Loving Boundlessly

Chapter 3

Eligwe: The realm of the gods.

Inkosazana, tiptoed through the halls of the gods. Everywhere she turned there were signs of destruction and desolation. the halls of the gods looked abandoned and decript. She came out to the central shrine. Everywhere was quiet. She could hear herself breathe and the sounds of her footsteps. The once vibrant halls and shrines were now quiet. she counted herself lucky that she was considered a weak and useless goddess whose only strength lied in making sure there was abundant corn. So far, she has been able to deliver important messages to the gods and goddesses in hiding. Tears came to her eyes when she taught about the once strong gods and goddesses who were been tortured in the abyss by the ancient one, her Heart raged when she thought about the betrayal that had brought both men and gods to this point. Silently she slipped into the protected grove, the only place in the whole of Eligwe that is sorely protected by the cosmos, a place where even the ancient evil one could not encroach on. as soon as she entered, she went straight to Ifa, Ifa being frail and blind was the most knowledgeable apart from the Oracle Supreme. what news do you bring Ifa asked her? Hmm Inkosanza replied , i was able to slip into the abyss with the traitor, ifa the condition i saw Amadioha, Ogun and the other high deities was appalling, i have never felt such malice and evil in all my existence. The traitor was watching the chosen one's heart string today, i believe that she has finally chosen her physical vessel. I noticed her watching a slave girl whom the prince had intercourse with while seeking for the woman who will finally free him. i looked into her aura and her soul and i felt the same slimy suffocating evil i felt in the abyss. i decided to investigate further after the traitor left, i discovered that This isn't the first time that The Ancient Evil one has come to the earth, it had shown itself during the time of the arcane, it took a village of mages to lock him away and it took their lives in the process all that was left was their writtings. Their records were difficult to find, but i discovered that Titilayo is a descendant of the traitor's vessel during the time of the arcane. They had been keeping their line going by an ancient ritual that was performed on their female line where they summoned the soul of Imhotep into a willing vessel who would then have carnal knowledge of the girl when she is at the cusp of womanhood. The maiden blood together with the ritual tied the girl's soul to the ancient evil one. That may also be how his prison was weakened. hmmm Ifa answered, you have done a good job, but were you able to track down the descendants of the arcane mages, as they would be our hope of getting the records on how to defeat this ancient evil. we can't ask the elder gods as they have all become one with the cosmos, and the only remaining elder goddess Nana Buluku comes and goes as she pleases. Our numbers are dwindling and morale is low, we fight the enemy yet we haven't even scratched the surface. Go back to the human world and keep your ears to the ground. I will be sending others after you to help protect the chosen one as the time for her awakening is almost here.