HELLSING Chapter 7 "Hundred Swords (3)"

Hundred Swords (3) (ハンドレッドソード (3),) is the seventh chapter of Hellsing: Volume 8, and the third and final part to the Hundred Swords series of chapters. It is also the Sixty-Fifth chapter of the Hellsing manga.

Summary
As Alexander Anderson continues to charge and slice all of Alucard's familiars that stands in his way of victory, he reminded Alucard of a certain group of Vampire Hunters that he fought body and soul, and got defeated totally by them a hundred years ago. However, just as it seems that Anderson might actually make it to Alucard- he was stopped by a giant brute and was almost killed by it... If not for his students's aid.

Synopsis
Continuing to charge himself against the horde of ghouls that's trying so hard to protect its masters, Anderson has nothing but "forward" in his mind- screaming it multiple times as he brutally kills every familiars that stands in his way of victory as he glares at Alucard. Blood that covered him seems to have disappeared, and Anderson at one point leap into the horde of ghouls directly. However, he was quick and skilled enough to kick and slice a ghoul behind, and a second and third ghoul who got their eyes sliced off. As Alucard becomes even more and more visible, Alucard does nothing but stands there- watching as Anderson brutally murders all of his familiars in multiple ways, standing in shock as he had thought that he would've never seen someone like this... again.

In shock and respect for Anderson, he stares at him which reminds Alucard himself of a certain group of vampire hunters dated back in the 1800s. Admitting to be defeated totally after fighting "body and soul", meaning that he tried his hardest to defeat them- only to ultimately fail; Alucard now remembers the names of those who had defeated the impossible... Arthur Holmwood, Quincey Morris, John Seward, and finally... Abraham Van Helsing. As he once again stares in admiration and jealousy for Anderson, watching him kill his army of ghouls that flooded the city of London single-handedly, only for most of them to be defeated by a single man with a Holy Bayonets, Alucard stated that humans are like a dream as he begs for Anderson to come at him.

"Come through the sands of enemies, cut through- break through. Dash the battle line, dash lives. To the rear, to the rear," Alucard screams. Now smiling manically in hopes of his dreams of being killed by a human getting granted, he orders Anderson to come and stand before his eyes, like that man, like that man; old and merely a human, and like that man, come and dexterously pierce the bowels of Alucard's heart. This is something unusual, Alucard has never respected humans so much that he compared them to the one who, with a group of talented people with determination, defeated the armies of Dracula, burned down his castle and defeated Dracula himself in a Race Against the Sunset.

As Anderson leaps through another line of familiars, he jumps and charges straight to a very big and muscle-y one as he tells him to get out of his way of victory. Just thinking that he might be easy to slice like other familiars he had faced against, Anderson instantly does what he normally does- stab through the head of ghouls, and he did do this. Only for his hand to be caught and crushed as Anderson screams in agony. Still biting on his left arm however, he sees from behind the giant familiar, that the Wallachian Chivalry are coming to impale Anderson through the heart. Tired and drowning in hopelessness, he knows that after making all this progress, struggling is the correct choice but he just doesn't have the energy to do anything as the Wallachian Army draws closer and closer to Anderson, now holding out their spears. Then just as the spears were directly behind the huge familiar that's holding Anderson in place, they were all shot by a group of men with silver bullets.

Recognizing who shot them, Anderson immediately called them out; calling them stupid bastards, and a lot. As they didn't do what he said to them, Anderson continues on calling them a fool, a "Great Stupid Fool Bastards" as smokes comes out of the barrel of their pistols. Spitting of her cigarette, Heinkel Wolfe immediately replied back to Anderson by stating that if they go back to the Vatican City right now, they'd be no longer who they are right now, they'd no longer be Judas Iscariot, they'd just be sacks of meat stuffed with blood and excreta. Then as the ghoul holding Anderson in place gets sliced in half, Yumie Takagi appears and quote something Anderson said; "Should you cry 'Amen' and kill... The World shall slip into its rightful place," then asks if Anderson were the one who taught him that. Yumie then asks Anderson to let them help him, by saying "Now let us show them the wiles of the Fanatic." Alucard, in the distance grins. Stating that all of them stupid fools have in their head is death, and Limbo will be fool and instead, the Vatican will be empty.

However, after that line, he finally reluctantly lets them help him in defeating Alucard, telling them to come with him. As the group of armed priest walks towards Anderson's back, Anderson states that he's about to charge full speed to hell... before stating to come with him always. Then immediately soon after, they charge full speed through the horde of familiars, and with The Major in the distance watching them from the Deus Ex Machina, he stated that surely they will die, it's inevitable. However, a single tear will not fall nor tongue click, because great joy is what is in their hearts, and with one great common joy; countless lives will wriggle and writhe as if they were one. Raising his arm up and doing the iconic Nazi salute, The Major states that demanding blood as they shed it, repeating proliferation and mass destruction, they fight on without end. "That great joy is faith in ' God ' . A war because of Nazism. All against the existence of 'Alucard ' ," The Major states as he goes on stating that... they are now at last; the same thing, isn't it like a dream? The Major continues on by saying "Dark Brothers."

As Agents of Iscariot charges at the horde of familiars directly, one member was eventually stabbed through the neck; without any hesitation however, that member of Iscariot says "here I ago" before showing the bomb strapped onto his body, and saying a last "amen," the member pulls the trigger and every familiars within him for at least 15 - 20 meters was blown off. Every Iscariot member is strapped with a vest placed with bombs, making them suicide bombers. Then as they flow through Alucard's army, one more member was caught and he says "see you there" before pulling the trigger, exploding every familiar near him. Then, more and more members starts to blow up; Alucard's army is done for. Finally, after many sacrifices of the Armed Priest Corps, Anderson leaps through a cloud of smoke and finally stands against the No-Life King. As cloud of smoke begins to appear through his teeth, and body... Anderson states "You're not the only one that has a weapon that can kill completely."

Characters

 * Alucard
 * Alexander Anderson
 * Arthur Holmwood
 * Quincey Morris
 * John Seward
 * Abraham Van Helsing
 * Heinkel Wolfe
 * Yumiko Takagi
 * The Major

Organizations

 * Iscariot (Vatican Section XIII)
 * Millennium Organization
 * Hellsing Organisation

Trivia

 * All major characters of Dracula by Bram Stoker is mentioned, except for Jonathan Harker for some reason.
 * John Seward was also misspelled as "Jack Seward."