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Chapter 9
Very early, they set out, before long, they were in the Kingdom of Igado, and were led by some men into the shrine to see the great sorceress Omaye, When, she saw them, she laughed and sat down on a bunch of a full broom facing downward, that couldn't had been able
to handle the weight of a child, when she looked at Adesuna, she
smiled and fetched a bowl of water from a basket full of water, hesprinkled the water on Adesuna, and chanted some strange enigmaticwords, she looked again at Adesuna and said: " You have come for onething; but you will be leaving here with two, you are the next king ofOdudu, you have been chosen to lead your people. As for thefortifications you have come for, it will be done; although the nextking will definitely be you. He led Adesuna to a horrible dark room, "sit here till the next day, if you can bear the things that your eyes shall behold, then no mortal or spirit will be able to withstand you all thedays of yourRelated chapters
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By the next day at about noon, the warriors trouped again anddescended into the the valley chanting, "jeem, jeem, jeem..., jeem,jeem, jeem..., Adesuna seemed to be invisible, he felt that a strangeforce had taking over his being, his heart thickened like the elephant's skin, fear was nowhere close to him, his hands appeared to be firmly gluedto his sword and shield, "what is happening to me? I feel like animmortal, I feel like I can't be killed." A stampede of unknown creatures seemed to surge within him. A river of fire had began towell up on his inside, he turned to look at his father, his father whoknew what had happened: the fortifications he had gone through already has his weak eyes fixed on him, by the time Adesuna turned to look at his father, his father smiled faintly and nodded his head, Adesunastill perceiving that something was not right with his father; but couldn't discern what had actually gone wrong, the counsel of lastnight
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When the warriors of Odudu returned, they conducted the burialceremonies of the lost armies, Adesuna buried his father in a veryheroic way as other mighty warriors like Akaja, Agbana and the others.For three months the kingdom of Odudu mourned for her lost, theprisoners that were rescued from the south under the cruelty ofShamugar were enrolled into the armies, Adesuna was made the chiefwarrior and was held in great esteem. he was believed to Pioneer thetheir victory over the southern kingdom.As time went on, the King of Odudu died and because he had noson, Adesuna was chosen in his stead; the kingdom of Odudu also had become very powerful.After several victories, King Adesuna became widely known as a personality to behold, his charisma and character were astonishing, he had made history and has reshaped the perception of Odudu kingdom; during this time, the dignity and the integrity that the kingdom of Odudu secured was never seen if compared
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As I talk right now, the kingdom of Archer is finding it very difficult to free themselves from the damage done to them, they lost their warriors, lost most of the women and all their prisoners were freed, in fact, I was told how that they are no more warriors in the kingdom of Archer, and that it was because they were slaughtered in the valley of Ama, my Kings, we all know how powerful that Shamugar, the late king of Acher was, how he was seen as the god of the southern kingdoms until the day he died. Please my kings, I beg for a rethink." "Which rethink!" another elder interrupted. "My kings, and fellow elders, I greet you. how long shall will be rethinking? let us not allow fear to creep into us, any one who is saying that we should fold our arms and keep rethinking is some how against our progress and livelihood. We must take back what KingAdesuna took from us, our slave trade must return. Don't you see that the white men from the distant nations no longer visit us. Ho
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After some decades, all the mighty men of war died, a breed of people who do not know the ways of war began to shoot out. The odd yearning for war had dwindled. The Kingdom of Odudu also rested from war for long time, they became only known for farming, because of the richness of their soil, every wealthy man was a tiller of the soil, only few were hunters and local traders and of other occupations. Odudu Kingdom had the best of farm lands in the whole of the western region; the richness of the soil was the talk of other kingdoms, as every man wishes he had come fromOdudu, their daughters were also very beautiful, nowhere in any of theother kingdoms where their daughters and women were as beautiful asthe daughters of Odudu, this had attracted to the kingdom of Odudu somany suitors from both far and near; this spread the belief that thegods were partial.The Kingdom of Odudu was at the peak of its success, a kingdom that has gone through the tides of time
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Topkesi, woke up one morning, as his custom was, he poured out some wine and spread some cola nuts under the big iroko tree in his compound, in allegianceto the gods, that morning, the silence in Topkesi's compound wasunusual, apart from the hiss sound coming from a host of beetles,"gods of our land, I greet you, gods of our ancestors, I greet you, Ihave come again to seek your blessings and benevolence over thisfarming season, gods of our fathers, grant unto me a good return frommy labour, and may the land yield her increase, grant unto our peoplesafety from our rivals- the people of Agbadu." He prayed has he offered more wine and kola nuts beneath the huge iroko tree. Topkesi loves hisdaughters so much never would he hurt any of them. The harvest seasonhas just begun, by twilight, Tokpesi called his three wives and theirsix daughters, "wives and daughters of Topkesi, by tomorrow morning weshall be setting out very early at crow crow we w
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The day has just began to dawned, Topkesi hastened out of hisbed, collected some Kola nuts from a basket, he laid hold of acalabash of wine, he advanced towards the huge tree in his compound, under thetree were cowries and stones arranged in three sets, he poured outsome wine and spread three split kola nuts, despite his plight, thegods must be fed first before any mortal should, soon afterwards returned back to his hut to dress up for farm, the clattering sounds of farmimplements passed through every compound has farmers had began to visit their farms, finally, Topkesi was out again, his implements clattterand clang has he prepared his tools, every one was awakened haspreparation for farming was what everyone should do, his six daughtersgreeted him as his wives followed suit, "prepare the basins and bagsfor the harvest," Tokpesi instructed his wives and daughters. "You,Shola, run to elder Olusegun's compound, and informed his sons to meet
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This marks the third raining season of peace in the kingdom of Odudusince they decided to double their tax, the kingdom of Agbadu had become lenient this time, everyone believed that Tokpesi had suggestedwhat was in the heart of the kingdom of Agbadu, they no longer wreckhavoc as afore times.Another season of harvest had just began, Topkesi gathered hisdaughters as they journeyed into the woods.Tomorrow will be the Oya market day, traders will be coming from farand near to the great Oya market, a market that seem to have become aplace of convergence for all the western kingdoms, the only thing thatcan't be purchased at Oya market were the things which 'do not exist,'the next day, every trader was headway towards Oya market, Oya was thethe biggest market in the west, a market segregated into severalparts, the market is as large as five villages joined together, everyvillage had their own section: The Kingdom of Odudu was allocated t
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One morning, the King summoned the elders, "this must not continuefor ever, we can't sit and watch our kingdom lose it's livelihood, ourhands have been wrapped around our chests for too long, nobody goes tothe market anymore, the rate at which we carryout the cultivation of our farm lands had gonedown drastically, we are losing the name that our ancestors built agesago; I wait to hear from you elders of our lands."When the King was done taking, Akhali, the market chief gave a sign to be granted apermission to make his contribution, "go ahead" the king said. Akhalithe market chief, got up and appreciated the King for been granted apermission to make his contribution, "my fellow elders," he began,"there is a saying that says, 'it is better to die while standing thanto be on your kneels and be alive.' The people of Agbadu for the pastthree years had been a tong in our flesh, they have robbed us of ourpeace; robbed us of our sales,
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