At another time, Shamugar, the King of Archer of the southern kingdom became resentful and
jealous of the kingdom of Odudu, he became envious because of the
great achievements of Odudu Kingdom; their victories, their fame and the respect they had gained, the southern KIng was a powerful sorcererwho had conquered almost all the kingdoms of the southern region, infact all the kingdoms of the south were answerable to him, he boasteddaily of his power, his kingdom epitomised raw power. One evening, as he paced around in his palace and thought listlessly, he called his aid, "what is this that I hear by the hearing of my earsfrom the people of my kingdom concerning one kingdom of Odudu?" the King questioned, "My great king may you 'live forever' it is true ofwhat you have heard, it was said of that kingdom that they haven'tlost a battle for the past one decade, I also learned that they haveconquered almost all the kingdoms of the western region and that theyare now held in great esteem." "is that all?" the King questionedfurther, "I also heard that their warriors are very powerful in theusage of the sword, I was also told that a warrior in Odudu couldthrow a javelin from one edge of a vast battle field to the other end just to kill an enemy, I was told that they succeeded in killing about four kings with such a throw of javelin." When the Kings aid said so, the King laughedloudly as he gulped some liquors from the necklace of human skullhanging on his neck, the aid again proceeded, "I was told by some ofthe merchants who had gone to Odudu to get some goods from their Oya market that some of their women are very powerful and almost fightlike their men, they told me of one by the name, "Abgana" that she couldbreak a bow to pieces with her bare hands, and that she can evensqueeze an iron spear, an... "hahaha" the King interrupted with anamusing laughter, and said. "I will have such a woman for a wife; shewill be my ninth wife, by the time we had captured their kingdom." The King spoke sneeringly. Inamazement the King's aid said; "capture? great one, do you intend tofight against their kingdom?" This time the King laughed even louder,"I am not putting up a war against them; I am going there to raise mynew breeds of prisoners after I have captured them all; I will beusing the King's skull as my next wine cup, his cup will be my specialcup." Shamugar the King of the Kingdom of the southern region saidemphatically. This time is aid paused... "my King, I beg to suggest toyou that, you have already become very great, you are the greatestking hear in the south, what again do you want?" the King interruptedacutely, "that is not enough, do you know what it cost me to attainthis height? do you have an idea concerning the sacrifices I had madeand the virgins I had buried... been just a mighty King known only inthe southern region is not enough!" He blazed up. At this time Shamugar seemed to be more furious, his legs wobbly from anger. When his aid realized that his anger had began to flame up, he quickly knelt down and pleaded for mercy for going too far. The next day again as the King was with his aid, he asked him, "what made you think that I can't capture the kingdom of Odudu?" "my King 'may youlive forever' great one of our land. I was just afraid, due to all thethings I had heard: how the King of Odudu and his men conquered Zamga and his warriors; how that he took away his head while inside his crown awayand then burnt his palace to ashes. I also was told recently that the Kingand his warriors rooted completely the warriors of the kingdom ofAgbati; chased them down from the battle field to the spring of dibawhere they stroke down about three hundred men, I also heard of one ofthe warriors who alone slew four prominent kings." "do you meanAdesuna?" the King questioned with repulsion. "Yes my King, it is Ade..." "that little boy of yesterday." The King interrupted, "Adesuna is no bigdeal to me. I am an embodiment of the spirits of my father, 'I walkedon the day that I was born' I will chop off Adesuna's head! the Kingbragged striking a spear on the ground, he said: "I am the Lion of thesouthern kingdoms.After several days had passed, Shamugar the King of the southern
kingdom of Archer sent a message to the KIng of Odudu; threatening to make Odudu a soon forgotten place, as he will be matching his armies to wipe away Odudu from the face of the earth. When the King of Odudu received thewords, he knew that he was face-to-face with a broad day night mare,he quickly sent two of his men to the King for the southern region toinquire from him where he had wrong him; when the men arrived, theKing of the south apprehended and imprisoned one of them, while he sentback the other one with a message of war and threat. "Tell your kingthat as long as his kingdom exists, i will be at war with his kingdom.tell him that I will crush his kingdom. I will not rest neither daynor night! tell him to prepare for my wrath soonest!" when the servantreturned, king "Ogedengbe" inquired about the other servant, the servantexplained to him all that took place, then he delivered the message tohim.The gods are with you go against the forces of Agbadu kingdom, now before it's to late, summoned the warriors in my shrine quickly, I see troupe from the kingdom of Agbadu coming like a storm against our kingdom, before night fall, there should, hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Before it's too late." Then the chief priest danced again out of the palace. "You see what I was saying...," Kayode trying to say more: "there is no time to talk any more, the bone is already in between our throat." The King quickly interrupted. "Guards, take the news as fast as possible, let all the warriors assemble in the village shrine." In less than no time, the warriors had gathered at the premise of the shrine, the chief priest quickly began to fortify them, while still in the process of fortifications, a young man ran to the shrine, panting heavily, after he was calm, he then informed them that he saw a battalion of warrior marching towards their kingdom, Adekunle and some of the already fortified warriors chante
That night, enough bear was brewed, coupled with a lot of roasted meat, when Adekunle was told that the meal was ready, he smiled, he prefer wild animals to domestic, he was served with his wild[bush] meat of antelope; they all ate and celebrated, the celebration was like one of its kind, Adekunle and the other warriors drank and ate like they won't be tomorrow, Adekunle's table was loaded with all kinds of assorted drinks, enough of food and meat, that night. the wanted telling him about his daughter, but felt held back.The next day, the warriors of Odudu returned; reaching home, some of them wept bitterly for their lost.Three years later, Adekunle had then became more known, apart from just been a local hero that he was he had become a recognized hero in west Africa, he continued hunting in spite of the name he had made has a now renounced warrior, hunting was one thing that he would never totally eschew doing.This particular year Adekunle decided to farm a litt
The next morning, all the warriors allied together for a little training, and planned how to disarm the enemy when they will be colliding in the desert of Wadu kingdom. After a long training, Adekunle stood up and began to address. "You must fight and not be afraid, I want you to know this one thing, I want you to know the reason for war, we fight for power, we fight for influence, we fight for dominance, we fight for influence and we also fight for survival, for deliverance and for the total take of our territory from the hands of the enemy. I also want you to know that victory is meant only for the brave and strong; you must be violent, you must be brutal, it takes a bitter fighting to emerge to emerge in an enviable position, remember, kingdoms are not built with bricks, they are built with blood and bones, not just any bones or blood; but the blood and bones of valiant fighters.I must assure you also that we might all leave here tomorrow to the battle field, but not all of u
The next day, he took with him some of his warriors and set out to see the King of Wadu, in a short while he was in the palace, the King also prepared a banquet for him, during the time of refreshment, the King of Wadu requested to see his daughter for a minute, the King of Messa smiled, he felt that something was fishing as he saw two or more persons whispering some words to themselves, that was when the King requested for her daughter, "What is happening?" The King of Messa moved his lips. As he sat down, he saw that only the King walked out of his chamber, "Where is my wife?" A question passed his heart. The King of Wadu didn't say anything about the sudden disappearance of his daughter. He just began to engage him in some monkey tales stories, at this point whereby everyone was in merriment, "something is not right," the aid of king Nosa informed him as he muttered some words into his ears about the whereabouts of his wife, King Aruge of Wadu was busy with his cats and bulls sto
In the course of time, one of the great grand sons of the Kingdom of Messa became a mighty King in the southern region, he became so mighty to point that, his name echoes fear in the ears of people; people's ears tingle when ever his name was been mentioned, one day, has he sat on his throne, he began to think how that one of his great grandfathers was beheaded by the King of Odudu, and when he made further inquiries, he realised that, his father never intended going for the war but was lured by the King of Wadu; anger burned within him has he thought about how that his father was beheaded, the humiliation they went through even before his great grandfather was exterminated.One day has he was eating, his heart burned with bitterness and he shouted, "May the goddess of Messa kill me if I do not wreck havoc upon the Kingdoms of Wadu and Odudu!" For days, he thought about how he could pay them back especially to the King of Wadu who he believed was the root cause, he was how
The farming season had also began strongly, every farmer was at thepeak of their farming. When it was night, Adekunle told his family astory about his father. There were very pleased to hear it.The next morning Kende's head was still foggy even as she stretchesherself on the bamboo bed... "the weather is unusually cool thismorning," she reasoned. Oh! she exclaimed, I need to get water fromthe stream, jumping out of the bamboo bed, she rushed out to pick up a giant pot to hurry to the stream... seeing her dad, she went to herfather to greet him on her kneels has their custom permits, then shehurriedly joined other village girls. On that faithful morning, Adekunle waited until food was served, he was served with a bowfull of amala with a mushroom soup, this was one of the meals he inheritedfrom his father, Topkesi, Adekunle is blessed with an usual eatingappetite, as he alone could eat a food meant for five men, Amala withmushroom soup are h