So we have to save the people who would have kept us from the fight in the first place? I guess it cannot be helped.

[It's galling to find out that Alucard cannot see nearly as well in the dark as he used to. So many of the powers and abilities he took for granted are all gone, replaced by whatever he'd earned with the tearing out of his heart.

He shudders, still feeling the sensation of no heartbeat at all.]

How many do you think fled down the tunnel?