It's been so long.
All too long have I toiled to gain this power.
Countless years have passed since these hardships, but finally I have made it here.
My Holy Grail War is finally coming to an end.
sore wa oroka naru na daga toki wa motomu
This is a tale of immortal heroes
fukutsu no eiyuu sono monogatari wo
A vain story for a vain age
chiisaku kanadeta ai wa hazama wo samayou
The quiet words of love are lost in the cracks of time
todokanai unmei ga azawarau
and the mean fate I fail to move just sneers
hedateru sekai wo umete anata ni aitai
I try to bury this world blocked away from me
mi wo kogasu sono ai ga wakatsu made
trying to reach you until the love burns me to ashes
hito wa sakenda: seigi wo
The people cried for justice
sono hata wo takaku kakage
and rose its banners high
kako no ue ni tate
standing even taller on the backs of their forebears
yami wo harai susume kono mi ushinatte mo
Keep banishing the darkness to the bitter end
osoreyo hirefuse watashi ga hasha to naru
I'll be the victor who knows no fear
sei araba susume ganzen no shouri wo
Head for complete victory while your breath lasts
akatsuki tabitate yoake wa mou sugu
Wait for the dawn when the sun ends the rule of night
Ah, it shines so brilliantly.
Worthy to be deemed an omnipotent wishing well.
Even his wish should be granted.
Can the same be said of the others, though?
I am weaker here?
Why? What is going on?
Are you willing to retreat?
Do you jest?
The Hanging Gardens are our Assassin's turf.
Oh?
Your power is bound to your homeland, Romania.
The very history carved in the land grants you power.
However, foreign King, that power is yours no longer.
I see.
If you decide to flee, I will not pursue.
But in exchange, the Grail will not be yours.
You make me laugh.
If I were the kind to beg for mercy and subserviently withdraw, I'd have never become a Heroic Spirit.
Forgive my silly question.
It's affected me this much?
'Tis a shame.
No. Victory is still not out of our reach.
Stand, King of Romania!
Or do you wish to fall miserably in a place like this?
What of your wish? Was there not a reason why you were summoned to this land?
Darnic? Why are you here?
I must acquire the Greater Grail and bring glory to Yggdmillennia, no matter what.
To reach that goal, I need you to prevail.
Even if you are at a disadvantage here,
there is still a means to victory.
You only need use that Noble Phantasm, Lancer.
Darnic, what did you just say?
I told you to use your Noble Phantasm!
There is no other path to victory!
I told you I will never use it!
Have you forgotten?!
You're the one forgetting something, familiar!
I will obtain the Greater Grail no matter the cost!
It is the cornerstone upon which my dream rests!
I will not allow it to die!
You must use your Noble Phantasm!
By my Command Spell, I bind you to my will, Heroic Spirit Vlad Tepes!
Use your Noble Phantasm, Legend of Dracula!
Darnic, curse you!
I'm... I'm not a vampire!
I'm not!
Oh, but you are!
You're the vampire Dracula!
By this second Command Spell, I order you—
This won't go as you've planned!
Stay alive until you've obtained the Greater Grail!
That's it, Lancer!
Drink my blood, as befit of a true vampire!
And by my third Command Spell, I order you:
Etch my very being into your soul!
What?!
Perfect! Now the dream I've fostered for so long can come to fruition!
He's trying to take over Lancer. Unbelievable!
Is the power of the Command Spells such?
No way! Impossible!
It indeed is impossible. Still, I can turn him into a monster that endlessly seeks the Grail!
Stop! Stop this, please!
I'm the king of Wallachia, the son of Vlad II!
No! Now you are me, and I am you!
This is all for the Grail!
You... You will pay for this, Darnic!
My dream, my wish, has now been planted into the beast!
It's ineffective now that he's turned into that thing?
Now give me back my Greater Grail!
I must use it to fulfill the wish of the clan!
You're a vampire? So what?
What are you doing?!
You won't be hurt by any attack not driven by divine power.
But hurting you isn't the only way to defeat you.
Master?
Precisely because you possess such an ability is he all the more dangerous to you.
Vampires can turn others into their familiars.
Your invincibility is worthless in the face of that power.
They know no friend or foe?
This is quite the predicament.
If he gains the Grail, he'll do as a vampire would
and use it to turn even more people into his kin.
This is too dangerous.
What if they got out?
Worst case, their scourge would engulf the world.
Not even we could stop them then.
Don't let them out of the Hanging Gardens!
Understood.
I won't let you.
Halt!
You shall not pass!
Ruler?
Vampire.
Fiore!
Caules?
Are you hurt?
No, I'm fine.
I'm glad to see you are too.
Or are you?
It's nothing.
I see... Berserker...
I'm sorry.
My inexperience caused us to lose a Servant.
No. This is war. It's inevitable.
The responsibility isn't yours alone.
What about the others?
Uncle Gordes! I'm relieved.
What's going on? What just happened?
The Servants of Red stole the Greater Grail.
I feared as much.
Who would expect that they use such a gargantuan fortress?
And here I thought the Mages' Association was supposed to keep their Mysteries hidden.
I lost contact with the Professor.
Roche! Thank goodness.
How are the laboratories?
It's hopeless. In the shape they are, we won't be making any new golems for a while.
Uncle Darnic and the Servants went to that fortress to retake the Grail.
I see. How many will come back, though?
Don't be so ominous, Uncle.
Don't you get it? Are you blind?
That thing was built to contain the Greater Grail.
They've been preparing for about as long as we have.
Is that even possible?
I don't know. That'd mean they have someone as devoted as Uncle Darnic...
But more importantly, we need to sort this out.
Roche! Get golems to repair the castle!
Okay, Chief Regent.
Uncle Gordes, please contact our relatives.
R-Right.
Caules, you gather the golems and homunculi still alive on the field.
That won't be many, I fear.
On it, Fiores.
We are not defeated yet.
We must do all in our power as Masters of Yggdmillennia!
By my Command Spell, I bind you!
It is as I feared.
I understand the situation.
According to the laws of the Holy Grail War, I ask cooperation of you.
Oh?
As Ruler?
Yes.
Until we defeat him, a truce is to be made.
We cannot allow this vampire to obtain the Grail.
No matter what.
Understood.
Very well. It is an enemy to all us Heroes.
By my right as Ruler, Jeanne d'Arc, I order all Servants present with this Command Spell!
Defeat the vampire!
Archer of Black and I will back you up.
Lancer, Rider, approach as you please.
You got it!
Very well.
I shall handle this.
Don't get in my way!
To ashes. Leave no regrets, beast.
Return to oblivion.
Not now, or ever! Until I hold the Greater Grail in my hands, I will not die!
I told you. To ashes.
Lancer?
What?
Master?
Halt!
Archer of Black, do you know why the Servants of Red stopped earlier?
No.
It figures the Masters of Red refused to cooperate.
But why now?
I see.
Automated defenses.
Is it only targeting us?
I don't know.
Ignoring that monster would pose a grave threat to both sides.
Ruler, go ahead.
I'll deal with the turrets.
Understood.
Was I summoned because of the vampire?
Either way, I must hurry!
Lancer, do you still resist?
You foolish hero!
This is it, Darnic Preston Yggdmillennia.
Who are you?
What is this feeling? Is this fear tearing at my heart?
What is wrong?
It's not the first time we meet.
Answer me! Who are—
That's impossible. It can't be. Why are you alive?
Please.
You are alive, thus so am I. What is so strange about that?
You're from the Fuyuki Holy Grail War!
I've waited for this moment for sixty years, Darnic.
I won't let you have the Greater Grail.
Vampires are immensely powerful.
But with their vast power comes tremendous weaknesses.
For example, they are vulnerable to weapons like this, which hold the virtue of purification.
It is time to pray, nameless vampire.
I kill, and I make alive;
I wound, and I heal;
neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Be crushed now.
I invite those who fell on the battlefield or lie old and withered.
Devote yourself to me, learn from me and obey me.
I give you rest. I will lighten your burdens and make you forget them.
You find forgiveness here. On my incarnation I swear.
Kyrie eleison.
You have come.
By the Lord...
Nice to meet you, Ruler of this war.
I'm the Master of Red you seek, Shiro Kotomine.
Is it so surprising? You make me blush.
It didn't even occur to me there'd be a sixteenth servant.
And that I'm not.
I'm the first Servant.
Ruler just like you.
Why then, if you are Ruler, are you breaking the rules of the Holy Grail War?
The rules... Because I couldn't help anyone inside the rules' bounds.
Even if I have to break the rules, no one will get in the way of my dream.
What are you after, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada?
Isn't it obvious?
I want to save all of mankind, Jeanne d'Arc.
The Holy Man Returns Triumphant
EPISODE
I realized that the future I wanted
donna ni nozondemo kanawanai
was forever out of reach, and closed my eyes,
ashita ga aru to me wo tojite
but still I advanced
sore demo aruki tsuzuketa
I am in search of a light
ikutsu yoru wo kasanetemo
that will not perish
kesenakute
through a million nights
hikari wo motometeru
There is no turning back
furikaeru michi ni wa
on the path I walk
mou modorenakutemo
sekai wa mawaru
But the world keeps on turning,
kiseki wo inotta shunkan ni
hoping for a miracle
hoka ni wa nanimo
We can stand together in the wasteland
iranai koko ni aru no wa
and work towards that goal
negai negai todoketai yo
because we harbor wishes in our hearts
kizu tsuite kizu tsukete
No matter the wounds we bear and inflict
subete wo nakushita to shitemo
No matter all that we will lose
kamawanai
I don't care
kanaetai
I have something
omoi wo nigirishimete
that my heart commands me to do