As Dracula's legion descends upon Gresit and slaughters the bishop, Trevor continues to fight his way through the streets. With the aid of Sypha, who is a powerful magician, Trevor manages to convince the people of Gresit of the church's corruption and turn them against the priests before commanding them to fight against Dracula's legion, using pikes to stun them, Sypha's magic to confine them, salted swords to cut them down, and Trevor's consecrated Vampire Killer whip to destroy them.
The ground beneath Trevor and Sypha gives out, and the two fall into a deeper level of the catacombs than the cyclops' chamber, one with ancient traps and arcane technology. Deep within, they find a chamber containing a stone coffin, and contained inside, the rumored "sleeping soldier", who is actually a vampire. The vampire and Trevor fight one another to a standstill, after which the vampire reveals his identity as the son of Dracula: Adrian Tepes, better known as Alucard. Alucard explains that he was resting in his coffin to recover after a prior fight with his father, and offers his aid to Trevor and Sypha in their fight against Dracula.
Tropes for this episode include:
- Armor-Piercing Question: Blue Fangs delivers one to the Bishop during his Breaking Speech, letting him know that not only is God real, but disgusted by the Bishop's actions, which led to a vengeful Dracula bringing Hell on Earth. The Bishop refuses to take responsibility for what he's done and is mercilessly killed by the demons.Blue Fangs: Your God knows that we wouldn't be here without you. This is all your fault, isn't it?
Bishop: SHE WAS A WITCH!
Blue Fangs: Lies? In your house of God? No wonder He has abandoned you. - Baddie Flattery: Before eating him, Blue Fangs tells the Bishop that he and his fellow demons love him since it was his act of murdering Lisa that led Dracula to bring them to Earth. Even worse, they brag about how his actions disgusted God to the point of letting the demons into the church so that they could kill him.
- Boss Battle: Trevor's battle with Alucard can be considered one for the episode. After battling various demons who die in one hit with the help of the village, Trevor has to battle a considerably more powerful Alucard on his own with Sypha as a witness.
- Brick Joke: The patron who lost his eye to Trevor loses his remaining one from a friendly arrow fire before dying.
- Defeat Means Respect: After a long battle, Alucard manages to pin Trevor to the floor. While it appears that Alucard was the victor, he finds out that Trevor has a knife just above his heart, with Sypha ready to blast him with a fireball if he tries anything. Realizing what kind of people they are, Alucard calls off the fight, instantly heals his wounds, tells them who he really is, and joins their group.
- Elemental Powers: Sypha reveals that she practices elemental magic, using ice, fire and lightning to defend Trevor and vanquish the monsters.
- God Is Displeased: Blue Fangs posits this is why he is able to set foot inside the Bishop's Church, since the Bishop's insane zealotry in burning Lisa Tepes as a witch is what precipitated the whole vampiric invasion catastrophe.Blue Fangs: God is not here. This is an empty box.
(other demons come crawling down the walls)
Bishop: God is in all His churches!
Blue Fangs: Your God's love is not unconditional. He does not love us... and He does not love you.
Bishop: I have done His bidding! My life's work is in His name!
Blue Fangs: Your life's work... makes Him puke. - Gory Discretion Shot: Blue Fangs eating the Bishop's face isn't explicitly shown, but much of his blood is spilled.
- Holy Burns Evil:
- The Vampire Killer has been consecrated in the past, making it an effective demon-killing weapon.
- A single low-level clergyman is still good and uncorrupted. He is able to make holy water.
- And an aversion that is more indicative of divine disfavor than ineffectiveness: Blue Fangs and the other monsters could walk into the Bishop's church without issue, showing that God has forsaken the Bishop for what he's done, a point that Blue Fangs brings up when verbally destroying the Bishop before eating his face.
- I Fell for Hours: Not hours, but for the better part of 4 minutes Trevor and Sypha fall/climb down further and further into the catacombs. Every time they think they have safe footing, the ground beneath them crumbles.Trevor: (As the metal scaffolding they just climbed on starts to fall apart) Oh, for God's sake.
- Ironic Echo: Two episodes ago, Trevor suffered numerous Groin Attacks during a bar fight. When he does the same to Alucard, the vampire tells him he's not in a bar fight this time.
- Karmic Death:
- The Bishop claims that he is acting in the name of God, but has been abusing his power since he had Lisa executed, which led to Dracula unleashing hordes of demons across the country. He gets his face bitten off by Blue Fangs less than four minutes into the episode.
- Later on, Trevor turns the mob against a corrupt priest whose finger he whipped off two episodes earlier by revealing the truth about Lisa's death. He gets stabbed to death by several angry villagers as a result.
- Mexican Standoff: Trevor has a sword aimed at Alucard's heart while Alucard has his fangs close to Trevor's neck. Both are at a stalemate but prepared to take each other out. Luckily, Sypha is still close and her death threat to Alucard allows the vampire to relent.
- No-Sell: Trevor tries a Groin Attack on Alucard like he did with the bar patrons. Not only does Alucard not even flinch, he shames Trevor for using such a cheap tactic.Alcard: Please. This isn't a bar fight. Have some class.
- Not Afraid to Die: When Alucard has Trevor pinned to the floor, Trevor aims a knife at Alucard's heart. Alucard warns him that he will rip Trevor's throat out, but Trevor tells him that staking the vampire was always the goal, surviving is just a luxury. Luckily Alucard isn't planning on killing either Trevor or Sypha.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Blue Fangs explains in slow detail how the Bishop's corrupt actions have led God to forsake him and desanctified the hallowed grounds of the church, calling it just an empty box, and thus permitted Blue Fangs and his crew to enter to kill the Bishop.
- Salt Solution: Salt kills demons and Trevor tells the townsfolk to rub their weapons with salt. True enough, once the second line of Pikemen in the Trevor's ad-hoc militia have a number of demons skewered on top of their makeshift pikes, the swordsmen rush in to follow up and easily shred the demons with their salted blades.
- Sealed Good in a Can: Alucard tried to stop Dracula from unleashing Hell on the world, an attempt that left him mortally wounded. He sealed himself in a coffin for a year to sleep off the injuries. Trevor accidentally steps on the switch that releases him. After a quick battle to test their strength and resolve, Alucard joins the cause.
- Secret Test of Character: Alucard's battle with Trevor was a test of his and Sypha's resolve to defeat Dracula. When they successfully trap him, he yields and explains the situation.
- Use Your Head: After Trevor's failed Groin Attack on Alucard, Trevor follows Alucard's retort with a head butt.
- Weapons Breaking Weapons: Trevor Belmont's short sword has its blade chopped off by Alucard, leaving him with only his iconic whip.
- Wham Shot: Trevor and Sypha find a coffin containing Alucard. Trevor reveals that the "sleeping soldier" of legend is actually a vampire.
- What Year Is This?: Trevor points out that while the Catacombs are old, the room holding the tomb has been recently used, and Alucard hasn't been here for centuries. Alucard asks Sypha what year it is, and when she tells him it's 1476 AD, he admits that he's probably been asleep for a year at most.
