Akumajo Dracula: Akuma no Chi Chi no Akumu (悪魔城ドラキュラ：悪魔の血 血の悪夢; translation: Demon Castle Dracula: Demon's Blood - Nightmare Blood) is a Castlevania novel published in the Japanese magazine LOGOUT from 1992 to 1995.
The story was written by Ichiro Tezuka and illustrated by Masaki Takahashi. It was originally intented to be a novelization of Super Castlevania IV but the author decided to create an orginal story.
The first six issues of the story were released in novelized form in 1994. Because the serialized magazine eventually suspended publication, this novel was discontinued.
During a stormy night, two babies are born. Both babies have a amnion attached to their bodies. The baby with the white-colored amnion is destined to become a guardian while the baby with the red-colored amnion is destined to become the guardian's vampire nemesis.
Archbisschop Guillaume sends out Dean Silva, Elizabeth Arye, and Pierre Baiyan as missionaries in order to spread the faith in God among heathen villages. While traveling through the forest, Dean has a dream about a peaceful village. Suddenly, it starts raining blood and Dean quickly wakes up. When they get out of the forest, they come across the village that appeared in Dean's dream. They settle there and Dean and Elizabeth try to convert the villagers to their faith. Pierre remains in his home and devotes all his time to alchemy research. Their attempts are not a succes and Dean tries to convert them by telling them that if they don't believe in God their souls will remain trapped in their dead bodies forever. This is much to Elizabeth's dismay.
The village is plagued by vampire attacks. The first victim is a young girl named Mary Fraise. Her corpse is found laying in bed with two teeth marks visible on her neck. When Dean and Elizabeth head to the house of the village chief they overhear a conversation between Mary's father, Ronto, and an old man named Emil Moron. Ronto accusses Emil of drinking his daughter's blood, much to the shock of Elizabeth. The village chief explains to them that the village has an old legend that says drinking blood results in immortatlity. Remembering this legend, Emil drank a little bit of Mary's blood, hoping that it would extend his life. Soon afterwards, Mary's body mysteriously disappears. Pierre urges the villagers to let themselves turn into vampires so that they all will have eternal life.
The second victim is Cil Vink. Her body is burned so that she won't come back as a vampire. During the cremation, the village elder tells him about Simon Belmont, a legendary vampire hunter who they worship as a god. He has a whip that turns a vampire, when stricken with it, to ash. It is said that he will appear when the village is in peril.
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Dean Silva. Main protagonist. He is in search for Simon Belmont.
Elizabeth Arye. Dean's lover. She is turned into a vampire.
Pierre Baiyan. Self-styled alchemist and a criminal. He revives Dracula.
Claude Runkle. He is Dracula in this novel. Revived by Pierre Baiyan.
Ray Belmont. Successor of Lias and mentor of Simon.
Valvula. Predecessor of Dracula and Ray's nemesis.
Leesa Berenice - Beloved by Simon and Claude. Kidnapped by Claude after he became Dracula.
Cil Vink. A villager who was turned into a vampire.
Mary Fraise. A 16-year-old girl who is turned into a vampire.
Log Out volume 1.
Log Out volume 2.
Log Out volume 3.
Log Out volume 7.
Log Out volume 10.
Log Out volume 11.
Log Out volume 12.
Log Out volume 13.
Log Out volume 14.
Log Out volume 15.
Log Out volume 21.
Log Out volume 25.
Akumajo Dracula: Akuma no Chi - Chi no Akumu front cover.
The Archbisschop.
Dean.
Dean and Elizabeth.
Clockwise: Dean, ?, and ?.
Mary Fraise.
Opening of the first part.
Opening of the second part.
Opening of the third part.
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