I Killed Mama Ozioma’s Cat / Chapter 1: Adventure Na Serious Matter
I Killed Mama Ozioma’s Cat

I Killed Mama Ozioma’s Cat

Author: Regina Chan

Chapter 1: Adventure Na Serious Matter

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Welcome to the Continent of Sword and Magic:

You go soon begin your journey as a fresh adventurer for here.

For this place, you fit make plenty friends and even build your own adventure squad:

You fit meet sharp warriors, loyal friends, and chop sweet food wey go make you forget house. Learn fighting skills and magic, kill monsters to raise your level and get better. If you try, you fit become the only king for the whole continent. Abeg, follow the guidance and begin your hot, wild journey for this another world.

As you dey read this, sun dey shine for sky like sey e wan roast everything. Birds dey sing for tree top, market women dey argue price for yam, while okada boys dey shout for passengers. For Umuola, everybody sabi say adventure na serious matter, but e still get small room for enjoyment. The way your heart dey beat now, na so every big champion for storybook bin start him own journey.

1.

Hello, na me be your guide for this adventure. I go help you sabi adventuring tips quick, remind you about your quests, show your progress, and more. You dey for one small town wey dey the edge of Umuola Continent. The people here no get wahala, dem dey real and straightforward, but outside town, some kind creatures dey waka. Na the perfect place to start as newbie. Now, open your adventurer backpack. Inside, you go see the starter pack wey I arrange for you.

The air for the small town dey sweet with fresh ogiri scent from mama-put shop close to the road. You go hear motor horn for distance, and the gutter just dey flow anyhow—typical border settlement. Everybody just dey eye you, like dem dey wonder if you go last or run back home after the first slap.

【Ding Dong】

#System prompt: You don get 【Adventurer's Handbook*1】【Twisted Machete*1】【Tattered Ankara Tunic*1】【Umuola Coins*500】

Good, you don find the Adventurer's Handbook. This one na for all new adventurers from Umuola Adventurer’s Union. If you read am well, e go help you for your quests later. Quick, open am look.

......

Abeg, leave machete and tunic for now—read the handbook first.

(Flipping)

Your fingers dey shake small as you dey open the book, the cheap paper get the smell of hot sun and kpof-kpof oil. You see one old machete, ankara tunic wey don fade, and small bundle of notes—your first currency. Na so new adventure dey start: with plenty hope, small fear, and book wey stubborn to open.

Notice to Adventurers:

Umuola Continent full with danger, death, and opportunity. No be only wild animals and spirits dey, plenty monsters dey scatter everywhere. For the demon land wey dey the far end, the Demon King wan break out from the thousand-year seal. If e happen, all people wey no be from here go die, and everywhere go turn monster land. Union dey call all brave people make dem help fight the Demon King. Anybody wey fit succeed go become legend for griot songs. But this journey no easy at all. For your safety, abeg follow these rules well:

The grammar inside the handbook get small shakara, you even fit hear the scribe voice as if e dey warn you inside your ear. Na the kind rules wey big elders dey use hold meeting for village square.

1. If you enter any neutral room, nobody go attack you.

2. The treasure chest wey you see na your own—nobody fit touch am.

3. If you rest for guest house, any wound go heal.

4. For church, you fit wake your dead teammates.

5. No attack other humans for safe zones.

6. No believe wetin monsters talk—dem dey lie for you.

7. Follow the guidance, follow the guidance, follow the guidance, follow the guidance, follow the guidance, follow the guidance......

The way the book repeat that line—na like say your stubborn cousin dey shout from kitchen: “I dey warn you o!” Even the paper dey vibrate like juju dey inside.

Remember: na how you take bend the rules go show who be newbie and who don sabi. If you go survive, na your mind strong pass. No ever bow for monsters, no matter how dem try.

Your chest go dey swell with small pride as you dey read this part—na true, for Naija, na who get stubborn mind and sharp sense dey survive. Dem no dey chop last born for supper.

Finally, we dey thank all adventurers for their effort. Good luck to all of una.

—Adventurer's Union, Umuola Calendar, Year 1125

(Closes)

Well done. I sure say you don understand the basic rules for adventuring. Now, carry your machete and begin your training as a newbie.

......Wetyn you talk?

Oh, those words wey no clear? No be anything. Na small ink stain, no worry yourself. Now, pick your machete and start basic combat training. Abeg, no ask too many questions—just follow the guidance. You hear me so? Carry your machete.

......You too dey talk, na wa o.

For this life, sometimes make you no dey reason too deep. Your uncle for village go tell you say, na who dey hear word quick dey stay alive. As you hold the machete, the handle rough, old, but e get small spiritual ginger. You fit feel am for your palm like strong handshake.

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