He will certainly kill me unless I can kill him.

Then Komba will rule as Kalubi in my stead, and he will kill you in a way you can guess, by the 'Hot death,' as a sacrifice to the gods, that the women of the Pongo may once more become the mothers of many children.

Yes, yes, unless we can kill the god who dwells in the forest, we all must die," and he paused, trembling, while the sweat dropped from him to the floor.
"That's pleasant," said Brother John, "but supposing that we kill the god how would that help us or you to escape from the Motombo and these murdering people of yours?
Surely they would slay us for the sacrilege." "Not so, Dogeetah.

If the god dies, the Motombo dies.

It is known from of old, and therefore the Motombo watches over the god as a mother over her child.