Nearly 2,000 years ago, the apostle Judas sold Christ to the Romans for thirty pennies of money. Blake and Mortimer had to find them before they shed their blood again. Indeed, the former SS von Stahl was ready to do anything to seize the cursed pieces, convinced that their evil power would allow him to rule the world. To do so, he joined Olrik's services after having made him escape from his American prison. The elusive "colonel", more twisted than ever, was determined to avenge himself from his old opponents.