The Legend Of Karachuo

Shortly after he fell asleep, the legend Nyakam decided to visit him in form of a dream . . . He was strolling in the woods of Kobuthi when he met an old woman with sunken eyes and cheeks . The wrinkles on her dark face showed how old she was .

Despite being that old, the woman looked like an indomitable warlord who could annihilated whoever tried to come at her with ill intentions . The aura of elegance that she conveyed could make any ordinary people venerate her .

"I don"t think I know you?" The young boy asked with a frown on the face . . .

The woman could only suspire because she knew he was not ordinary . In normal occasions, the best a kid could do was to run away as far as it could not to block the path for the elderly . If the kid was confronted, it could humbly bow because it was a great taboo to disrespect an elder .

Being an ancestor who directly communicated with other ancestors where great seers, rainmakers, prophets, witchdoctors and even "Were" himself, the woman knew very well that this young boy wasn"t ordinary . He was a child ordained by Were to serve the tribe .

"I"m Nyakam . " She gave her name in the end .

"What! " the boy was not expecting this and horror immediately struck him . He couldn"t believe that the woman he met randomly could be the great Nyokam who was an idol to many from the Lu tribe .

"Forgive this young disrespectful fellow . . . do not punish me ancestor . . . "

He only bowed a little to apologize . The woman was not at all offended by this, she was even pleased with his courage despite his tender age .

"Forget about the formalities grandson . . . "

"Why have you decided to visit me, the lowly in the tribe?"

"It"s something of great importance grandson . . . "

"But why don"t you discuss important things with the elders or the chiefs or the tribe head? I"m just a young kid enjoying his life . . . "

"Because this matter concerns you . "

"Me? And why at this time? Don"t you know our tribe is in trouble . ?"

"Forget about that trouble . We the ancestors have agreed with other tribe ancestors that the gold deposit will be shared equally amongst the various tribes to avoid unnecessarily trouble . . . "

"But . . . "

"There are no buts, we reasoned with other tribes on this matter and we all came to an agreement . It"s that agreement that the chiefs are going to be told about . There will be no battle, not this soon . . . "

And like that she told the young boy everything they agreed on . The other tribes indeed wanted to conquer the golden land . The problem was not with the Lu tribe but who could control the land after s.n.a.t.c.hing it from the Lu people . This would result into a b.l.o.o.d.y battle after which no one could have the land in the end . It was because of this reason that the ever quiet ancestors decided to meet and help the current generation in resolving the crisis, a crisis that could make them see most of their tribes wiped from the face of the earth .

"The reason I visited you was to ask you to tread carefully in the forbidden land, I visited the place myself once . . . " Nyakam decided to give the reason for her visit .

What she just said somehow shocked the boy and he couldn"t help but exclaim, "What! You visited the forbidden land?! "

" That"s is true my grandson . . . "

"Tell me, how was it? "

"Actually, I met several monsters there . It is a very dangerous place but then, it is also where I got my strength . . . "

" What?!"

"Honestly, as dangerous as the forbidden land is, it is a rich place where whoever walks out of alive can soar to greater heights . It is because of this that Were"s spirit decided to guide you out of your clan and into the forbidden land . He decided to resolve the battle so that you had to worry less about your people . "

"You are going to meet great danger there, a little carelessness can lead to your end . Be careful and use this opportunity to temper yourself and "Were" will forever be by your side . . . "

She finished issuing her instructions and before the boy knew it, she had disappeared .

"Wait! I still have a few questions for you ancestor! "

He was bond to be disappointed because the woman had disappeared without a trace . He sat down to ponder over what he had been told when he felt something moist rubbing his left foot . . .