Battle of London Arc

The Battle of London Arc (ロンドンの戦闘篇,) is the final arc of the Hellsing series. The "Battle of London" is the war created by the Major against Hellsing. In the OVA series, this arc debuted in Volume/OVA 5. Officially, this battle is called Operation Sea Lion 2 (第二次ゼーレヴェー作戦,).

Manga Volumes

 * Hellsing: Volume 5
 * Hellsing: Volume 6
 * Hellsing: Volume 7
 * Hellsing: Volume 8
 * Hellsing: Volume 9
 * Hellsing: Volume 10

OVA Episodes

 * Hellsing: Ultimate V
 * Hellsing: Ultimate VI
 * Hellsing: Ultimate VII
 * Hellsing: Ultimate VIII
 * Hellsing: Ultimate IX
 * Hellsing: Ultimate X

First Half
Now that the Millennium has arrived into London, may Operation Sea Lion 2 commence. During the attack upon London civilians however, Vatican's Ninth Crusade arrives to save the day. You may think. That is however, not the case as the power hungry, protestant-hating Enrico Maxwell sees this as a chance to eliminate both sides and betray The Convention of Twelve and her Majesty. However, the battle is yet interrupted by the return of Dracula. Thus, all the cast take to the stage, fire will spread, guns will ablaze, and Hell will sing.

Second Half
The Last Battalion, the Ninth Crusade are all now gone. London is anything but its former self; buildings are destroyed, the city is now a graveyard with pools everywhere. Pool of blood. With the city in ruins, and the Vatican out of the game except for the Armed Priest Vanguard, the Hellsing Organisation will now face a brutal betrayal by a former great friend and servant. As Alucard faces him, Integra and Seras will face the remaining members of the Millennium to put an end to this massacre.

Attack on London
This event starts off when the Last Battalion's fleet of three Zeppelins in the skies above London. After launching a devastating salvo of V1 rockets that cripples the infrastructure of London and kills many civilians, the soldiers of Millennium are launched from the airships and land in the city blow London and try to capture Integra Hellsing, killing everyone they find enroute to their objective. Then Iscariot appears saving and capturing her from Millennium. Enrico Maxwell is promoted to Archbishop and leaves with his army of Papal Knights in order to launch the Ninth Crusade.

Maxwell's Betrayal
After the successful death of Zorin Blitz by the hands of Seras Victoria, the now full-fledged vampire makes her way to London as Enrico Maxwell's Ninth Crusade arrives. Appearing as angels, many citizens of London had hoped that they will be the one to save them from the Nazis- only for Maxwell to scream out "How right you are! We are the agents of the angel of death", stating that the inquisition will now render its judgement. Calling England accused along with FREAKs; the sentence is death, as Maxwell repeats the word "Death" multiple times in excitement. The citizens of London gets to see the "angels" without the fancy lights, and after hearing Maxwell's speech; it's clear that they too plan on wiping them too. Maxwell then calls them pitiful- however, he will not forgive them. "Die in vain like fruitless, burning flowers" Maxwell says, and he continues his sentence by quoting the famous "Float like a butterfly" quote; but instead says "Die like a bee" in the end.

The Major, impressed and surprisingly entertained by his speech; says that he's not bad, complimenting him. The citizens of London stares as the helicopters lands and as the Major commands his Last Battalion to assemble. Schrödinger smiles. The Professor interrupts and shows concern for The Major as he is above the Deus Ex Machina. He quickly changes the subject and asks about his new toy, to which the Professor states that they can but is incredibly unstable. As the helicopter of the Ninth Crusade lands on the battlefield, the Battalion regroups and a stare down begins with one and another. Ordering his men to attack everything Millennium related, the Ninth Crusade complies with Maxwell's orders and one of the helicopters soon attacks the zeppelin with the Major on top. As The Professor worries, he is only met by The Major fully enjoying the scenery as he plays the "battlefield music;" directing the music as everyone involved is the instrument.

A helicopter soon rises up and prepares to shoot The Major. However, the helicopter is soon torn apart into pieces and everyone inside is killed instantly by a Monofilament Wires. His new toy, Walter C. Dornez appears as The Captain appears from behind. Whilst Maxwell continues to order his men to attack civilians, Alexander Anderson watches from below and is angered by his act; calling him "drunk" on "power," "authority," and "influence." From behind, Heinkel Wulf tells Anderson that an order has been given by Maxwell to restrain and apprehend Integra immediately as the Armed Priest vanguard quickly points their weapon at her. When Anderson states that he doesn't like it, Wulf states that it's not a question whether he likes it or not. They were then interrupted by Seras Victoria who quickly shoves the Armed Priest close to Integra with her shadow. Going on a defensive stance, Seras informs Integra that the headquarters is wiped out along with Pip Vernedead, to which Integra understands and knows that she had sucked his blood.

Enraged, Wulf points her pistols at her only to be told to not bother by Anderson who states that he's no match for Victoria. Smiling, Anderson fully acknowledges her as a "true vampire" and sarcastically states for her to shame on herself for still taking a human form. They were soon distracted by the arrival of the black peril, who came with his ship. As the knights takes a stance of a battle line, Maxwell was informed that they had lost sight of Alucard's ship, only to see a ghost ship approaching upon the Thames.

The Final Battle
Integra and Seras are killing all of Millennium's forces as The Captain approaches. Integra leaves Seras to fight The Werewolf while she goes after the Major. Seras and The Captain begin their duel and Alucard (in his female form) begins to absorb the blood of everyone who died in London. The Captain becomes his Werewolf form and Seras is easily getting beaten. Pip who communicates with her gets back on her feet and fights back. Seras and Captain gave fatal blows to each other but Pip as Seras's familiar uses a silver tooth to kill the Werewolf.

After killing the Letzte Battalion forces manning the zeppelin, Integra arrived in the control room where the Major was waiting. Protected behind a wall of bulletproof glass, the Major told Integra that she was just in time to watch his final triumph over Alucard, who had just defeated Walter. As the vampire began absorbing all the blood in London, the Major patiently watched and waited, mocking Walter's last desperate attempt to kill Alucard. Musing that his nemesis had now gained millions of lives by absorbing blood, the Major explained to the distraught Walter that he was just another life sacrificed for his grand plan of destroying Alucard for good.

When Alucard finally finished absorbing the blood, the Major gleefully announced that he had won - moments later, Alucard began to disappear. Integra demanded to know what was happening, and the Major was more than happy to explain: Schrödinger had killed himself and fallen into the rivers of blood, allowing Alucard to absorb him and gain the power of "the self-observing Schrödinger's Cat". However, Schrödinger's powers relied on his ability to perceive himself as an individual; since Alucard had millions of souls within himself, he was unable to control his newly-gained powers. Before Integra and the Major's eyes, Alucard vanished into thin air as he became "a collection of imaginary numbers", neither alive nor dead.

With Alucard gone, his army annihilated, and the Deus Ex Machina falling apart around him, the Major calmly faced Integra Hellsing and challenged her to kill him, stating that she was destined to be his slayer as he was Alucard's. After killing the Captain, Seras joined Integra and attacked the Major with her Hallconnen cannon, but the powerful shots barely cracked the glass wall. The Major wryly lamented that the Doctor had done too good of a job, but became elated when Seras pulled an 88 mm flak cannon from the armory beneath them. This enormous gun proved strong enough to shatter the shield, hit the Major, and punch through the wall of the zeppelin in the process.

As the smoke cleared, the Major lay on the ground with most of his left side blown off, revealing his cyborg nature. Integra wondered if this meant he was a monster, but the Major insisted that he was still a human because he had retained his own will and mind - he claimed that his ability to defeat Alucard was proof of his humanity. Drawing a small pistol from his coat, he again challenged Integra, asking her to "make war" with him. He repeatedly fired at his advancing foe without success, but finally managed to shoot her in the left eye as she shot him in the forehead. Despite this, the Major died with a smile, happy that he had finally managed to shoot something. As the machinery sustaining his life ground to a halt, he gloated to Integra that he had achieved everything he had set out to do; he had finished his grand war and destroyed Alucard. Integra retorted that Alucard would return one day, as he refused to die at the hands of anything but a human - and for all his claims to the contrary, the Major was still a monster.

Aftermath
The battle was over and, at the end of it, Millennium goals proved to be a fool's dream as none of the members survive. In addition while their leader, The Major, died without regrets, future developments would prove that he and his followers had ultimately failed at all they set out to accomplish. Far from being the seed of a world-consuming war, Millennium's attack on London was eventually classified as no more than a terrorist incident ("The Zeppelin Affair"). The city was rebuilt, and while both Hellsing and Iscariot were badly crippled they survived as well and would go on to regroup and gradually restoring their strength. Even the Major's plan to defeat Alucard eventually proved futile - thirty years after his apparent "death", Alucard managed to return, having gained control of Schrödinger's powers by destroying all of the other souls within himself. For all they sacrificed, Millennium's grand plan to kill Alucard only succeeded him stronger than ever.

Trivia

 * Its unknown how long it took for London to resume functioning as a normal city; with a large chunk of the population dead.