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 . . .