Urenma (The River Goddess) - Episode 18

 

THE DUNGEON OF ROGUE SPIRITS

Obinze is standing before a monuntainous beast, Utebe. Before this monster being, Obinze looked like a thong of broom wielding a tooth pick for a weapon. He was courageous however, but his courage made rogue spirits to laugh so much they felt pity for Obinze. Bravely Obinze attacked Utebe, stabbing his machete into its body like he was puncturing a big sack with Tooth pick. Against the appearance of things, Obinze’s attacks caused Utebe a great deal of pain . His wail could be heard in the vast river world. Outside the dungeon, Nshaa, the elder gods and the war men of spirit world were puzzled as to how Obinze was able to cause Utebe the kind of pain that made him wail as he did. Believing he would come out of the dungeon alive they all took their battle position in wait for his re-emergence. On the other hand they eagerly waited for Urenma to show up, they knew she would. Back inside the dungeon Utebe was crushing everything in his sight in a bid to crush Obinze to death and stop the searing pain he caused it. But the more Utebe fought, it made itself an easy target for Obinze. Their battle raged on endlessly until Utebe went down on its knees and slowly, with a shout which shook the river world, collapsed on the ground. When Utebe collapsed to the ground, the unthinkable happened-Obinze slumped to the ground and began to bleed from the mouth and his neck

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. Something had happened to his body in Akputa’s shrine. The plant which spoke to him when he arrived in the river world broke the ground from under and took Obinze’s weakening body and went under..

AKPUTA’S SHRINE

Three spirits emissaries were standing over Obinze’s body and forcefully brushing their machete against his neck to sever it from his body. Obinze’s neck was bleeding profusely. After the emissaries killed Akputa, it took them hours to break the protective spells which Akputa had put on Obinze. The spell revealed one secret to them-Akputa was consulting rogue spirits without the knowledge of the elder gods. The protective spell he put over Obinze was the powerful dark work of the rogue spirits. Even after they broke the spell they still could not behead Obinze. They had to brush their machete against his skin. While Obinze’s body resisted them, Urenma broke out on the scene and tore the emissaries apart….

OUTSIDE THE DUNGEON OF ROGUE SPIRITS

Nshaa, the elder gods and the army of the river world were eagerly waiting for Obinze to come out. When Utebe shouted and collapsed on the ground, they knew Obinze had done the unbelievable. However when the wait for him to come out became unending, the elder gods sent their army into the dungeon to retrieve Obinze. Inside the dungeon, rogue spirits didn’t like the elder gods sending their fighting spirits into a place they considered their own ground and so a battle broke out. The elder gods were going to win and subdue rogue spirits like they had done for ageless time, but the battle was what Obinze needed. Under the ground, the plant which had taken Obinze’s body and Obojoro were pensively waiting for Urenma’s to revive Obinze’s body in the world of men so his spirit could wake in the river world…..

AKPUTA’S SHRINE

In Akputa’s shrine, Urenma had swiftly subdued the emissaries by tearing them to shreds. They would find their lives again in the river world, but they would not dare stand before her in battle. With the herbs in Akputa’s shrine and her own power, Urenma revived Obinze’s body and stopped the bleeding. She raised over Obinze the same protective cloud she raised over her children and her parents when Ogidi came with his war men to Ukeh. Having made sure Obinze was safe she jumped into Akputa’s green water pool. However when she left a set of monstrous eyes flicked open from the ground.

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. Urenma did not see it nor did she feel its presence. The spirit was form another kingdom; a powerful, wicked enemy of Urenma and her people. A voice had summoned it to Akputa’s shrine where Obinze’s body lay..

THE RIVER WORLD

In the river world a blast was heard. The elder gods knew what it meant; Urenma had re-opened the sealed portal to the world of men. Inside the dungeon as battle raged between rogue spirits and the army of the elder gods, the plant deposited a revived Obinze back on the surface of the ground. Obinze didn’t need an invitation to join the battle. As soon as he jumped up from the ground he began to attack every spirit he saw around him. When the army of elder gods spotted him, they pressed against him. Obinze was not fazed; he made a stand and pressed back against them. Because rogue spirits hated everything the gods stood for, they raised a cry to help Obinze and joined him to press against the army of elder gods until they pushed them out of the dungeon. When Urenma saw a swarm of fighting spirits against Obinze, she called for help.

A mighty army of ruthless and angry princesses, descended on the battle ground.

To Be Continued….