They got to the river and quickly built a raft from the woods they found in the surrounding. They used their ax to fell and cut trees into logs, they use grasses as ropes to tie these logs of wood together.They have already wasted 4 days in the dungeon of the Bushbabies, and an extra 1 building a raft to cross the river believed to be filled with mermaids.They built 3 rafts, each raft carries 10 of them.They needed to cross the vast river before evening when the mermaids come out, but the river was so vast, so while they resting after a log paddle, they noticed a very beautiful lady hanging on one of their rafts, her face was so beautiful and so innocent. You can only see from her head to the top of her chest as the other parts of her body were covered in water.She seems like a helpless lady seeking help, one of the warriors forgot that he shouldn’t engage them for any reason as their intentions aren’t pure.He was mov
As they dropped down from the river where they just encountered mermaids, everywhere was quiet, no single noise was heard anywhere.Dike signaled everyone to remain quiet and as they carefully toss each step so as to avoid dry woods and grasses; dry woods might break under their weight and cause some noise and dry grasses when stepped on may make some crispy sound.So they were carefully throwing steps as they were moving along. They kept moving, they could see nothing dangerous though. So they were gradually losing their guard despite Dike repeatedly making gestures to them to remain as quiet as possible as they walk through this strange land.So one of them shouted when bitten by an insect and before other warriors could look back, he got whisked away.The warrior who saw the movement of what took him away shouted and wanted to pursue, another strange creature also carries him away instantly.Th
‘you’ll see them flying on broomsticks, putting on black hoods, with protruded caps, they are very wicked and seeks to harvest our blood if we let them, but we can resist them’ Dike said as they approach to cross the territory of witches.He then asked everyone to bring out from their bags the portion given to them by the Oracles, ‘don’t waste it, when a witch approaches you, stay composed and make sure it gets close enough then you pour this portion on the witch and it will dematerialize before your eyes, but remember, don’t waste it and don’t use it unless it’s necessary. If you waste yours, you are gone’ he added.While they were threading quietly through the path, the witches were watching them from their covens. They laughed hysterically that they just have food walk into their lands.They usually travel to the villages at night to hunt for blood, they turn into birds, or rats and
Dike reminded them, that if no one looks back no matter the sound, or noise, nothing will happen to the person.Even if you hear the voice of your wife or baby, please don’t look back, they are deceptions, your families are in the village, they can’t be here and the forces that live here can’t harm you unless you look back. When he was done speaking, He told them to proceed as he’ll lead from behind.Don’t even look back if you hear my voice calling for help; just keep moving he added as they went ahead of him into the ‘Land of No-look back’It was the elders who shared the story of the land to them and why they called it a land of ‘No look back’ their warriors observed many years ago that the forces in that land can’t harm anyone who doesn’t look back, then they went on to share stories of several of their warriors turning into pillars of salt, a rock of stone and into so many t
No matter what is flying above you, the screeching noise over you, don’t look up.Our ancestors who were warriors named it ‘don’t look up’ when they discovered that the mysterious flying creatures in this land can’t harm anyone that didn’t look up to see them.No one has been able to see so as to describe the creature on this land because those who saw them turned to ashes instantly. But we don’t need to fear. If we don’t look up no matter what, we’ll make it through this land without any harm. Dike addressed them as they made it into the land.They could see piles of ashes from various spots as they take each step. These spots are warriors they’ve heard their folklores who couldn’t survive crossing this path not because they were not mighty men of valor but because they looked up.Each step the warriors take they see another pile of ashes that remi
Don’t stop running! Immediately they took to their heels. They practiced running with a heavy log of wood as warriors so it wasn’t too difficult for Dike at first to lift the sick warrior who looked at the creatures with a mirror and run.The sick warrior, his name is EmekaThe other warriors were way ahead though they regularly look back to see if Dike was running fast enough with the unconscious Emeka on his shoulders.That was when they saw a dog-like animal, coming after Dike closely. This animal is 10 times the size of a man with a fierce-looking face and a protruded sharp tooth from under its mouth.It is said that these strange-looking animals have a good sense of smell therefore no one can hide from them, once you set your legs on their lands you just keep running. That was how the name of the land came about.The animals can’t run as fast as humans but they definitely don’t stop coming after
As they were resting and laughing at themselves for how they panicked during their last flight, one of them saw a shinning stone which he suspected to be gold. He thought of how he’ll become extremely wealthy should he return with such gold.Though Dike has told them never to do anything till he has prepped them about the land they are in and reminded them of the instructions they must yield to survive such land. This warrior secretly and quietly separated himself from others to pick up this stone.The idea of sharing the profit of selling such precious stone with another warrior should they know about it made him shrewd and kept the idea to himself.The other warriors were listening to Emeka share with them the description of the creature he saw with the aid of the mirror and what happened to him that made him passed out.Emeka just did the impossible to see the un-seeable and lived, so everyone wants to know what he saw, they were so
The people of Afugiri community gathered to pray and make sacrifices to the gods over the safety of their warriors at the shrine. The Oracle was leading the prayer and in the making of the sacrifices. They called out to the gods and ask that they save their warriors.The Oracle did some incantations after humming with ‘omu’ on his mouth for like 7 minutes. He then cut the throat of the ‘Ehi’ (bull) that the people of Afugiri jointly brought for the sacrifices. The 11 villages had contributed to buy this Bull. Everyone was willing to contribute because of their love for their King.The Oracle was dressed on leather that is embedded with cowries and small bones; he hanged several horns of gazelle and wrapped the skin of a leopard-like wrapper. His face was marked with white chalks and tiro (black-eye lash) was marked on his eyelids.The elders were all putting on pure white wrappers, raised to their bel