy was his target and that he had only one chance to save his lover.
• Salomon and Bayonetta questioned Loki, then agreed to escort him to Fimbulwinter so he could guide them to a passage leading to Hell.
• Salomon secretly told Bayonetta that a powerful divination spell from Fimbulwinter was watching them and that Loki was tied to the conspiracy.
• Salomon had Loki lead them to Waterfall Church, where Loki said a magical device could build a Bridge of Heaven to Fimbulwinter Mountain.
• Loki suffered a sudden burst of recovered memories, and Salomon guessed that Loki’s essence was a projector searching for film reels.

Salomon and Bayonetta followed Loki toward Fimbulwinter while Salomon secretly tested Loki and prepared for a possible trap. At the mountain, a masked Sage attacked Loki as Angels surrounded him.

• Salomon secretly took a blood sample from Loki and found that he had no genetic mutations, then told Bayonetta he suspected Loki was being manipulated.
• Salomon and Bayonetta delayed Loki in Noahduen Town while he hurried toward Fimbulwinter, and Salomon summoned air spirits to scout ahead.
• The Prophetess told the Sage to wait until the Angels arrived before attacking, reminding him that she had brought him from five hundred years in the past for revenge.
• Bayonetta spotted enemies near Waterfall Church, but Salomon waited for his air spirits to report before acting.
• Angels blocked Loki on the way to the Holy Mountain, and the Sage appeared and attacked him with a golden greatsword.