Chapter Summaries

Blackened Artoria emerged from her Barrier only to be trapped by Roland, who challenged her to demonstrate her strength. After she unleashed Excalibur Morgan, Roland revealed his own Sword of the Star and cut through her attack, leaving her stunned by his power and identity.

• Artoria sensed the signal and burst through her Barrier, but an Otherworld Transformation surrounded her in darkness.
• Roland appeared and rejected Artoria's offer to serve him in exchange for the Holy Grail, promising to reveal a truth if she proved her strength.
• Artoria attacked Roland with her demonic sword and powerful strikes, but he stopped her charge and countered her blows with ease.
• Artoria unleashed Excalibur Morgan at full power, sending a torrent of destructive darkness toward Roland.
• Roland summoned a Sword of the Star and cleaved Artoria's attack apart with a wave of light.

Roland tested Aestus Estus against Saber, whose Excalibur Morgan nearly destroyed her despite Avalon sustaining her. He discovered that Aestus Estus could absorb and unite sacred power with primordial curse energy, then offered King Arthur a deal promising happiness for everything she cared about.

• Saber interrupted her Noble Phantasm to evade Roland's Aestus Estus, but the sword struck her and left her gravely wounded.
• Roland identified Aestus Estus as a Sword of the Star and battled Saber as she charged him and unleashed Excalibur Morgan at close range.
• Saber survived the blast through Avalon and her Dragon Factor, then demanded that Roland explain the truth behind the Holy Grail War.
• When Roland attacked in earnest, Saber chose to resist the will urging her to retreat and began releasing her demonic sword's curse power.
• Aestus Estus absorbed Saber's curse power and fused it with its sacred steel, confirming Roland's experiment had succeeded.
• Roland told King Arthur that he would reveal the truth and offered her a deal promising eternal happiness for her country and everything she cared about.

Karna cornered Kama in her collapsing otherworld, but Saber arrived and renewed the battle. After Roland revealed the Holy Grail’s true nature, Saber agreed to abandon the war and endure her suffering until they met again, only for Roland to hurl her toward Kama as Jeanne appeared to challenge him.

• Karna sealed Kama’s escape routes with divine flames and prepared to use his Divine Spear, forcing her to stake everything on a last struggle.
• Saber broke into the otherworld and fought Karna, whose close-range skill and divine weapons clashed with her greatly enhanced power.
• After the battle, Roland told Saber that the Holy Grail was an embryo nurturing a Beast and offered her a chance to start over in the future.
• Saber agreed to give up on the current Holy Grail War and endure her pain until she and Roland met again.
• Roland threw Saber toward Kama’s battle, then turned to face Jeanne, who declared that she would end things with the Beast of Revelation.

Roland confronted Jeanne d'Arc, who had come to investigate the Holy Grail War's anomaly, and challenged her belief that she had to defeat him. Jeanne chose to fight despite suspecting Roland might not be the anomaly, and he overwhelmed her before unleashing a torrent of crimson fire.

• Roland recognized Jeanne d'Arc as the Ruler summoned to resolve the Holy Grail War's anomaly, and teased her about her maid outfit and leaflet work.
• Jeanne said her Revelation had directed her to the battlefield but had not specifically ordered her to vanquish Roland.
• Roland suggested Revelation might have brought Jeanne to him as a sacrifice, but she reaffirmed her resolve to fight for the people endangered by the disaster.
• Jeanne attacked Roland with her Holy Banner, and he caught it, lifted her into the air, and slammed her into a crater.
• Roland gathered crimson fire and true ether, then sent a blazing torrent toward Jeanne.

Jeanne d'Arc endured Roland's devastating assault, but he captured her and sealed her powers before taking her to the church. There, Caren agreed to fulfill Roland's conditions in Jeanne's place, leaving Jeanne horrified as Caren prepared to undergo an exorcism.

• Jeanne d'Arc withstood Roland's overwhelming attack with her flag, but he battered her until she could barely keep fighting.
• Roland seized Jeanne d'Arc's flag, stopped her from using La Pucelle, and separated her soul from her body before sealing her in place.
• Roland returned Jeanne d'Arc to the church and told her that the battle elsewhere had ended, with the Goddess and Saber exposing their positions and condition.
• Jeanne d'Arc found Caren in Roland's arms and begged him to release her, but Caren said she had reached an agreement to fulfill his conditions herself.
• Caren told Jeanne d'Arc she would pay Roland's price to secure her release, then announced that it was time for the exorcism.

Jeanne watched helplessly as Caren went to Roland in order to spare her, then realized Caren had chosen the encounter as part of her plan to change Jeanne. When Roland’s restraints faded, Jeanne stood outside the confessional, resolved to save Caren despite her shame and helplessness.

• Jeanne remembered why she had vowed to protect Caren and resolved to shield her, but Roland’s force kept her from speaking or moving.
• Caren comforted Jeanne, then approached Roland and went with him into the adjoining compartment.
• Caren revealed to Roland that she intended to use Jeanne’s feelings and personal attachments to corrupt the means by which Jeanne pursued her ideals.
• Roland and Caren remained inside the confessional while Jeanne waited outside and heard them through the wall.
• After Roland’s restraints disappeared, Jeanne approached the confessional but stayed outside, vowing to save Caren.

Jeanne found Caren exhausted after Roland’s abuse and agreed to take Caren’s place in exchange for Roland leaving her alone. Roland then asked Jeanne to replenish his mana, leaving her trapped in the confessional and overwhelmed by shame and unfamiliar desire.

• Jeanne discovered Caren lying exhausted in the confessional and covered her with spare clothes.
• Jeanne asked Roland what he wanted in exchange for sparing Caren, and he said he wanted nothing from her.
• Jeanne agreed to help Caren if Roland would leave her alone.
• Roland asked Jeanne to replenish his mana, explaining that Caren’s limited capacity made her unable to sustain Jeanne’s mana needs.
• Jeanne realized Roland was serious and backed into the confessional as he approached, regretting that she had agreed.

Roland broke Jeanne d'Arc’s resistance by using Caren’s sacrifice to undermine her convictions, then left her unconscious in the confessional. He turned his attention back to the Holy Grail War as Rider’s enormous Noble Phantasm appeared over Tokyo Bay, poised to destroy the city.

• Roland intensified Jeanne d'Arc’s sensations and argued that Caren’s sacrifice made Jeanne’s protective mission selfish, leaving her unable to refute him.
• Roland shut the confessional door and later emerged after Jeanne d'Arc had passed out, covering her with a blanket and leaving her for Caren to tend to.
• Roland spoke with Solomon, who reported that the preparations were complete and that the Root Princess had sent Archer out to slaughter.
• Solomon confirmed that Rider had arrived and intended to destroy Tokyo and every life in it with his Noble Phantasm.

Kama and Saber were driven toward a confrontation with Karna until Ozymandias arrived in his enormous sunlit temple and destroyed the military forces attacking it. To keep the Greater Grail safe from the temple’s threat, Kama and Saber entered, where Ozymandias welcomed them and recognized another sun among his challengers.

• Karna kept Kama under pressure with long-range flame arrows, while Saber fought back with her Demonic Sword and showed improved control of her magical energy.
• As Karna prepared a powerful attack, Ozymandias appeared aboard his mobile temple and declared himself King of Kings.
• Ozymandias’s temple destroyed the fighter jets and Pacific Fleet ships sent to investigate and attack it.
• Kama decided to enter the temple with Saber to prevent the Greater Grail from being caught in Ozymandias’s threat to burn the city.
• Ozymandias sensed the intruders and welcomed Kama, Saber, and a third challenger, remarking that one of them was a sun too.

Kama tried to recruit Ramesses II, but he refused and joined the fight against Saber and Karna. After the two heroes repeatedly destroyed his beasts and struck him down, Ramesses II revived and sealed Saber's Avalon, leaving Kama panicking and pleading for help.

• Ramesses II praised Karna but rejected Kama’s offer to share the Holy Grail, insisting that all wishes had to be made within the world he ruled.
• Kama ordered Saber to attack, while Ramesses II sent Sphinxes after her and urged Karna to abandon Kama and destroy Tokyo with him; Karna refused and fought the beasts.
• Karna unleashed a devastating sun-like Noble Phantasm that destroyed the Sphinxes, while Saber slipped past her opponents and cut Ramesses II in half.
• Ramesses II revived himself and his beasts inside his temple, but Karna and Saber destroyed the renewed pack again with their Noble Phantasms.
• Ramesses II sealed Avalon and prepared to kill Saber; Kama rushed to her and begged her to save her.

Karna unleashed his annihilating spear, destroying most of Ramesses II’s Composite Great Temple and leaving Saber, Kama, and the pharaoh wounded but alive. As Karna prepared to carry out his Master’s plan, Roland appeared and addressed Kama as Sakura, and Saber suddenly stabbed her with the Demonic Sword.

• Karna gave up his Golden Armor and Divine Bow to form a spear of annihilation, then hurled it at Saber, Kama, and Ramesses II.
• Saber poured the energy of crystallized souls into Excalibur Morgan while Kama secretly aimed her bow at Saber, but Karna’s spear shattered their attacks and destroyed much of the temple.
• Saber shielded Kama from the spear’s blast, and she and Ramesses II survived the ruined temple while Karna lost his armor and could no longer use the spear.
• Karna revealed that his Master wanted Kama to fall into the abyss, then raised his Divine Bow as a pitch-black serpentine creature emerged behind him.
• Roland appeared beside the shattered throne and called Kama Sakura, prompting her to try to flee the Holy Grail War.
• Before Kama could finish telling Saber to release Ava, Saber stabbed her through the chest with the Demonic Sword.

Saber killed Kama before sacrificing herself for the greater good, while Kama resurrected in a new form from the Primordial Mud. Roland then forced Ramesses II to leave and defeated Karna’s transformed serpent-arrow Noble Phantasm, leaving Kama as his next target.

• Saber stabbed Kama through the heart, explained that her love for her country outweighed her love for Kama, and sacrificed herself after giving Roland the Scabbard.
• Kama returned from the Primordial Mud in a new body, and Roland revealed that he had allowed her resurrection.
• Roland drove Ramesses II and the Temple away, while Karna accepted his fate and prepared to fight under Sajyou Manaka’s three Command Spells.
• Karna transformed and fired Ashvasena as a serpent arrow, but Roland caught and swallowed it.
• Karna’s Contract ended, and he vanished after bidding Roland farewell; Roland said the conditions for awakening the Holy Grail had been met and turned to Kama.

Kama unleashed her powerful love-based Noble Phantasm against Roland, but he resisted it with his AT Field. Sajyou Manaka appeared and subdued Kama, and Roland offered her a chance to fight his Servant; Solomon then arrived to face her.

• Kama fired her flower-arrow Noble Phantasm at Roland, awakening desire and transforming the surroundings into a vast flower-shaped Magic Circle.
• Roland's AT Field stopped Kama's attack, and he taunted her about her appearance and strength.
• Sajyou Manaka appeared, knocked Kama into the ground, and restrained her murderous intent after Roland asked her not to kill Kama.
• Kama rose and prepared to attack again, so Roland offered to spare her if she defeated the Servant responsible for activating the Holy Grail.
• Solomon arrived and identified himself as the King of Magecraft, declaring that he had come to vanquish Kama.

Solomon confronted Kama and overwhelmed her devastating Magic Bullet attack with a single punch. Meanwhile, Francesca watched the battle with Ramesses II and, after seeing Solomon, declared that she would win.

• Kama recognized Solomon's vast power and asked why he had chosen to serve Roland; Solomon said he believed Roland would bring a prosperous future to the world.
• Kama unleashed a barrage of Magic Bullets, but Solomon punched through the explosions and sent a powerful gale toward her.
• Kama was stunned that the King of Magecraft had defeated her attack with a punch and faced Solomon as he raised his fist again.
• Francesca summoned Ramesses II aboard his Divine Ship and showed him the battle, prompting him to recognize Solomon as his dearest friend's successor.
• Francesca explained that Solomon was fundamentally different from Moses, then watched his ten rings and confidently said she would win.

Solomon defeated Kama, who escaped but was left gravely wounded, while Roland and Sajyou Manaka waited for her to become a Beast’s Vessel. When Rin Tohsaka offered Kama a ruby necklace to ease her suffering, Kama’s desire to reject that kindness awakened her potential—only for Roland to seize her divine core and declare her a genuine Beast’s Vessel.

• Solomon overwhelmed Kama with Jacob’s Wrestlers and drove her to the brink of death, but Kama used her Noble Phantasm to escape.
• Roland refused Solomon’s offer to stop Kama, explaining that her apparent defeat fit his plan to cultivate her into an infant Beast.
• Rin Tohsaka woke beside Sakura Matou, regretted how she had treated her sister, and went to investigate a crash outside.
• Kama arrived gravely wounded and near disappearance, and Rin gave her a ruby necklace containing enough magical energy for a healing spell.
• Rin’s kindness made Kama unwilling to die and stirred her desire to seize the love she had rejected, causing black primordial mud to spread over her body.
• Roland struck Kama and took her divine core, then declared that she had become a genuine Beast’s Vessel.

Roland took Kama’s Divine Core, and Kama died after cursing him with her love. As the Holy Grail War neared its climax, Ramesses II launched his collapsing temple at the Greater Grail, while Solomon prepared to respond.

• Kama realized Roland had taken her Divine Core to claim the principle of love and desire, then declared that devouring it would bind him to her cursed love before she dissolved into spirit particles.
• Rin Tohsaka asked whether she had made another mistake, and Roland praised her help before telling her that her debts meant she would work for him for the rest of her life.
• Roland warned Rin that five Servants had returned to the Holy Grail, the minimum conditions for its awakening had been met, and the Beast of Calamity would soon appear.
• Solomon defeated Ramesses II’s divine beasts and reached his throne, where the Pharaoh admitted defeat but resolved to destroy the Greater Grail.
• Ramesses II sacrificed his Shining Great Composite Temple and sent it plunging toward the Greater Grail, while Solomon recognized the target and began reciting a Magic Formula.

Roland confronted Francesca beneath Tokyo, where she used Ramesses II’s falling temple to disrupt the city’s leylines and hinder the Grail ritual. Roland answered by summoning Barbatos to intercept the temple, while another power rewrote the leylines, leaving Ramesses II stunned by the light.

• Roland found Francesca beneath Tokyo and learned she had supplied Kama with black mud taken from a Greater Grail.
• Francesca revealed her fascination with Roland’s contradictory existence as both a transcendent being and Beast VI.
• Francesca used her remaining Command Spells to trigger Ramesses II’s temple attack and throw Tokyo’s leylines into chaos.
• Roland dismissed Francesca’s plan and suggested she had underestimated his Servant.
• Barbatos emerged at Solomon’s command and dragged more than half of Ramesses II’s temple into an alien realm.
• Ramesses II saw Tokyo’s collapsing leylines vanish or be overwritten by an unfamiliar light.

Roland used his combined Killer Queen and Crown of the Ten Kings power to rewrite Tokyo’s leylines, then entered the Greater Grail and swallowed the Beast of Revelation. As he began to digest it, Kama appeared and revealed that she was now Mara.

• Francesca realized Roland had used a power beyond the Crown of the Ten Kings, and he explained that combining it with Killer Queen let him modify reality.
• Francesca praised Roland’s strength and was devoured by a pitch-black shadow as he turned toward the collapsing pyramid.
• Roland reached the Greater Grail, where Sajyou Manaka presented the nearly hatched Beast of Revelation as a gift for him.
• Roland fell into the sea of flesh and swallowed the Beast despite its instinctive terror, while Manaka ignored its pleas for help.
• As Roland began digesting the Beast, he felt an overwhelming sense of fulfilled desire and saw Kama, who identified herself as Mara.

Mara revealed that Goetia had helped her become a complete Beast of Love and Desire by giving her seven Holy Grails, and she began transforming Roland’s fusion space into her own universe. As Mara tried to absorb him, a girl in an emerald-green dress broke into the Beast-only contest and objected to Roland’s relationship with her.

• Mara explained that a foreign Holy Grail had restored her from her Divine Core, and Roland deduced that Goetia had supplied it.
• Mara revealed her complete form and showed that Goetia had given her seven Holy Grails, letting her wield far greater power than an immature Beast.
• Mara transformed Roland’s fusion space into an embryonic universe and claimed their powers would wear each other down until she absorbed him.
• Mara taunted Roland and offered him eternal affection as her lover, while insisting he had no chance to resist.
• A girl in an emerald-green dress broke into the fusion space, startling Mara, and told Roland she refused to approve of the person he was dating.

Sajyou Manaka used the Womb of a Hundred Beasts to enter the battle between Roland and Mara, then allowed the embryonic Beast to consume her as part of Roland’s plan. She returned as a great mother, ready to destroy Mara and protect Roland.

• Sajyou Manaka arrived with the Womb of a Hundred Beasts and enclosed the universe in her {Monster Princess} Barrier.
• Mara activated the embryonic universe’s instinct to consume everything, and its feeding arms devoured Sajyou Manaka.
• Roland revealed that Manaka’s sacrifice had been arranged as the offering needed for the Beast of the Apocalypse to hatch.
• Sajyou Manaka emerged from the Black Mud transformed into a great mother and summoned the seven-headed, ten-horned Shadow of the Red Dragon against Mara.