Shaman King: Volume 1
Hiroyuki Takei
Biography:
And here is the famous store, "Heiyu", on Fumbari Hill. Yoh and Anna always go shopping for groceries in this store. That's all I had to say today!!
Episode 99
The horrible legend of the impaled.
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[Dom...]
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[Ryu breathing]
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Tourist 1: What's happening?
Tourist 2: Who are these guys?
Horohoro and Ren: ...
Amidamaru: Blood. This shaman manipulates blood to attack?
Ren: I see. I understand the situation better now. By spreading a fog of blood he can "teleport" easily. And since he concentrates on the thrombocytes in his blood, he scars quickly.
Horohoro: Those are ghosts of bats that we see fly and he's manipulating Lyserg?
Ren: Yes. It won't take too long to figure meet him.
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Ren: His famous ghosts, the chaser of vampires, Bramro.
Yoh: We're lucky that Lyserg isn't a vampire! I was really scared.
Horohoro: It's too early for celebrating.
Yoh: You're right. The mystery behind the name "vampire" is still abound.
Episode 99.
The horrible legend of the impaled.
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Dracula: ...
Dracula: ...
Dracula: ...
Dracula: ...
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Ryu: Hey! You're not going to stay up there forever, are you!? If you keep flying, I won't be able to attack you! Are you pouting just because we unmasked you!?
Dracula: ... Actually, my ancestor, Dracula was but a simple human.
Ren and Horohoro: ...!?
Dracula: That's not all. He protected his country from his greatest enemy. He was a hero.
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Dracula: But the ingratitude of that miserable population transformed him into a vampire!
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Horohoro: Gah! He scared me!
Dracula: In the 15th century, Vlad was lord of the little Valachie principality.
[Map: Europe in the 15th Century.]
Dracula: In that time, the inescapable Ottoman advance finally arrived at the gates of the Valachie principality.
Dracula: But Vlad was able to push back the terrible Ottoman Empire's assault. He gains the victory and thus becomes a hero.
Dracula: However, that victory was also the origin of all the drama lived by our people.
Yoh: ...?
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Dracula: Vlad Tepes, my ancestor, exhibited a sinister spectacle to the invading Ottomans. More than 20,000 Turks were impaled on pillars and left in sight of the invader, 3km worth of a view.
Horohoro: Geh!
Ryu: ... impaled!?
Dracula: Tired from a long conquest, the moral of the Ottoman troops were horrible struck. But this psychological defeat ended by leaving quite a legend.
Dracula: That of the sinister Prince Vlad, "The Impaler".
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Dracula: When finally peace settled in the country, in the absence of the enemy, yesterday's hero became a simple criminal in the eyes of the people. The populace feared Prince Vlad. And one day...
Dracula: ... he was assassinated.
Dracula: But the people ignored the fact that they had just created a new invisible enemy. The work that the Prince accomplished progressively went in another direction.
Dracula: Vlad Tepes became a vampire in thirst for blood.
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Dracula: Our family lost its domain and ended up refuging in an isolated castle in the middle of a forest in Transylvania.
Dracula: But our troubles continued. Justice seekers from all over did everything they could to persecute us.
Dracula: Do you understand it better now?
Dracula: One of them is here. The vampire chaser, Bramro!
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Bramro: Ah... Raah...
Yoh: Hey? Wait! So, why would a simple human possess a ghost like you?
Dracula: ... To counter these armed humans that were aggressing us. We had no way to defend ourselves.
Dracula: But one day, a man who heard about our legend arrived and told us, "I know the stupidity of the people. All you have to do is become vampires to get your revenge on them."
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Dracula: The Lord Hao gave us hope, dignity and shaman powers!
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Group: ...!
Horohoro: Hao...!?!
Ren: So that's it. The 15th century, that corresponds to the last shaman fight!
Dracula: So we thus swore ourselves. We owe obedience and eternal respect to our Lord Hao.
Dracula: To revenge ourselves on these stupid people and to chase them till the very last one!
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[Skewers tourists]
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Tourist 1: Eeh...
Tourist 2: What...
Dracula: Blood gives us power and force.
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[Lyserg attacks Yoh.]
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[Others get trapped.]
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Dracula: The punishment of impalement. Those pillars were built from the blood of those idiots. You three are going to find yourselves impaled.
Dracula: Well understood, it is futile to try any resistance whatsoever. At the littlest of signs, this young man will be pierced by this sabre.
Dracula: And also this ignoble person!
Ryu: ...!
Dracula: You dared say that you had the means to defeat me! Very amusing. I'm waiting, if you are indeed capable of doing it.
Ryu: Me!? He dared!?
End episode 99.
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