CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 5

The ogrism tail was the only mechanism to kill the king. The king was using magical powers, in order to nail him, you need to get ogrism tail.

Getting ogrism tail wasn't easy, you have to trick the ogrism using magical powers from the calabash, just as Abednego. The second thing was to cut the tail, which wasn't easy, the ogrism have to be fed for a good period in order for them to fall asleep. There you have to use a magical sword given by the old woman, Matendechere. The training was to be conducted by the spirit men.

About a moment into Abednego's training, Crasher finally broke it to him,

“I am worried about you," he said.

“Why?”

“This ogrism, from time memorial are known to be too dangerous, a smell of mortal being can't cause them to sleep, no matter how much you feed them."

“I have prepared myself for that,” Abednego said defiantly.

“No, I don’t think you have.”

Crasher's voice had taken on a stern quality that Abednego hadn’t heard before.

Abednego stood there, not moving. He took a swig of something that was in his hands, looking at Abednego in the eye as his head came down.

“Ah pulled a knife on a man once. Ah was high in the spirit. Ah cut him across the arm. Thankfully, he lived. Ah I could have tested that meat. Lucky ah got straightened out. Listen, ah don’t think that king will again kill people, now we are immortal, we can't rest until we drink his blood. You should do this. Yes, you should do it, do it for us to rest eternally," he said it to Abednego.

All Abednego wanted was to rescue his family from that cruel king, he was determined to bring his cruel reign to an end. The king has killed so many people, he was ruthless. Killing innocent people.

"This has to come to an end," he said it thoughtfully.

He knew that the day Namamali will be liberated, then the land will be at peace. He assured his wife Nina that he will protect her, he will see into it that their child Kipili is not taken away from her. The big issue is that Imboko was using magical powers, he had a guardian spirit that protected him anywhere he went. To get him you first have to kill the spirit and the only way is to get the ogrism tail as he was instructed by Matendechere. Crasher, the immortal man knew it was a hard task, despite the fact the ogrism were in a cage, Abednego had a big challenge awaiting him.

He was supposed to feed the ogrism so that the meal they shall feed on, it will cause them to fall into a deep sleep, and the tail will come out bulging; thus making it soft. Now when the tail is soft the magical sword will be able to go through.

The look Crasher gave Abednego was possibly the saddest that he had seen cross over his face in the short time he had meet him. He felt sorry that he had put it that way, but he wasn’t going to be swayed. Crasher also knew that ogrism, the normally stay awake most of the time. They will absolutely be bothered with Abednego. They may end up eating him alive.

Crasher the immortal man nodded his head solemnly.

“When are you supposed to have the tail?”

“Any monent,” Abednego said.

"Any delay and my child will be taken away from my wife," he responded sadly.

Abednego told them what had happened for him to come in the evil forest.

"I won't rest until freedom is secured. I am determined," he courageously told the immortal man.

Crasher remained silent for a second.

"Ah, belt up mortal man and avenge for the spirits, take up all the instructions from Matendechere and avenge,” he said.

Matendechere sent them off to accomplish each and every mission.

"Don't fear, all powers have now been conferred to you by the gods of Igodo forest, don't fear, I have summoned Crasher from the spirit world, he will be of help to you, now arise and go," Matendechere came and told him.

Abednego arrived at the place where he was told he will get food. They have to be feed on a certain type of food for them to fall into a deep sleep. It was still dark out. He had a backpack with him that held a loaded with some concoctions, a calabash, some extra herbs to rub on the wound in case he is wounded, a bit of food got from Matendechere, a magic knife, and a sword In his hand.

He held a gallon jug that he had filled with water. He wore his usual heavy skin boots, supportive boots covered with a dead buffalo skin. He was covered in layers despite the heat and humidity. Once they started moving, the wind would be freezing.

“Are you sure about this?” Crasher asked.

He nodded.

He directed Abednego to the place where there was some shanty deserted house. It was completely empty, and the doors were open.

“Hide in the back. You have a rock?”

He leaned down and picked up a large weathered stone. He could wedge it between the doors in the event he had to close them, since they didn’t open from the inside. He entered into the dark corner of the empty room. Crasher would sometimes lean against the wall and talk to him, but most of the time he was getting things set up. It came time for them to take off since there was nothing.

“You know about the next stop? It’s a miles away.”

“Yeah, Crasher, you’ve told me,” Abednego smiled.

"You stay safe and don’t let any invisible spirit cross you over.”

“I won’t.”

They therefore started moving. Abednego waved to Crasher as he gained speed. They stared at each other until Crasher's image was obscured by trees. Abednego was completely alone now. He slowly slowed down, went back and sat in the corner of the deserted house contemplating his situation. He was scared, more scared than he ever had been.

And he loved it. He was free. No one, except for him, knew where he was going or where he would end up. Food was going to be a bit of an obstacle, but he figured he could just go back and skin the ogrism and try to scoop its tail out. But that couldn't be easy, the only way to get its tail was by giving it a specific food that will cause them to sleep, deeper sleep that will make the tail to bulge out, soft; thus easy for the magic knife and sword to go through.

While there were challenges inherent with this assignment, there were also a myriad of possibilities. He was ready to take hold of them.

The first couple of hours in the deserted house, he kept to the back. Time was probably running faster, and he hadn’t yet gained the courage to move to the open area. He secured the gallon jug behind his backpack and slowly rose. He held to the sides of the house and sat at the opening. What met his eyes was astounding. A dark gray creature sat in the midst of green trees. Its vastness filled the land, as a fierce wind howled through the trees, exposing the silver underside of the leaves. It was like an island fortress in an ocean of undulating greens and silver's, daring anyone to swim to its shores. This scene was horrible, but it also terrified him.