Chapter Summaries

Illyasviel revealed that her Servant was Heracles, summoned through a catalyst taken from his own temple. She shared his overwhelming abilities with the group, leaving everyone stunned.

• Sovell realized the Greek Temple foundation stone came from Heracles's temple and had guaranteed Illyasviel would summon him.
• Illyasviel announced that she had summoned Heracles as a Berserker.
• Thinking the others doubted her, Illyasviel angrily shared White Berserker's identity and full information with them.
• The group reacted with another wave of shocked gasps at Heracles's exceptional abilities.

After Archer admitted that he could not remember his identity, Sovell’s group spent several nights patrolling Gray River Town without finding any enemies. During Illya and Heracles’s patrol on the fifth night, Sovell detected a tremor from a northwestern mountaintop and realized an enemy attack had begun.

• Archer explained that his Spirit Core had been disrupted during his summoning, leaving him temporarily unable to remember his identity, but claimed he could take one of Heracles’s lives.
• Sovell ordered the atmosphere to monitor supernatural activity, and the results showed that his faction had arrived in Gray River Town before the others.
• For four nights, the children and their Servants took turns patrolling, while Sovell secretly accompanied them to guard against ambushes.
• Illya and Heracles began their fifth-night patrol toward the ice field north of town as Sovell watched from above.
• Sovell felt a tremor from a mountaintop to the northwest and recognized it as an enemy attack.

Illya and Heracles fought an ambush by an enemy Berserker on the ice field, with Heracles overpowering the man until his madness turned against Illya. The chapter ended as the enemy’s glowing red sword swung toward her.

• Heracles cut down Archer’s volley of azure arrows while shielding Illya.
• Illya spotted a second set of footprints, and Heracles forced the hidden enemy Berserker into the open.
• Heracles deflected the man’s attacks and kicked him deep into the snow, but the durable enemy survived.
• Illya warned Heracles about the scarlet glow of the enemy’s intertwined-dragon longsword, and Heracles’s madness caused him to attack again.
• The enemy dodged Heracles’s blow, then his red sword swept toward Illya.

Heracles and Illya fought the Azure Berserker on the ice field while the Azure Masters ordered Archer to target Illya with a Noble Phantasm. Heracles shielded her from the barrage, taking the arrows across his body as Illya cried out for him.

• Heracles hurled the Azure Berserker away from Illya, then fought him as Illya used white stork knights to shield Heracles from his attacks.
• Heracles's parameters rose to EX under Mad Enhancement, alarming the Azure Masters watching from a distant bunker.
• One of the Azure Masters ordered Archer to release his Noble Phantasm and kill Illya.
• Archer fired a flaming arrow and a volley of light arrows at Illya, prompting the Azure Berserker to retreat.
• Heracles trapped the first arrow in his chest, then covered Illya with his body and took the rest of the barrage as she cried out to him.

Li Shimin released his Noble Phantasm, One Bow, Five Arrows, at Archer of Azure, while Berserker survived the divine bow’s attack and charged him on the cliff. The chapter ended with Berserker kicking at Archer of Azure after he dodged a crushing Axe-Sword strike.

• Li Shimin arrived at the battlefield and, with Sakura’s approval, released his Second Noble Phantasm at Archer of Azure.
• Li Shimin’s five arrows merged into an A++-Rank Anti-City Noble Phantasm and struck the northwestern hill, but Archer of Azure evaded the attack.
• Archer of Azure realized Berserker had survived his divine bow and returned from the cliff to the summit.
• Berserker charged Archer of Azure while carrying Illya, and Illya ordered him to kill the enemy.
• Archer of Azure dodged Berserker’s Axe-Sword strike, but Berserker pivoted around the embedded weapon and kicked at him.

Illya realized Azure Archer's Vajra strike had cost Heracles one resurrection and identified the Archer as Arjuna. Back at the Azure faction's Bunker, Arjuna's Masters praised him, while Chen Zhengxing explained the Eastern magecraft system and his reason for entering the Holy Grail War.

• Azure Archer struck Heracles with Vajra, then retreated as the clash triggered an avalanche.
• Illya checked Heracles's status, saw that one resurrection had been consumed, and deduced Azure Archer was Arjuna, son of Indra.
• Arjuna returned to the Azure faction's Bunker, where Yaropolk Morozov praised his battle performance.
• Chen Zhengxing identified White Rider as Li Shimin and wondered whether the opposing faction included someone from Spiral Hall.
• Chen Zhengxing explained that Spiral Hall's thought magecraft relied on the Thought Disk and said he had entered the war hoping to find a way to restore it.

Rin Tohsaka led the group in planning how to investigate Gray River Town’s Holy Grail fragment and approach the other Masters. They assigned Heracles, Arjuna, and Nie Zheng to confront the enemy while Li Shimin stayed behind to guard their base.

• Rin Tohsaka outlined the group’s goals: investigate the Holy Grail fragment and seek communication with the other Masters.
• Illya volunteered Heracles for the night’s mission and considered how much resistance he had gained against Arjuna’s Noble Phantasms.
• The group decided that Heracles would confront the enemy openly, White Archer would provide ranged support, and Nie Zheng would hide and wait for an opportunity.
• The group assigned Li Shimin to remain at their base because Nie Zheng’s skills made him better suited to the fight.

The chapter listed the abilities and Noble Phantasms of White Saber, Nie Zheng, and White Rider, Prince of Qin Li Shimin. It ended with descriptions of Li Shimin’s remaining Noble Phantasms, including his cavalry.

• The chapter described Nie Zheng’s stats, skills, and life as an assassin who killed Xia Lei and died fighting the guards.
• It detailed Nie Zheng’s Noble Phantasms, including the battle music Guangling San and the lethal charge White Rainbow Piercing the Sun.
• The chapter introduced White Rider as Prince of Qin Li Shimin and listed his stats, class skills, and personal skills.
• It described Li Shimin’s archery, five-arrow attack, battlefield music, six steeds, and Dark Armor Heavy Cavalry.

Heracles challenged the Azure Servants, and the Azure Saber revealed [Imperial Privilege] by stopping his attack despite her apparent weakness. Li Shimin recognized the skill and concluded that the mysterious Saber had been a famous emperor, while her true name remained unknown.

• Heracles went alone to the icefield north of Gray River Town and drew the Azure Servants out.
• The Azure Berserker arrived with a red-haired girl carrying a greatsword, whose appearance closely resembled Artoria's.
• The girl identified herself as the Azure Saber and used [Fountain of the Saint] to stop Heracles's blow head-on.
• Li Shimin recognized the Azure Saber's [Imperial Privilege]-EX and explained that it could grant physical enhancements as well as other skills.
• The group examined the Azure Saber's status and saw that her strength was listed as A (D), while her true name remained unknown.

Saber of Azure and Berserker of Azure fought Heracles together, using their coordination and contrasting weapons to wound him despite his devastating counterattacks. As Berserker of Azure’s hammer-sword began to fracture, he prepared to unleash its power with his Noble Phantasm.

• Saber of Azure and Berserker of Azure attacked Heracles together, but he evaded their strikes and knocked them back with a punch and a kick.
• Saber of Azure declared that Heracles would not make her taste defeat and vanished in a red blur.
• Berserker of Azure pressed Heracles with his longsword and hammer-sword while Saber of Azure raced around the battlefield to distract him.
• Berserker of Azure’s longsword drank Heracles’s blood and began glowing scarlet as Heracles accumulated wounds.
• Berserker of Azure’s hammer-sword cracked, and he began releasing its power by calling, “Let loose your final roar! Nailing!!!”

Azure Berserker sacrificed his hammer-sword in a Broken Phantasm attack, but Heracles emerged unhurt because his Twelve Labors nullified the B-Rank weapon. Azure Saber then took over the attack and invoked her Noble Phantasm, Aestus Domus Aurea.

• Azure Berserker hurled his hammer-sword at Heracles and detonated it as a Broken Phantasm.
• Sovell explained that Broken Phantasm greatly increased an armament’s power but could not raise its rank.
• Heracles’s Twelve Labors nullified the B-Rank attack, leaving him completely uninjured.
• Azure Saber charged Heracles and called out Regnum Caelorum et Gehenna.
• Azure Saber summoned Aestus Domus Aurea after a rose in her hand burst into golden radiance.

Azure Saber trapped Heracles in her Golden Theater and gained the advantage with her enhanced swordsmanship. Watching the fight, Sovell remembered a weapon in his Royal Treasury and came up with a bold idea.

• Azure Saber transformed the battlefield into a Golden Theater with her Noble Phantasm while Sovell entered and examined it.
• Azure Saber fought Heracles with improved strength and agility, landing rapid strikes that prevented his wounds from healing and adapting.
• Sovell judged that Heracles would likely use his third resurrection in the Golden Theater and reflected that another class might have let him use Nine Lives.
• Sovell remembered an unwieldy trophy in his Royal Treasury that had eventually passed to his senior sister's descendant, and devised a bold plan.