The priest danced around,
singing some exciting incantations and calling aloud the name of the gods.
Taking a strong gaze at Ojinta, the priest said, you must follow the path of
the great Ikuma River, the river by the edge of the forest, continue on that path
until you get to a very giant tree, then you are close to Ikanga. Looking at
his men, Ojinta further asked, how do we defeat the Ikanga warriors, great
one?. The priest said, take the water that is closest to the great tree of
Ikanga, and sprinkle it on them to destroy their evil powers, then you can
fight them as mere men, the priest added, make sure you take the King hostage,
else the Princess will not be released from the charm used on her, with this,
the priest instructed them to be on their way before the sun goes to sleep, he
finally warned them not to eat any food that wasn’t prepared by their own hands.
Ojinta led his warriors as instructed, and he was much
focused, taking note of each detail and encouraging the warriors not to be
afraid. As night fell, they made a small camp, and rested the night there. At dawn, Ojinta told the warriors that they
shall not stop again, so as to reach their destination on time, after two days
of their journey, on the third day, they could see the giant tree of Ikanga
from afar, Ojinta was a bit relieved and the warriors showed a facial
expression of gladness. The sounds of women and children could be heard from
afar, possibly taking a bath, washing some clothes or fetching some water from
the Ikuma River. One of the warriors, Amanze, suggested they rest till night
falls, so they could enter the village undetected by anyone, but Ojinta told
the men that they were not conversant with the roads in the village, hence he
volunteered to go into the village, pretending to be a merchant, so as to take
note of the road network, their king’s palace and the level of security present
in the village, and if possible to know where the Princess is held hostage.
Great plan shouted Abraka, one of the well-respected warriors.
At night fall, Ojinta is seen returning after much
acclimatization of key places in the village, he whistled to inform the men
that he was the one coming to prevent any attack. The men prepared themselves, took enough
water from the Ikuma River as instructed by the priest and quietly they walked
towards the village with Ojinta leading the way. As they moved they heard a
young girl screaming for help, three of the Ikanga warriors were about to rape
her. Ikanga told four of the men to wait, as he went with Amanze and Abraka to
locate who was shouting and why. Getting closer, they discovered it was a rape
case and immediately they sprinkled the water on the men and killed them, the
victim thanked them and promised to be of help to them for saving her life.
They went quietly to the King’s palace, and it was the girl who tricked the
palace guards away from the gate, giving the warriors an easy penetration into
the palace. Ojinta shared the men around into three groups, one group was to
rescue the Princess, and another was to kill any warrior that comes through the
palace entrance, while the last group was to take the King and Queen as
hostages. Each group succeeded, except those that went to save the princess, the
fight with the Ikanga warriors protecting the Princess was very bloody, as none
of the three warriors from lorji that went returned alive.
The palace was shaken as no one expected the ambush from the
men from Lorji, realizing this, the Ikanga warriors took the Princess towards
the palace, unknown to them that the King and Queen have been taken hostage, as
they entered, Ojinta shouted, stop there, release the princess and undo the
spell you placed on her now or I will kill your King and Queen, the men were
reluctant, but the King instructed them to release the Princess for fear of
death. Brave Ojinta released only the Queen, and told the men that he will only
release the king when they had left unharmed from the village, the furious
Ikanga warriors watched painfully as Ojinta left with his remaining three
warriors, the girl they saved, the Princess and The King of Ikanga village.
As
they moved away from the village, the Ikanga warriors followed quietly from
behind, noticing this, Ojinta and his entourage moved towards the great Ikuma
River, which was a change of plan, initially they had planned to rush to where
their horses were and escaped, but that plan couldn’t worked, as a legion of
Ikanga warrior followed them, getting to the river, Ojinta released the King,
he told the men, the Princess and the Lady they rescued from the rapists to
quickly hold each other as he mumbled some words, they immediately disappeared,
leaving the King and Warriors of Ikanga in shock and disbelieve.
(Hope you enjoyed this week's story line, stay tuned for the next episode of the story- Ojemba and the Cripple)
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