The Vatican's forces, led by Archbishop Maxwell, arrive in London. But Maxwell sentences everyone below to death, and has his forces open fire on not only the Nazis, but the surviving citizens of London. On the top of his zeppelin, the Major watches the battle, and is nearly shot at by a helicopter. But before it can fire, it gets ripped to shred by Walter's wires. Walter appears, now on Millennium's side.

Integra realizes Maxwell has betrayed her. Anderson doesn't like Maxwell's methods, but Heinkel reminds him their orders are to bring Integra into custody. Seras then appears, knocking the Iscariot forces back. Seras explains what happened at the Hellsing headquarters, and Integra realizes she has become a true vampire. Seras and Anderson then sense that Alucard has returned. Alucard leaps from the Eagle, and lands between the gathered Vatican and Nazi forces. As he lands, he is soon joined by Anderson and the Captain.

Integra gives Alucard his orders, and has him release his control art restriction zero. The Vatican forces and the Nazis combine their firepower on Alucard, but they are unable to stop him. He releases all of his familiars, and Maxwell is shocked at just how many people Alucard has consumed in his lifetime. As his own forces are being decimated, he is asked if they could withdraw, but he refuses. However, his helicopter is then hit, and crashes to the ground. Maxwell is protected by some reinforced glass, and believes Alucard's forces can't get through to him.

But Anderson then appears, and throws one of his bayonets at the glass, causing it to shatter. Maxwell begs for help, but is killed. Alucard meets with Integra and Seras, and sees that Seras has become a true vampire.

Alucard is then attacked by Anderson. Alucard uses the Jackal to shoot one of Anderson's arms, badly damaging it. Alucard challenges Anderson to kill him, and has his familiars attack. Anderson starts slaying any that get in his way, but is then assisted by Heinkel, Yumie and the other surviving Iscariot agents. Some of them blow themselves up to let Anderson progress.

Anderson makes it to where Alucard is, and reveals his secret weapon: the Nail of Helena. Despite Alucard telling him not to, not wanting him to become a monster, Anderson stabs himself with it. His injuries heal and thorns erupt from his body, as his fight with Alucard resumes. As both of them can heal their injuries instantly now, Alucard says the only way one of them could win is to gouge out the other's heart. Alucard tries to shoot Anderson's heart, but some thorns block the bullet.

Anderson then leaps up, and throws a bayonet through Alucard's head whilst he's still taking aim. Thorns erupt from the bayonet which entangle Alucard and catch fire. Alucard's army of familiars also catches fire, and soon everything is ablaze, including Alucard himself.

Manga differences

-In the manga, the Major tells his forces to equip their ultraviolet battlements before Doc appears, this happens the other way around in the episode.

-For some reason, Yumie is not present in the manga when Seras arrives and protects Integra from Iscariot. The episode does feature her in that scene.

-The manga has a couple of pages showing Maxwell losing it when he finds out Integra still hasn't been captured, and also gets annoyed when he finds out his forces are still landing and forming, meaning they can't attack at full force yet. This isn't in the episode.

-The short scene in the episode where the Major says all the players have taken their place on the stage is not in the manga.

-After Maxwell dies, the manga has a flashback of him meeting Anderson for the first time. This scene was not used in this episode, but was used at the start of this one instead.

-In the manga, the Major listens to the communications from his own forces, then asks Walter to bring him some cocoa. This happens the other way around in the episode.

-In the manga, as Alucard and Anderson fight, there is a scene where the Captain of the Deus Ex Machina rebels against the Major, and gets killed for it. This scene isn't in this episode, but will be shown in the next one.

Notes

-A new studio animated this episode: Graphinica. They would go on to animate the last two episodes of Hellsing Ultimate.

-The post credits scene features Yoshio Yamamori, from the movie Battles Without Honor and Humanity. He frequently gets stabbed in the back whenever he finishes speaking.