Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 16

 

FLASHBACK: WHEN THE EMISSARIES RETURNED

“Akputa has rebelled aganist us my lords. He refused to give us Obinze’s head. We want to leave now to bring both their heads” “Hold on emissaries, Obinze might have some use after all. See, he heads into the dwelling of rogue spirits who help mortals violate our laws amongst men. They will attack him; let’s see how many he will destory before you bring me his head . Huh! Who did you say this man is? Is there any ancient prophecy concerning him?” asked Nshaa “There is none my lord, but there is a blood covenant over his life”, replied an elder montitoing spirit “Who made the covenant and with whom?” asked Nshaa “His parents made the covenant with the gods”, replied the monitoring spirit “I remember now, I have no intention to honour that covenant in full. Obinze must die here!” barked Nshaa

FLASHFORWARD: OBINZE ENGAGES ROGUE SPIRITS

Obinze could tell there was something different about the spirits he was locked in a battle with. Some of them were not just trying to fight him; rather they were trying to take possession of his spirit body. Instead of fighting Obinze saw himself resisting those spirits which were forcing their way into his spirit body. After some hours of battling them, they overpowered Obinze and took possession of his spirit body in their thousands

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. The energy they generated inside of him made him to collapse. When he woke up he did everything the rogue spirits which were inside him desired. If they desire to eat filth, Obinze ate filth. When they spoke to him at the same time, Obinze would run mad and smash his head against the rocks. He would often attack himself with his machete to force out the spirits. For weeks Obinze remained in this condition and the elder gods watched him patiently.

FLASHBACK: URENMA’S PRISON

In a mammoth cage Urenma lay wondering what she had done for the gods to subdue her powers and lock her up in a cage. An ugly friendly fish swam past her cage and she called at it. “Obojoro!” Obojoro swam back to Urenma. “Oh my princess! Why calledst thou me?” asked Obojoro. “Tell me my friend, what is my sin that the lords have my powers subdued and locked me in this cage?” “The man whom thou lovest has brought war to our world. He fightest bravely and many spirits he subdueth. The six spirits warriors have the strength of his blade felt”. “I understand not your meaning oh fish. Of whom calledst though the man whom I love?” “Obinze the man thou lovest in Ukeh land has come into our world and fightest bravely. But now the rogue spirits have possessed him and maketh him mad!!!” “Obinze in the river world. No! This canst not happen Obojoro!”
“My lady it happenest even as I speaketh. The world around is that he comest to take thee back to his world”. Urenma let out a cry. It rattled the cage and Obojoro took cover. The sound of her cry shook much in the river world.
The elder gods and the rogue spirits both heard her. A mighty army of princesses were under her and many people. Princes who have lived in Ukeh loved her. If she would call for help there were many who would come to her aid. Nshaa knew this and immediately he heard her cry sent warriors spirits to guard her cage. On the floor of the cage Urenma lay and began to search for Obinze with her mind. Her power have been subdued, this was the much she could do.

FLASHFORWARD: THE DUNGEON OF ROGUE SPIRITS

Obinze was on the floor eating rubbish as the spirits in him commanded. Suddenly he felt a warmth familar presence and so stopped feeding into his mouth the rubbish on the ground.

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. In his mind he saw Urenma and her voice commanded him “Arise!” Obinze sprang from his feet and t----t himself like an arrow against the wall of the dungeon. The voice yelled again “Arise!” inspite of himself, Obinze threw his body once again against the wall of the dungeon. By this time the voice yelled “Arise!” the third time, the command made meaning to the insane Obinze. Urenma’s hair in him began to come alive again and the rogue spirits in him took flight. The elder gods stood in awe from where they watched. For fractions of seconds the river world stood still to watch what Obinze might do. Picking his machete with which he had been cutting himself for weeks, he threw himself at the horde of rogue spirits which had assembled to fight against him.
Legends had been told of men and women who were inspired by love to do the impossible, that day the river world beheld a legendary tale of its own displayed before them all-a mortal inspired by the love of his wife, a goddess of the river world, raised his machete against an army of rogue spirits and hacked them down. When they jumped on him to rip him apart. Urenma’s hair shot out of him like arrows and pierced them. After days of battling, the dungeon of rogue spirits was filled with torn and mangled spirits who could not stand Obinze. Obinze wanted to run deeper into the dungeon thinking he would see the elder gods in there.