Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 15

 

When the battle was over, the five sabre-toothed monsters were all lying impotent on the ground and Obinze was badly lacerated. He was deeply torn open by the bits and claws of the five sabre-toothed monsters and yet he lived. As he looked himself over he knew he was no longer the Obinze who set out from Ukeh to bring back his wife; something had happened to him. It began the night some beasts came to tear him to shreds while he was himself a beast . He had not time to figure out what had happened to him because there was more battle to fight.

Wondering what next to do, Obinze ran back to the plant he spoke to earlier, “I have put down the six spirit warriors. How do I find the elder gods? I want to demand they give me back my wife……….” “Human! You have succeeded in proving to the river world that you are dangerous. Now our world will throw its worst at you mortal man. Follow the sun; it will lead you to the elder gods”. “There are too many sunlights here, which of them do I follow?” “Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! It has begun! If you find the true sunlight you find your way out of the river world”. “I don’t want my way out of the river world; I want to meet with the elder gods”. The plant didn’t answer him; it simply disappeared into the ground

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. Obinze lifted his eyes to the sky and decided to follow the most beautiful sun in the river world sky. The sun was blue in colour and made the river world look more beautiful than it actually was. With much strength he ran as his flesh gradually began to close up. Everything Obinze saw in the river world was opposite to what he grew up to know or hear in the world of men. While he journeyed through the river world following the blue sun in the sky, he did not know he was heading toward the dungeon of rogue spirits……….

FLASH-BACK: THE MOMENT OBINZE OVER CAME THE SIX SPIRIT WARRIORS

“Obinze has shown himself a mighty man. But I don’t like this entertainment. I want emisseries sent to Akputa. Tell him to behead Obinze’s body and send it to us now!” demanded Nshaa. Immediately emissaries were sent to Akputa. When they arrived, Akputa was happy; he wanted to know how Obinze was faring in the river world. “Tell me, the mortal has not been captured, has he?” “He has subdued the six spirit warriors and for this reason, Nshaa has demanded you give us his head now”. “No! No!! No!!! This one is special, we just can’t kill him. The six spirit warriors will revive and live forever, but Obinze won’t if we kill him. I believe Ojidili has been reborn and no one knows it…..” “Shut up and give up his head!” Akputa drew his jagged machete known as Ndana and attacked the spirits. From his mouth he dispelled disarming powder at them and forced them into his green water pool. The emissaries disappeared. Akputa went down to the ground in a heap and began to wail. He knew he was a dead man for what he had done.

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. His head shall be pulled off his body by the spirits when they return. Because of his desire to understand Obinze whom he considered the reincarnation of Ojadili, he risked his life. Having little time to sorrow he ran and applied more protective charms on Obinze’s body, took the Ndana and made a stand beside Obinze’s body to fight whoever would come to behead his body…………..

FLASH-FORWARD: OBINZE ON HIS WAY TO THE DUNGEON OF ROGUE SPIRITS

Obinze was running past a tree when the tree bent down and took him up with one of its branches. Up in the tree every branch, twig and leaf was turned into a weapon against Obinze. Obinze could only swing his machete at every direction in the tree. The branches were too many and attacked him at the same time. On the ground a swarm of giant scorpions were rushing to climb up the tree, obinze didn’t want to still be on that tree when the scorpions come up. So he began to hack at the branches madly to cut himself loose. When the tree realized the man it had suspended amongst its branches won’t give up fighting, it tossed him at the giant scorpions on the ground. Obinze landed on one of them and plunged his machete into it. He continued to fight until he made a way for himself and bolted off deeper into the dreaded dungeon…………..