The Seven Soldiers of Victory are offered $1 billion to recover a fortune in gold that was hidden away in the Andes Mountain range by the Incan Indians from murderous Spaniards. A man named Burton was the last to know of it's location, but left only cryptic clues behind of that location discovered after his death.; The Crimson and Wing travel the 3rd treasure trail outlined in Burton's clues to the gold and discover a lost Incan village where they are captured by the locals, believing them to be no better than the Spaniards originally.; A clever criminal and his henchmen, through a series of clever maneuvers, plant seeds of doubt into the mine of our heroes and get them to work against one another in their search for the gold.; When the team regroups, the Soldiers begin to battle one another until they discover they have been duped by the Copperhead, then they join forces to travel to the gold's location, only to find it missing!; The two teams head for South America to locate the gold in friendly competition, but soon, each team begins to believe that the other is out to put them out of the way in order to get the gold for themselves.; The Copperhead and his henchman believe that the Seven Soldiers have figured out all of the cryptic clues left behind by Burton as to the gold's location, so they must immediately destroy Vigilante and the Shining Knight.; Milton discovers that his secretary, Scrivener is in reality the Copperhead, and a full scale battle ensues as the huge gold deposit is uncovered.