The Oracle told him that if he can sacrifice the person he loves most that the warriors won’t be able to make it back from their journey to get the Magic Bean.It was a very tough one, his wife Ada whom he so much loves. She was the only one who could calm him and make him smile when things are not alright and she has been firing him up to go to any length and win the throne. He thought about it but couldn’t come to terms with sacrificing her.He went to the Oracle and told him that he can’t. Well, the Oracle said, if he doesn’t, that he’ll die within the next 7 days.‘I’ll be saving myself and getting the throne if I sacrifice my beloved wife,’ Arinze said to himself as he reluctantly agreed to sacrifice her.His mood changed, he wasn’t socializing as he refused to be with anyone. Life without the woman who perfectly understands and loves him would be very hard

 ‘Never step out of the given path, make sure you place your feet where I removed mine’ Dike said as he took the lead.‘The spirits on this land have given humans passage as long as we don’t go outside our given path. Whoever ventures outside our allotted paths will be at the mercy of the spirits of this land. Dike continued to tell them as they followed him in a single file.Emeka has not fully recovered; he still staggers when taking steps. Dike requested that he be in the middle of the line so that those behind him can hold him from falling out of their given path.Emeka’s mouth can clearly show some whitish stuff that is stained from the milk he just took. The milk is said to nullify the effect of spells and poisons and it was administered to Emeka so that he could recover from the effect of his earlier encounter in the land of ‘Don’t look up’.The impact on his health was nothing compared t

 You could hear the sound of the village gong (Ekwe), whenever you hear the sound of the gong, important news is about to be passed so everyone stops what they are doing to pay attention to the news that usually accompanies the gong.You could hear ‘okwu-ekwe’ that’s the name of whoever is in charge of the gong at any time. He was shouting that everyone should come out to the Mbara-Ama (village Square) because the issue concerning the accusation that queen Ada being responsible for the death of Arinze’s wife would be heard today, and whoever is interested in contributing to the judgment so that the justice can be served without bias should come out.Because the King is sick, most of the judgments are carried out by the chiefs in council after everyone present at the hearing has contributed. This makes judgment take a very long time before it’s reached and many are left offended when the judgment doesn’t go b

LAND OF LUSTAs they continued to walk, recounting their last experience; the archers making fun of those who did have less headshot and everyone was laughing at them and jokingly asking them to begin their target practices, one of them saw a beautiful lady, looking seductively at him. At first, he thought it was everyone who was seeing her, but when he looked at the other warriors, they were still jesting as though nothing was up.The warrior was so engrossed looking at the lady; he even missed his step and almost fell; he has suddenly forgotten every other thing he was doing.The lady who was seductively dressed in well-designed animal skins would wag her tongue at him; invite him with her hand gestures while looking straight into his eyes. She takes graceful and seductive steps backward as she invites the warrior towards her.Mysteriously, the other warriors didn’t see what was happening with that warrior as they were all alike in their various visions a

‘This is the land of half-blood; half werewolf and half-human and they are vicious. Therefore we must move as quickly as we can so that we will leave their territory before the moon rises’ Dike said.When one of the warriors asked how they came about and live in that land, Dike share with them what knew, he said.In the olden days, a woman committed the abominable by sleeping with a wild dog; she got pregnant and gave birth to the first half-blood.She said she fell in love with the dog after she has had series of disappointment from men who she was in a relationship at various times in her life. She lost trust in a man and fell in love with a dog because according to her, dogs are more loyal than humans.The community rallied together to drive her and her half-werewolf and half-human baby out of the community of humans.She continued with the sexual relationship with the dog and had more half-bloods or Lycans. They then moved far away fr