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All Chapters of THE LEGACY OF KING ADESUNA: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

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Chapter 1

Once upon a time, in the age of war, magic and cruelty. "Adesuna"became the King of "Odudu," a kingdom located in west Africa. The foundation of "Odudu" was laid at the expense of the blood of Warriors, "Odudu" Was one of the most powerful kingdoms in the region of West Africa, "Adesuna" king of "Odudu" was the only son of Adeshina, a Yoro by tribe, he was a valiant fighter from his youth, who latter became a mighty King, he became a sorcerer when human strength couldn't face the tide of time. It was an age when men fought to own anything, warriors fought for lands as well as kings, every king was a warrior-king. The language of this time was the language of combat, a language that is not taught by men but experienced on the battle field, men even fought with all brutality to get married even within their own kingdoms and amongtheir own people, it was a period when possessions were measured by strength, the more powerful you are, the more things you were liab
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Chapter 2

The Kingdom of Agbadu is a kingdom surrounded by sky scraping rocks,they are well trained in fighting amidst rocks and they also practiceddivination. They had been an enemy kingdom to the kingdom of Odudu forages.The King of Odudu after he had learnt that his kingdom will not escapethe oncoming war, he quickly assembled his wise men to seek out their counsel, they advised that he visits the chief priest, then theymarched together to see the chief priest, the chief priest, an old looking man, with a bent body, he glazed with his almost closed eyes, looking gnarled with his veined twisted hands, did some incantations and chanted some songs, he turned to the King, he spoke toothlessly. "King Ogedengbe! do not be dismayed, do not allow fear to take root in the chambers of your heart, the gods are on our side, inthe space of three years, I see a tempest that will come strongly fromthe south, that wind comes with strange chants, it will be a
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Chapter 3

Ama valley was a valley planted between two hills, the warriors ofOdudu matched in from one hill, the valley was vast and wide, thewarriors of Odudu had arrived in time, waiting for their opponents toshow up, every one was ready for the long awaiting war, the newlyenrolled warriors were very eager, they weren't happy when the warriors of Agbadu had not come; they waited and moved their faces allaround the scene of war, every warrior waited with his hands glued totheir swords and shield, the bow men had taking a formation behind thesword men. There was a grave-yard silence, the unexpected could occurany moment, stiff with terror, Adesuna's heart pounded loudly, his teeth clattered. This was his first appearance in the battle field; the thought of where their opponents will bashed out from was his concern, he clinged tightly to his sword as he looks around again andagain, he watched to see other warriors mutter some unheard words to their col
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Chapter 4

That day they returned home in silence.On their returning, the women that have lost their husbands weptprofusely, the children also were crying, the sound of wailing filledthe whole village, that day the dispirited King of Odudu didn't say anything, the men and women who had gone to war were calm has they counted their lost. The second day, the King came out of his room to console the bereaved families, but they refused to be comforted, they wept sore and sprinkled ashes and dust on themselves as they call on the horrible sting of death to come and take them away; the King's palace was crowded with the numerous villagers who hadlost a relative: brothers, fathers, sister..., for three days, theywept until they had no strength to weep any longer.The King was greatly distressed as all his efforts to console them seemed to be failing. After a while, he opened his mouth and spoke words of comfort to them "Women, mother and wives, men, youths and children of
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Chapter 5

The festival of wrestling will begin any moment, the story of the mighty female warrior by the name, "Agbana" was still fresh as only twomen had been able to throw her to the floor, some men even sustained alife injury combating with her. The wrestling festival is not a festival to be missed by anyone, even the sick are brought to watch it, a festival that takes four days, eight fighters will be nominated for a fighting tournament, the first day, four persons will beevicted, the second day, two people will be evicted and on the thirdday, one champion will emerge who will then confront the giant figurewoman Agbana the giant.Two weeks to the festival, eight of the warriors were nominated,Adesuna was also among the nominees, Adesuna prepared himself day and night he was not used to such a fight whereby weapon is excluded, he practiced with his fellow warrior friends; he also often timespracticed alone trying to put down some small trees, in few
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Chapter 6

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 thegreat 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 regi
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Chapter 7

The next day, king Ogedengbe summoned his elders and warriors. "A war has come knocking at the gates of our land, Shamugar- the King of thesouthern kingdom has threatened us with a war.? "you mean, "Shumuga!"that cruel king?" an elder questioned in fretfulness. "Yes!" said theKing "that is why I have called this meeting. let someone saysomething, I await your suggestions. say something... saysomething..." The King looks at their faces expecting to hearsomething from them. Ajaka the chief warrior cleared his throat. "Yourmajesty," he began, "I have heard about the cruelty of that beast of aking, how he had made many women widows and many children orphans, Ilearned that he murdered his father in a cold blood to assume thethrone, my King, if it is war that he wants then what should stop usfrom given it to him? true warriors are not scared of war." AfterAjaka had finished voicing his opinion, an elder stood up and inquiredwhethe
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Chapter 8

The next day while it was almost evening, as Adesuna was having somequiet time alone under the leafy cashew tree in his compound, his father Adeshina paid him a visit.After exchanging pleasantries, his father turned towards him; "Adesunamy son, do not be surprised by the sudden visit, there is a saying thatsays, rabbit does not run in the day for nothing' indeed I havecome to tell you destiny matters, his father when he learned that hisdaughter in law might hear their discussion quickly walked his son outof the premise of the house, as the walk through a lonely path, hecleared his throat... "how is your farm, I hope the crops areblossoming, "yes father! the crops are growing well, I even wentyesterday to weed the grasses" Adesuna responded has he put his ears to hear what his father really intended telling him. "that's good myson, you are indeed a very brave man, you have really made our kingdomproud in recent times, you have al
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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 ableto handle the weight of a child, when she looked at Adesuna, shesmiled 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 your
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Chapter 10

 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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