Chapter 9: Ogun's Heir ⚔️🔥
The first thing Nimi felt wasn't pain it was the pressure. 💥 Like a thousand fists pounding inside his chest, trying to break free. His scream wasn't human anymore; it echoed in layers, shaking glass from windows blocks away. 🫨🔊
Yagazie crawled behind a crumbled pillar 🧱, clutching her broken blade 🗡️, eyes wide. She'd seen madness in the streets before. She'd even fought things that weren't from this realm. But this—this was something deeper. 🌀👁️
Nimi's body floated inches above the ground. 🛸 Ogun's glyphs wrapped his skin like molten tattoos, glowing brighter with every heartbeat. 🩸✨ The Orisha Mask of Iron now fused to his face—half metal, half fire—all wrath. 😠🔥🎭
The Eater of Dreams lunged. 🕳️👹
Its smoky limbs stretched unnaturally, mouths biting with no sound. But Nimi didn't flinch. With a guttural roar 🗣️, he ripped the air apart. The sound—part thunder ⚡, part chant 🗿—pushed the demon back, burning holes into its smoky flesh. 🔥🕳️
Ogun's heir," the boy whispered, still watching with unblinking white eyes. 👦👁️ The prophecy bends… but it does not break.
Nimi turned toward the boy, voice echoing like a god's. 👑
"Speak again in riddles and I'll split the ground you stand on." ⚠️🌍
The boy smiled 😊, unfazed. "You'll need me before this end that's sure. The Eater is only the gatekeeper." 🚪👀 non was he the preparer
Yagazie dragged herself closer, blood smearing the stone under her. 💔🩸 "Nimi… this power—can you control it?"
His breathing slowed. 😮💨 The glyphs pulsed softer now, more rhythm than rage. He dropped to his knees, mask falling off, steaming. 🎭💨
"I don't know," he said. "But I feel like if I stop using it… this city dies." ☠️ am sure Ogun own we all
Suddenly, a rumble deeper underground—like chains dragging across a hollow floor. ⛓️🌑 Then came a whisper, in an ancient tongue neither Nimi nor Yagazie spoke… but both understood. 👂🗣️
> "The mask was not lost. It was locked." 🔐
"And now… everything else will come looking." 👁️🕷️
The neon skyline of Orisha City blinked. 🌃
⚡ For one terrifying moment, the entire city's power grid died—leaving nothing but firelight 🔥 and fear 😨.
And in that silence, all across the zones—from the mansions in Upper Oriki 🏛️ to the shanties of Eko-Under bridge everyone felt something watching. 👀 even the Oloshos have food for the eyes.
Nimi stood slowly. 🧍♂️
I need to find Baba Ayelala," he said. "He's the only one who can read the full map." 🧙🏽♂️📜
Yagazie looked up, confused. "Map? What map?" 🗺️❓
He showed her his arm. The glyphs were no longer random. They'd arranged themselves into something terrifying A map of Orisha City but marked with seven seals… and six were already broken.