1. Long ago, in a distant land,Copy !req
2. I, Aku, the shape-shifting
master of darkness,Copy !req
3. unleashed an unspeakable evil.Copy !req
4. But a foolish samurai warrior
wielding a magic swordCopy !req
5. stepped forth to oppose me.Copy !req
6. Before the final blow was struck,Copy !req
7. I tore open a portal in timeCopy !req
8. and flung him into the future,Copy !req
9. where my evil is law.Copy !req
10. Now the fool seeks to return to the pastCopy !req
11. and undo the future that is Aku.Copy !req
12. Come to me!Copy !req
13. Come!Copy !req
14. Who is there?Copy !req
15. Come!Copy !req
16. Come!Copy !req
17. Come!Copy !req
18. Show yourself.Copy !req
19. Come to me!Copy !req
20. Coward!Copy !req
21. Come!Copy !req
22. Come to me!Copy !req
23. Something evil has ravaged these lands.Copy !req
24. A very familiar evil.Copy !req
25. Yes! Come to me!Copy !req
26. Come!Copy !req
27. Come!Copy !req
28. Come!Copy !req
29. Come!Copy !req
30. The voice beckons me further in.Copy !req
31. Surely he takes me for a fool
to follow deeper into his trap.Copy !req
32. A fool I've been!Copy !req
33. Come!Copy !req
34. Welcome to your doom!Copy !req
35. Many warriors have been
lured here to their end.Copy !req
36. Why have you done this?Copy !req
37. My purpose is to battle.Copy !req
38. Yes.Copy !req
39. At last, after all these years,
a worthy opponent.Copy !req
40. Enough of this pointless battle.Copy !req
41. I will continue to fight you no more.Copy !req
42. I say thee nay!Copy !req
43. No. I will not do battle with you
for your amusement.Copy !req
44. There is no honor in it.Copy !req
45. Honor?Copy !req
46. What do thee know of honor?Copy !req
47. A millennium hath passed,
and now my goal is within my grasp.Copy !req
48. This battle will continue to the end.Copy !req
49. I said I will not fight you, monster.Copy !req
50. I shall not be denied!Copy !req
51. Strike me down if you must,
but I will not fight.Copy !req
52. Nay.Copy !req
53. I cannot strike thee defenseless.Copy !req
54. This battle must be concluded
by the Warrior's code.Copy !req
55. I beg thee, rise, unsheathe your sword,
continue this fight.Copy !req
56. Why?Copy !req
57. For freedom.Copy !req
58. The master of this kingdom of rock
is just a man...Copy !req
59. A cursed man trapped in a rock body.Copy !req
60. It happened long ago...Copy !req
61. So long ago now.Copy !req
62. It was once a timeCopy !req
63. where I, too, was a man,
a mighty warrior like thee.Copy !req
64. I have engraved a recording of my past,Copy !req
65. so that I would never forget
the life I had, the man I was.Copy !req
66. So thy people would not be lost
to the dust of time.Copy !req
67. Let me take thee on a journey
into the past.Copy !req
68. This land, 'twas not
always parched and burnt.Copy !req
69. Once a beautiful city
thrived in a lush countryside.Copy !req
70. 'Twas truly a sight to behold...Copy !req
71. A jewel of all the northern lands.Copy !req
72. My happiness was a beautiful
family of a wife, two sons,Copy !req
73. and a faithful canine.Copy !req
74. Times were good.Copy !req
75. Game was plentiful,
and my people prospered.Copy !req
76. It was on return from
a successful hunting tripCopy !req
77. when an omen appeared.Copy !req
78. A black moon blocked out the sun.Copy !req
79. It grew and grew until
it ate the sky and land.Copy !req
80. The darkness now loomed over my kingdom.Copy !req
81. A horrible monster born from within
the darkness attacked.Copy !req
82. My army retaliated...Copy !req
83. But our efforts were to no avail...Copy !req
84. Till I alone was left
to destroy the monster.Copy !req
85. My weapons were worthless.Copy !req
86. My attempts to avenge amused the monster,
and he struck me down.Copy !req
87. I lay before him, ready to battle
for the last time,Copy !req
88. but the villain did not destroy me.Copy !req
89. Nay. The fate dealt
to me was much more cruel.Copy !req
90. He imprisoned me within
an unbreakable crystal,Copy !req
91. denying me a Warrior's end.Copy !req
92. Helpless was I as the beast destroyedCopy !req
93. what was left of my beloved kingdom.Copy !req
94. Then he came for me again.Copy !req
95. 'Twas his enjoyment that day
to punish me for eternity.Copy !req
96. Thrust me, he did,
into the core of the mountain.Copy !req
97. It was his plan for meCopy !req
98. to spend all of eternity in the mountain,Copy !req
99. never to join my fallen comrades
in Valhalla,Copy !req
100. the resting place of all great warriors.Copy !req
101. Through countless eons,
I laid still, but my will was strong.Copy !req
102. I found a way to manipulate
the material around me.Copy !req
103. Out of the rock, I formed the body
thou seest before thee.Copy !req
104. Then I created a passage
so full of peril and dangerCopy !req
105. that only the greatest
of warriors can pass.Copy !req
106. For, you see, the only entry into ValhallaCopy !req
107. is to fall in combat to another warrior.Copy !req
108. And thou are the only one to survive.Copy !req
109. As written, the truth has been told.Copy !req
110. My fate is at your mercy.Copy !req
111. Prepare yourself.Copy !req
112. At last...Copy !req
113. The gates of Valhalla open to me!Copy !req
114. Rise, warrior, rise!Copy !req
115. Honorably I must be defeated.Copy !req
116. I cannot let up.Copy !req
117. Do not worry.Copy !req
118. I have only begun to fight.Copy !req
119. After all these years,Copy !req
120. my freedom has arrived.Copy !req
121. Accursed monster, your spell is broken!Copy !req
122. I am free!Copy !req
123. At last, my flesh is restored.Copy !req
124. The curse is lifted.Copy !req
125. Warrior?Copy !req
126. I... I—Copy !req
127. Don't worry, my friend.Copy !req
128. Please hand me my sword.Copy !req
129. Thank you.Copy !req