Urenma episode 23 – 24
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Chapter 23
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 in,side 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.
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. in,side 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.
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. in,side 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 s₱0tted
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.
Chapter 24
When the elder gods saw that the event
which they had for ageless time been
trying to stop was about to begin, they
swung into the battle and brought the
whole madness to a halt. Without much ado,Nshaa demanded that Obinze
remove himself from the river world. To
his suprise Obinze dug his heels in and
demanded that Urenma be given to him,
having fulfilled the task which was given
to him. However Nshaa snarled “The gift I will let you leave here with is your head
still on your shoulders. The gods are
done allowing mortals marry their
princesses! Leave now or die!” From the
crowd a voice echoed “If you as a god will
not honor your word. I as a princess will no longer honor my place as a princess of
the gods! I shall fight beside the mortal
until his wish you grant! Who is on my
side?”
The army of angry and ruthless
princesses moved toward Urenma and shouted “By yourside we shall fight till we
be subdued!” Nshaa and the elder gods
didn’t like that. They alone could subdue
Urenma and the spirits who had decided
to rebel against them. But a battle
against the children of the gods would come at a great cost,so the elder gods
decided to sit and make a decision on the
fate of Urenma and Obinze. For three
days the gods communed over how to
proceed concerning the mortal Obinze
who was bent on taking their princess back to the world of men as wife. After
their deliberations they decided that
having made Obinze a promise that if he
fulfilled the task given to him, he would
be allowed to leave with Urenma; they
announced that they would allow Obinze and Urenma live yet again as husband
and wife. This time they would allow her
live a full life time,die as mortal and then
return to the river world to resume her
duties as the princess of the gods. When
the decision of the gods were announced, the princesses went into
celebrations and the previous war scenes
were replaced with joyful revelries. The
gods had acted in wisdom and avoided a
battle which would have destroyed the
river world. Obinze and Urenma were overjoyed. Obinze couldn’t wait to leave
the river world with Urenma,but there
were procedures to follow. Urenma had a
body which was still in a grave in Ukeh.
The gods need to send thunder to
exhume it and deposit it in Nwangele River before Urenma would retake that
body and return to Ukeh. So Obinze was
sent back to the world of men to go
repossess his body and make
preparations for the return of his wife
AKPUTA’S SHRINE When Obinze woke up in his body from
the journey to the river world, a
mountainous being was standing next to
him. There was nothing like it which
Obinze had seen before, not even Utebe
looked as monstrous and dangerous as the beast he saw in Akputa’s shrine.
Obinze tried to shake of the fear which
seized his heart but could not. It was as if
a palpable cloud of fear literally
enveloped him. Not even in the river
world did he feel anything like it. In the beast’s hand was a machete which
glistened in the sunlight. The entire
length of the blade was longer than
Obinze’s height. Obinze thought how in
the world he would be able to stand the
creature in a fight. The beast took two steps backward as if inviting Obinze to a
fight; Obinze tried to stand up but could
not. Just then the monster raised its left
hand to the sky and said “I am from the
kingdom above, a voice summoned me to
this place. Take this..” when he said that; Obinze stood up and took a few steps
towards him as if the voice of the
creature controlled him “In the day your
strength shall fail you OBIAKO OBINZE
shall be remembered. When you get
home give him this” the monster continued. Obinze stretched forth his
hand the beast dropped a small wooden
ring. Continuing the monster said “The
covenant has been broken by they that
dwell in the water; but in that day, they
that dwell above shall come”. Raising its two hands to the sky, the beast shut itself
into the clould like a scud missile and the cloud covered it. Immediately Obinze
snapped out of the fear which
overwhelmed him
UKEH LAND It had been a long time since anyone heard from Obinze. There was no word if he was alive or dead. But weeks before his shocking return to Ukeh, there was a mighty rain and thunderstorm, the thunder strikes the people of Ukeh saw that day were unlike any they had known in their history.
In the midst of thethunder strikes, Urenma’s grave was smashed wide open and her bones removed. Okeke and Ngbankwo, Urenma ’s mortal parents began to go from one medince man to another to know the meaning of Urenma’s bones being
removed from her grave by thunder
strikes. The meaning wes too dark and
hidden from the medince men.
Meanwhile Obinze’s son Obiakor had begun to act like his father Obinze. In his
tender age he had begun to hunt and
wrestle. Many medince men &
soothsayers predicted that he shall be
greater than his father. Obiako was not
just loved and respected, he was feared. Olachi, Obiakor’s sister made Urenma
look ugly in her beauty.
To Be Continued.