Hellbinders Page #4

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Okay.

Good, let's blow

this popsicle stand.

You comin'?

Give me a few hours.

I have something

to take care of.

-We're diminished.

-How?

The soul torn, he's

found a way to bind us.

Half of the hosts die, then

we hunt them in groups.

Sacrifice everything to keep

them away from this place.

So the prodigy finally returns.

The traitors have been

silenced.

They lived longer

than expected,

considering your talents.

There were... complications.

Excuses?

I expected you

to be above such things.

I will endeavor to live up to

your expectations, master.

See that you do.

There has been

bloodshed in Tokyo,

the Iga threaten open warfare.

Ryu?

There is... another matter.

The only matter that concerns

you is the one I've spoken of.

An army of Oni.

That will overrun the people of

this city and burn it.

Enough!

Unless they are stopped.

The fate of this city

is not your concern.

This city will only

be the first to fall.

Hold out your left hand.

Your left hand!

Obedience to the will of

the clan must be absolute.

There is room for nothing more.

Let this be a small reminder

of the price of insolence.

I am your master.

You were my master...

And now you've set me free.

What?

How did you learn

about my order?

Spent six months

in Ireland looking

for a lost shipment

of Templar gold.

Most of it in history

books searching for clues.

It's not in Ireland.

You know where it is?

I'm the one that buried it.

Well look, if you

haven't bothered

for the last eight

hundred years...

You have too much already.

Money? You can never too much.

If you know anything about

Templar history,

then you should

know that you can.

Having too much is

what destroyed us.

King Philip himself was

envious of our wealth.

And you let him arrest

you and seize your lands,

even though you

had the resources

to raise an army and fight

back.

Too many innocent

people would have died.

Innocent people did die,

and they were your friends.

I know, I watched it happen.

Why? I mean, even if you

didn't want to start a war,

why didn't you just

leave, all of you?

That's the one thing

I never could figure out.

The charges against us

were not completely false.

We never made any packs

with the fallen ones,

They were wrong about that,

but we did learn things

from our enemies who had,

it was the only

way to fight them.

Then why not live, and

keep on fighting them?

Oh... that's why

you're still here.

We all gathered before the

end to make a choice...

I was cursed to live

while my brothers died.

They didn't all have to die.

You don't understand. Back then

the Church was everything,

the whole world, and the

truth of what we had become

would have torn it apart...

Sometimes you have to sacrifice

everything, to save the world.

Sometimes you wonder if

it's worth saving at all.

They're looking for us.

Well, let's not be rude.

See you in a sec.

Figures they'd end up back

here.

You know this place?

Sort of.

Just give me a moment.

So much for the surprise.

Cain!

You okay?

Thick skin.

No kidding.

Where the hell is Ryu?

Don't know.

I'm trying to save you, b*tch!

Why bother when you

can join us instead?

Would if I could, but

I can't, so I won't.

We could find a way

we can get you

a demonic soul to

replace the one you lost.

I think I have to pass.

Why? What's the difference?

We all want the same thing Max.

A chance to live the

good life.

Everything else is just

a waste of time, remember?

We're a lot more like you

than the people you're

trying to help.

Max?

I don't want to shoot 'em.

Don't worry.

Just get their attention.

Could have done that earlier.

I had to get in here first.

I don't really walk

through walls, you know.

Had me fooled.

You okay?

Fine.

Thick skin.

Good... Because I'm

not carrying them.

Their souls are entwined with

the oni that enslave them.

This will take some time.

But it can be done?

Yes.

Then that's all that matters.

We should let him work in

peace.

More obligations

to fulfill, Ryu?

Only one, to save the world.

The most noble and least

possible of them all.

But I have to try.

You always try for

salvation,

even when it's just

out of reach.

I will return by midday.

Where are you going?

To wash the blood

from my hands.

Unlike you two, I seek

forgiveness for my sins.

I think we've just

been insulted.

Or scolded.

Hungry?

Starved.

Me too. Any suggestions?

Pancakes.

Pancakes? Really? I Didn't

know you guys ate pancakes.

I love pancakes.

We need more blood

for our palette.

Then tell someone to

collect it for you.

Plenty of our own was

spilled last night.

Plenty?

The bodies in here

house the last of us.

In one night?

We should run for

the wastelands.

We've survived there

for thousands of years.

Survived, nothing more.

What is the point of escaping

the abyss if life itself

is a living hell?

Besides, the gates

will be open tonight,

and everything changes.

We won't make it

through the night.

One of us will,

and that's all that matters.

Where's Samael?

Trying to ensure our survival,

and he asks that

you do the same.

What does he want?

Friends among our enemies.

-Anything else?

-No thanks, luv.

So what changed your mind about

joining me the other night ?

You mean helping my

fellow man isn't enough?

Not when there's no money in

it.

Am I that transparent?

You just don't bother

hiding it that's all.

Mostly because of my friends.

We may not be that close but...

there's no one really

I can relate to,

and when I find'em, we usually

try to kill each other.

I know what you mean.

What about you? Why did

you throw your life away

to save a city

full of strangers?

What makes you think

I threw my life away?

I can read between the lines.

I'm not sure I really

have an answer to that...

I guess somehow that priest

reminds me of someone...

The father you never had?

The son I never was...

I think I'm here now because

I've been here before,

in a strange city fighting

against impossible odds...

But I think I keep failing

somehow, and coming back again.

You didn't actually think

they'd open their doors for

you,

did you Cain?

I hope you haven' t

come to beg.

I'm still not

feeling merciful.

Parley would be

a better word.

There are still innocent

lives to be lost

or saved in our little war.

We've come to call a truce.

You mean buy time until

you can bring Beelzebub's

legions into the world.

We had heard he fled the

abyss for a moment or two,

now we know why.

Even your own kind have turned

against you.

I guess you could say we're the

same then aren't we, Templar?

You could say, but it would

just be another lie.

Really? If your

cause is so noble

then why did you have to

bargain

with the lord of

flies to further it?

I have no bargain.

You both benefit.

And what about your allies, an

assassin and soulless killer?

Are they after

salvation or is it just

an excuse to spill more blood.

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