URENMA (Journey To The River World) - Season 1 - Episode 22

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URENMA (Journey To The River World) - Season 1 - Episode 22

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But then the voice spoke to him again “Turn back and go left!” Obinze turned and began to run to the direction. Having left the dungeon and met army of spirits. There was no need to ask them what they wanted; the plant had told him what he needed to do-battle the spirits until the gods ask you what you want

Without delay Obinze engaged them in battle. After a long drawn battle where the spirits could not subdue Obinze, then the unthinkable happen-an army of rogue spirits matched out of their dungeon and took sides with Obinze. No one knew who summoned them or if Urenma made them a promise
When Nshaa saw what was about to happen-a war with the rogue spirits was about to begin. He knew the war would destroy the balance in the river world. So Nshaa summoned the twenty elder gods and they decended on the battle ground and forced the rogue spirits back into their dungeon. But while they did that they heard UTEBE’S voice,a giant monster spirit. The battle had stirred him and when he stirs you must give him a fight. Nshaa and the twenty elder gods had not planned for things to go the way they turned out, so they finally asked Obinze what he wanted “I brought no war to your world; I only came to plead with you to release my wife,whom you took away from me even though you knew she died loving my people. I will pay any price you wish for me to pay for her to be returned to me or accomplish any task you set before me” “You have spoken well Obinze. And we the elder gods respect your wish. However it is not a bride price that you will pay, we spirits do not take that. We will give you a task. Which if you accomplish we will let you leave with Urenma” said Nshaa “What is the task? Tell me” Obinze asked bravely “You shall enter again into the dungeon of rogue spirits and subdue Utebe; he has stirred. When you accomplish this task we shall let you leave with Urenma”. Immediately he heard the task, Obinze bolted off into the dungeon of rogue spirits

THE CONSPIRACY

When the gods assembled in their chamber they summoned the emissiaries sent earlier to Akputa to go this time and bring Akputa and Obinze’s heads.
Though Obinze did not know it,the elder gods were not willing by any stretch to give him Urenma even if he subdued Utebe. The elder gods didn’t want to hear any more of men who entered the spirit world and prevailed against the spirits. By all means they would make sure Obinze failed. The portal to the land of living would only be opened the moment Obinze died in the river world. When Obojoro learnt of the conspiracy of the elder gods,it took its greatest risk to go reveal it to Urenma. The guard did not expect a small fish like Obojoro to know much or cause any harm, so they did not stop it when it entered Urenma’s cage. “My princess the elder gods plot to behead the man thou lovest. Emissaries of death they have sent to the land of men to bring his head from his body lieth. Haste you must make to save him whom thou lovest” “Obojoro thy princess they have bound, and she knowest not how from here she shall be able to save him whom she lovest. Help me little one. If I escape from here, my power I shall gain back and a great battle I shall wage to save my love”

“To help thee I am minded to do. But the consequences fearest I much my princess”

“I am a princess of the gods, I have authority in this world. When my love I have saved and shown all what absured treachery against a mere mortal the elder gods commitheh, I shall speak for thy freedom and those spirits thou shall impore to help thee in my escape” “If though are sure that this shall beautifully end, then my help is hall give thee” “How desirest thou to set me free from here?” “Small I maybe, but I have friends in high places. The ground shall open under thee, when thou seeth it, thou shall fall into it and free thou shall be” “Thank you little one” “Thank me my princess when thou hast thy love saved”

From Urenma’s cage Obojoro swam away hastitly. In short moment of time, an innumerable shoal of fish throunged Urenma’s cage. The spirit guards were overwhelmed by the army of fish which descended upon Urenma’s cage. Their company made a mighty dark cloud which covered and rattled Urenma’s cage. By the time they swam past Urenma’s cage, she was gone. All the guards saw inside her cage was a deep dark hole. Alarmed the spirit guards fled to report the happening to Nshaa.

“What! No! This is not the time to let Urenma run loose. Summon the war men of the river world! From a wall of soldiers around the dungeon of rogue spirits. If Urenma so much as comes close to the dungeon seize her and if Obinze by a stroke of luck comes out of the dungeon kill him!”

When Urenma was broken out of the cage,with great flight she made for Akputa’s shrine. When she arrived all she saw was Akputa’s body lying on the ground headless. There was no sign of Obinze’s body. When she heard voices which sounded to her like the voice of emissaries, she charged in that direction…