Chapter Summaries

Hartless unleashed the Child of Fuyuki Forest against the Mystic Eye Train, forcing Yu Feng and the others to fight while its tentacles surrounded them. Olga Marie and Leondra destroyed its main body, but its branches kept attacking as Hartless escaped and Waver realized something had prolonged their survival.

• Hephaestion attacked Yu Feng, but he predicted her movements and gained the upper hand until Waver distracted her with an analysis of her past.
• Hartless opened a hole in the air and unleashed the Child of Fuyuki Forest, whose tentacles surrounded the Mystic Eye Train and forced it to stop.
• Yu Feng left the train to draw the tentacles away, while Waver and Gray confronted Hephaestion and Caleb Frampton arrived with Professor Kayneth and a group of Dead Apostles.
• Olga Marie used celestial magecraft to damage the tentacles, and Leondra fired the train's Mystic Eye cannon to destroy the Child of Fuyuki Forest's main body.
• Hartless prepared to leave while the remaining branches and tentacles continued attacking, and Waver questioned him about how he had kept them alive.

Gray broke free of Hephaestion’s Mystic Eye and awakened the power of Rhongomyniad, whose clash with the Hecatic Wheel ended the battle. Yu Feng then took Olga Marie toward the Animusphere estate in Antarctica and began a new life simulation aboard the plane.

• Heartless tried to leave with Hephaestion, but she used her Mystic Eye to bind Gray and attacked her.
• Waver distracted Hephaestion with an explosion and a thrown object, letting Gray strike her with her scythe.
• Hephaestion summoned the Hecatic Wheel as Gray transformed her weapon into Rhongomyniad and released its power.
• The Noble Phantasms collided, burning away the branch-like tentacles and defeating the Dead Apostles; Waver found Gray unconscious but alive.
• Yu Feng told Waver the fight was over, then departed with Olga Marie by plane for the Animusphere estate in Antarctica to seek answers from the old Director.
• Yu Feng started a Heroic Spirit Life Simulation and was prompted to select his talents.

Tiny learned that Gilgamesh’s power far exceeded her expectations as he left her to face Enkidu in the desert. Their full-strength clash ended without a clear victor, but its shock made the observers and authorities recognize that the False Holy Grail War had truly begun.

• Gilgamesh summoned the Heaven-Opening Sword, opened a path through space, and left Tiny behind to meet Enkidu in the desert.
• Enkidu sheltered his silver wolf Master in the forest, while Fardius sensed the gathering power and ordered his forces to retreat and send observers toward the desert.
• Ferrat used magecraft to spy on the desert through other mages’ familiars, and Jack warned that Ferrat seemed capable of apologizing even after killing someone.
• Gilgamesh and Enkidu exchanged smiles, then unleashed Enuma Elish and Enuma Elish against each other as Tiny and distant observers sensed their immense power.
• Enkidu detected an approaching presence and withdrew to protect his Master after he and Gilgamesh renewed their contest with a final clash.
• The Pale Knight arrived after the battle had ended, while observers and authorities across Snowfield and beyond reacted to the display and recognized that the False Holy Grail War had begun.

Sajyou Ayaka witnessed a mage’s death and the arrival of a Saber who refused her as his Master, then became entangled in the Holy Grail War as the police arrested him. The chapter left Snowfield’s factions reacting to the public appearance of the Heroic Spirit while Assassin and Jester prepared for what came next.

• Francesca watched a mysterious black-clad figure kill the mage at the opera house and saw a golden-haired Saber appear amid the summoning light.
• Saber fought Assassin, destroyed part of the opera house, and asked Sajyou Ayaka to become his Master, but she refused and he left her behind.
• Saber claimed responsibility for the destruction before the police and was taken to the station, where Orland Leif ordered surveillance and summoned the Twenty-Eight Monsters.
• Francesca celebrated the unprecedented arrest, while Fardius worried that the Heroic Spirit’s televised appearance had exposed the False Holy Grail War.
• Enkidu sensed powerful souls in Snowfield and chose to keep preparing for a future confrontation with Gilgamesh.
• At the casino, Gilgamesh challenged Tiny Cirk to decide whether reclaiming her people’s land was truly her own choice, while Assassin resolved to find the war’s mastermind and Jester watched her with obsessive interest.

Gilgamesh met Hansa Cervantes at the casino, while Saber and Ayaka were detained at the police station and became bound by a magical-energy connection. As Assassin attacked the station, the chief’s unusual force of officers armed with Noble Phantasms confronted her, and her hair-like darkness struck the lobby.

• Gilgamesh met Hansa Cervantes at Crystal Hill Casino, where Hansa revealed that he had been appointed supervisor of the war and noticed Tiny.
• Saber escaped his handcuffs during interrogation, offered to compensate for the Opera House damage, and later entered Ayaka’s cell, explaining that their magical-energy connection tied their fates together.
• Chief Orland Leif ordered ordinary officers removed from the investigation, while Ayaka struggled with memories of the red-hooded girl and began telling Saber about her past.
• Hansa confronted Chief Orland Leif at the station, and a warning from a mage arrived just before the female Assassin shattered the station’s barriers and blacked out the building.
• The female Assassin infiltrated the station and attacked the chief, but encountered Archer and roughly thirty officers wielding Noble Phantasms.
• The female Assassin unleashed Phantom of Delusion, and Chief Orland Leif cut through its darkness to save a subordinate, discovering that the darkness was hair.

The chapter recounts how Dilo found Hansa as a boy in the Spanish mountains and entrusted his training to Demio Cervantes, who became his adoptive father. In the present, Hansa fought Jester across the police station and rooftop, then struck him with holy-water shells as Jester tried to escape.

• Dilo found Hansa living alone in the mountains after a Dead Apostle had killed his community and mother, then brought him to town.
• Dilo summoned Demio Cervantes to train Hansa, and Hansa caught a silver coin fired at him before introducing himself.
• Twenty years later, Hansa identified himself as an Executor temporarily serving as an Overseer and fought Jester at the police station.
• Jester fled toward downtown Snowfield, while Gilgamesh and Tiny saw the battle and Gilgamesh recognized that the priest was no longer entirely a tool of God.
• Hansa revealed that much of his body was sanctified machinery and pursued Jester across the police station, countering his attacks and refusing comparison to the Burial Agency.
• As Jester tried to escape toward a nearby hotel, Hansa fired holy-water shells from his mechanical arm and struck Jester in the abdomen.

Ayaka and Saber escaped the police station as Hansa pursued Jester, who escaped by inhabiting a human child. Meanwhile, Assassin recommitted herself to hunting Jester, and Fardius failed to summon a seventh Heroic Spirit through his ritual before Hassan Sabbah appeared and accepted him as Master.

• Ayaka and Saber saw a priest attack Jester, then left the police station after a Church Executor identified them as a Servant and Master.
• Hansa treated the injured hotel guests and ordered his allies to search for Jester, but Jester escaped among the evacuees in a boy's body.
• The police chief discussed the injured force and a new Hydra Poison Dagger with his mage contact, while the wounded officer insisted he wanted to keep fighting.
• Assassin reflected on her failure and recommitted herself to destroying the Holy Grail ritual and hunting Jester.
• Fardius's attempt to summon a seventh Heroic Spirit failed, so he ordered his team to proceed with Plan B and investigated a strange message and a skull mask.
• Hassan Sabbah appeared to Fardius, tested his conviction, and agreed to become his shadow after Fardius said he would kill for the United States.

Tsubaki enjoyed a dreamlike courtyard created by Rider as animals across Snowfield fell into comas, while Ferrat contacted Lord El-Melloi II and sent him a photograph of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh fought a mysterious bowman until a young woman intervened, claimed the Archer as her prey, and left the battle poised to resume.

• Tsubaki happily played with animals in the courtyard Rider created, unaware of the harm its existence caused the world, as Snowfield reported comatose animals bearing red-and-black blotches.
• Ferrat showed Berserker photographs of the Dead Apostle and a powerful Heroic Spirit, then emailed Lord El-Melloi II pictures of Berserker and Gilgamesh; Lord El-Melloi II warned him not to approach Gilgamesh.
• Gilgamesh settled with Tiny in Crystal Hill and challenged her to question her ancestors’ wish to reclaim the land, while describing his intention to wait for the enemy who had interrupted his reunion with Enkidu.
• A mysterious bowman fired supersonic arrows at Gilgamesh and Tiny, prompting Gilgamesh to board Vimana and attack him with a storm of Noble Phantasms, which the bowman repelled unharmed.
• The bowman prepared a divine Noble Phantasm and demanded that Gilgamesh draw the Heaven-Opening Sword, but a young woman arrived on horseback and knocked him into a cliff with a single punch.
• The young woman claimed the Archer as her prey and revealed a divine cloth matching the one he had wielded, while Gilgamesh stood ready as the rubble exploded around the fallen Archer.

Ayaka and Richard spent the night discovering modern music before Richard revealed his identity and sought an alliance with Lancer to confront the vampire threat. After testing Richard’s strength, Lancer accepted, and Ayaka confronted Richard about protecting her; the chapter ended as an Assassin approached and asked whether Richard would kill the monster.

• Saber delighted in a rock band’s performance, played their guitar, and quietly used the venue as a safe place while Ayaka rested.
• Saber revealed that his true name was Richard, the Lionheart King, and explained his ability to draw on the skills of allied souls.
• In the forest, Richard proposed an alliance to Lancer, who warned that his friend, a powerful king, might test Richard before agreeing.
• Richard fought Lancer using improvised techniques and a branch he called Excalibur, earning Lancer’s respect and a conditional alliance.
• Ayaka accused Richard of protecting and trusting her despite her fear that she might betray him, but Richard dismissed her worries and the silver beast comforted her.
• Assassin emerged from the forest, recognized Richard, and asked whether he intended to kill the vampire; Lancer began to mention another problem.

The chapter revealed that Bazdiloo and the Squadio Family were using mud and human sacrifices to create vast stores of Mana Crystals, while Fardius decided to target Gavarossa Squadio. As danger gathered around Snowfield, Lord El-Melloi II discovered that a woman resembling Ayaka was there even though Ayaka herself had called him from Romania.

• Fardius recalled how Francesca and the Squadio Family had used the Holy Grail’s mud, and Alcides learned that Bazdiloo powered him with Mana Crystals made through human sacrifices.
• Dumas warned the police chief that revenge could become a contagious curse, while Gilgamesh prepared Tiny to supply him with magical energy for his coming battle.
• Jack and Ferrat investigated the mana fog at Snowfield Central Hospital, identified Kurooka Tsubaki’s ward as its source, and found Jester watching the unconscious girl.
• Bazdiloo revealed that the Squadio Family had sacrificed 24,976 people to create Mana Crystals, and Fardius asked Assassin to kill Gavarossa Squadio.
• Lord El-Melloi II saw footage of a blond woman resembling Sajyou Ayaka in Snowfield, then learned that the real Ayaka had called him from Romania.
• Ayaka set aside Philia’s strange message and asked Saber to warn her before taking dangerous action, while Lord El-Melloi II questioned who the woman in Snowfield really was.

Sajyou Ayaka experienced a vision through Richard’s eyes as he searched for the legends of King Arthur, only to meet the strange Saint-Germain. The encounter ended with Saint-Germain addressing Ayaka directly from the past.

• Ayaka found herself sharing Richard’s perspective as he rode across a plain and explained his desire to discover King Arthur’s legacy.
• Richard and his companions spotted a strange, roaring vehicle approaching and watched it stop before them.
• Saint-Germain emerged from the Modified Car, revealed that he had lured Richard there with a fabricated clue, and introduced himself as a swindler.
• Richard halted his companions and questioned Saint-Germain about his identity and intentions.
• Saint-Germain spoke to Ayaka, recognizing her as someone watching from the distant future.

Ayaka questioned whether her vivid dream was real before Sigma warned that their house had been surrounded. Elsewhere, Ferrat captured Zugzwang’s assault team, Philia led Haruli toward the Squadio workshop, and Alcides’s memories surfaced before Philia confronted him and Bazdiloo; Enkidu then recalled the mud he had once mistaken for a perfect human.

• Ayaka woke beside Saber, tested her dream by asking about Chrétien de Troyes, and stopped herself from mentioning Saint-Germain before Sigma reported that the house was surrounded.
• Ferrat and Berserker defeated Zugzwang’s King and eight Soldiers, captured them alongside other mages, and sealed their Magic Circuits rather than killing them.
• Philia took Haruli toward the Industrial Zone, where the Squadio Family’s workshops were located, while Orland learned of their movement and considered whether they were seeking the Squadio demon.
• Bazdiloo experienced Alcides’s memories of the captain of the Argo, then heard that an Einzbern artificial lifeform had entered the workshop and watched Philia threaten him and Alcides.
• Enkidu remembered the ancient mud that the gods had called a perfect human, while the silver wolf woke from a nightmare.

Sajyou Ayaka recalled how guilt and fear had driven her from Fuyuki, where a priest and a white-haired woman had shaped her fate, before she ended up in Snowfield’s magical war. At a live music venue, Saber played guitar for a crowd of punk-dressed locals and urged Ayaka to listen to his next song.

• Sajyou Ayaka wandered back to Fuyuki and found a sense of peace near a castle in the forest.
• Sajyou Ayaka overheard Philia arguing with another white-haired woman, who used magical suggestion on her and said she would give Ayaka’s life meaning.
• Sajyou Ayaka left Japan under the influence of others and continued seeking answers after being swept into Snowfield’s magical war.
• Saber impressed the young people at a Snowfield music venue by playing guitar and told them he had composed a song while imprisoned.
• Saber began playing another song and asked Sajyou Ayaka to listen, leaving her to wonder what she was doing there.

Sigma questioned the shadows about his role in the Holy Grail War and what Watcher could perceive, then wondered what kind of person he was. He ended by asserting his identity as Sigma and resolving to survive.

• The winged boy explained that Sigma had summoned a guardian that made him a living Lancer, while Watcher observed the city and had noticed irregularities in the war.
• The Captain sensed a presence in the ravine filled with rage and vengeance, then confirmed that Watcher was observing the Holy Grail War.
• Alexandre Dumas sensed that someone was watching him as he revised Hydra Poison Dagger, but welcomed the extra spectators.
• Sigma asked Watcher how it judged him, and the child said Sigma was not yet anyone and might gain power if he obtained the Holy Grail.
• The Captain warned that the participants would fight over Sigma if they learned of Watcher's ability, and the winged boy urged him to become stronger.
• Sigma rejected the labels mage A and Soldier A, declaring, "I am... Sigma."

Sigma confronted Assassin in the marshland mansion and survived her attacks with warnings from Watcher's shadows and a flashbang. He met Saber and Ayaka, then entered a new trial while questioning whether he could ever believe in himself or smile sincerely.

• Sigma answered Assassin's questions about the Holy Grail War, and Assassin attacked after learning he was a participant without a Master of his own.
• Watcher’s shadows warned Sigma about Assassin’s hair and Noble Phantasms, allowing him to evade her attacks and trick her with a flashbang.
• Sigma spotted Ayaka in the mansion and warned her to run, but Assassin intercepted him before he could reach her.
• A blond Saber stopped Assassin from striking Sigma, introduced himself, and asked Sigma to hear them out.
• Sigma agreed to lead Saber and Ayaka to the living room, reflecting on his inability to smile sincerely or believe in himself.

Sigma made a truce with Ayaka and Saber, concealed the Watcher’s abilities, and reported to Fardius while pretending his Servant was Charlie Chaplin. After Assassin showed compassion toward him, Sigma learned that Fardius’s Thorns squad had surrounded the mansion and resolved to choose his own path to survive.

• Sigma agreed to a non-aggression pact with Ayaka and Saber, who had already allied with Enkidu and the King of Heroes.
• Sigma told Fardius that Assassin had attacked him and that Saber had proposed a truce, then falsely identified his Servant as Lancer Charlie Chaplin.
• Assassin confronted Sigma about his faith, and he explained his harsh upbringing before she expressed hope that he would find something worthy of his trust.
• Sigma woke to learn from the shadows that Fardius’s anti-mage squad, Thorns, had surrounded the mansion.
• Sigma told Assassin that Francesca had warned him about the squad and resolved to decide his own course in order to survive.

Sigma joined Assassin in reaching Kurooka Tsubaki’s hospital room, unsettled by her determination to save a child and by memories of his own childhood. Jester Cattore confronted them at the hospital, and Assassin began unleashing her Noble Phantasm against him.

• Sigma judged that he could not defeat Gilgamesh and learned that Assassin intended to save Kurooka Tsubaki, so he followed her toward the hospital.
• Assassin told Sigma that saving a child was a supreme benefit, and her words stirred memories of the people who had died around him when he was young.
• Sigma gave Assassin directions to Tsubaki’s room and decided to help carry her out safely, despite being unable to explain his choice.
• As Sigma and Assassin crossed the hospital grounds, Assassin pulled him clear of a barrage of weapons made from the hospital’s surgical tools.
• Jester Cattore appeared on the hospital wall, threatened Sigma for walking beside Assassin, and provoked her into attacking with Black Flame Entanglement.

Tiny Chirke continued channeling ley-line magical energy to hold Gilgamesh’s dying spiritual foundation together, despite Enkidu’s warning that the strain would soon kill her. Enkidu and his master helped prolong Tiny’s survival, and Enkidu wondered whether Humbaba’s soul remained within the corrupting spiritual foundation.

• Tiny Chirke kept pouring magical energy into Gilgamesh’s spiritual foundation, even as Enkidu warned that her circuits would soon burn out and her vital functions would fail.
• Enkidu’s silver wolf pressed against Tiny and used magical energy to suppress the collapse of her body, extending the time she could endure.
• Enkidu touched Gilgamesh’s chest through the shell of magical energy and asked his friend to awaken so he could save someone’s soul.
• Enkidu watched the corrupted forest and wondered whether Humbaba still existed within Gilgamesh’s spiritual foundation.

Hippolyta fought Alcides through the black fog in Snowfield, but her Master’s Command Spell helped her repel his mud and he escaped. As the city’s disasters and unease mounted, new anomalies emerged, including an unexplained red-clad existence beneath the Kurumizaka house.

• The chapter recounted how Hippolyta’s admiration for a Great Hero had led her to negotiate peacefully over the God of War’s Girdle, before a goddess’s scheme brought about her tragic death.
• Alcides escaped the black fog on horseback, and Hippolyta pursued him, accusing him of using a curse to suppress the Hydra Poison.
• Alcides deduced that Hippolyta had protected the police, then provoked her over their past as the two exchanged arrows and spear strikes while riding through Snowfield.
• Alcides unleashed his red-black mud against Hippolyta, but her Master used a Command Spell to draw power from the ley lines, allowing Hippolyta to repel the attack before Alcides vanished.
• Hippolyta withdrew as Snowfield’s citizens sensed the city’s impending disaster, while Francesca and Prelati discussed the battle and the unexplained black fog from their airship.
• Jester celebrated the trap he had set for Assassin Sister, unaware that a mysterious red-clad existence had appeared beside the catalyst beneath the Kurumizaka house.

Sigma reflected on whether copies or originals mattered, then resolved to keep pursuing his choice to save Kurooka Tsubaki. He told the abandoned Thorns unit that Faldius planned to erase the town and asked them to help him act against the coming disaster.

• Sigma considered how his relationships with Ramuda and Assassin shaped what felt real to him, then thought of his mother and Assassin’s final smile.
• Sigma and the young shadow approached the rocks where the Thorns unit was hiding, and Sigma met their leader, Thorns.
• Sigma learned that Thorns could not contact Livestock and had been left behind while Faldius pursued a secret operation.
• Sigma told the soldiers that other units had been wiped out and that Operation Aurora Fall would destroy the town and everyone in it the next day.
• Sigma explained that he intended to keep solving the problems he could and asked Thorns to aid him, revealing that his Servant, Charlie Chaplin, was still alive.