CHAPTER 26

Akinwuji called all his people in the forest to his house in helping him in the war, all of them gathered at the front and Akinwuji faced the people.

"Welcome my people" he greeted and they replied in chorus.

"You are welcome" they shouted.

"I need you my people"

"Anything that you need we are ready to do it"

"Yes, Akinwuji anything that you need we will do it, you are like us" another man said.

"Thank you my people, am very great full"

"Akinwuji want you to help him in the war" Onimi said and Akinwuji took over.

"Yes I want to take revenge on the people from the kingdom that I come from"

"Please, Akinwuji need your support" Adeola said with lower voice.

"We support you, we support you Akinwuji"

"Anytime, any day we are ready" a man said.

"Thank you for your support" Oyima said.

"You are welcome" a woman said.

"But we will need ammunitions for the war"

"Everything will be provided" Akinwuji said.

"Thank you everybody" Adeola said.

"For the war!!!!!!!!!!!!! Onimi shouted.

"For the war!!!!!!!!!!!! They shouted.

"From today we will start the training" Akinwuji said.

"As you said" all of them said in chorus.

"So go home and prepare yourself" Onimi said, looked at his friend.

They went to their house, Akinwuji and his friend sat down under the tree with Olu, siting beside his father.

"Now, let talk on how to get the ammunitions"

"We have to get it on time" Onimi said.

"Me and father can go to market to bought it" Olu said referring to his father's friend.

"You can't go, me too will send some guys"

"Why?" Olu asked looking at him.

"Because it will take you two to three days to get to the market, so to come back it will take six days"

"Okay sir" he said.

"But if I send one of our people here, it will take them just two days to go and come"

"Okay, I think I have understood"

"So my son that is why" Akinwuji said.

"Yes father" pressing his phone.

"Tell the boys to go today, so that they will come back on time" Akinwuji said.

"I will do that when I get home"

"The time have come to go back to my father's land" saying it in his mind.

Olu had got a contact to Joyce, told her that he was fine that the network was very bad that he will not be able to call her and also they are very happy to heard each others voice.

All the people in the kingdom had been going to his house for morning training and they had bought the ammunition.

Some days after they had started the training , all of them gathered at the front of his house and they had well prepared.

"Are you ready for the war?" Akinwuji asked.

"Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!" They shouted.

"Are you ready to face anybody that cross your way" Onimi shouted.

"Yes!! We are ready to face anybody"

"It is time for the war" he said.

"Yes!!!!" they continued shouting.

"Tomorrow we are living this kingdom going to that Kingdom" Onimi said.

"None of you will go home today, you will stay here still tomorrow, we will start the journey as early as possible" Akinwuji said.

"Okay, as you said" they said in chorus.

"For the war!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Onimi said, rose his hand up.

"For the war!!!!!!!!!!!!! They rose their hand up as well.

In the morning all of them had woke up, they took their breakfast and ready to go, all their wifes and children to follow them.

"It is time to leave" Akinwuji said.

"Let go" Onimi shouted.

"Yes!! Yes!!!" They said in chorus.

"Everything will be fine" Adeola said talking to Oyima. "Yes ma" she said.

"Bring my child" she said.

"Yes ma, this is her" she collected her.

"Am so happy to have you as my mother"

"Me too, am happy to have you ask my daughter"

"Let go" Olu said met them on their interlocution.

"Okay, my son" his mother said .

Adeola and Akinwuji climbed the horse with the child in her hand, Olu, Oyima and all the kingdom are walking at their back, it took them some days to get to the market. All the people from Onimi's kingdom try to walk slowly because of them.

After passing the market they got to Akinwuji's kingdom, his kingdom had developed than when he left, there are many company and other things. Some people in the kingdom did not knew him and some people knew him and his wife.

"We are there" he said.

"Okay" they said in chorus.

those that knowns him are ran to the palace shouting his name.

"What happened to you young woman?" Osi asked.

"Akinwuji is here with many people"

"You said Akinwuji is here" Otun said.

"Yes my chief, with many people" she said.

"They have been killing the people that confront them" another man said.

"How can't that be possible" Balogun said.

"They are coming straight to the palace" a man said.

"Okay, you can go" Osi said and they left.

"Akinwuji is back" Balogun said.

"Akinwuji!! Akinwuji!!" Osi said, looked at others.

"We have to leave this place now" Otun said.

"What can we do now?" Osi asked.

" I don't know" Balogun answered.

After some minutes that they had left, Akinwuji and his people arrived to the palace met Baba Ifa, him too just arrived

"Where is my King?" He asked looking around.

"He have dead" Baba answered.

"When?" He asked with low voice.

"A year after you left the Kingdom"

"Oh!!! My God, my father is dead" Adeola fall on the floor crying bitterly, Oyima sat down beside her.

"Take it easy my daughter" her mother said coming out from her room, she rose her head up when she heard her mother's voice.

"Mother!! My mother" her mother sat beside her, hold her shoulder.

"My daughter, long time" they hug each others.

"Nice to meet you again mother"

"Nice to meet you too my daughter" looking at her.

"I miss you my mother" Akinwuji said talking to his mother in-law and sat on the chair, Olu too sat beside him.

"I miss you my son" she said.

"And am sorry for the King's death.

"That is how we see it"

"Akinwuji the kingdom have been waiting for you see all these years"

"For what? I hope no problem" Looking at him.

"You are now our new King" he answered.

"Where is your King?"

"We don't have" Adeola's mother replied.

"After the death of the King, ifa said that you are our king and even it because of your present in these Kingdom that make it to be growing and developing which we don't know until we loss you"

"It can be true, I am not from a royal family"

"It is true, come from royal family did not mean, you are God wish and also a husband to the princess the only child of the King"

Onimi and other people entered, they had took the chiefs except Iyalode and brought them to the palace.

"Akinwuji, they are here" Onimi said.

"We meet again" looking at them and smile.

"We are sorry" Otun said.

"You don't have nothing to sorry for" Onimi said.

"You said you are sorry for all what you did, you sent me to war and you don't want me to come back, I back you went and empowered all the slaves"

"All this people are so wicked" Queen said.

"It is not our fault" Otun said.

"Then who?" Queen asked.

"It is the King" Osi said.

"Yes, he like him more than us and it is him that created conflict among us" Balogun said.

"So that is why you plan all that" Queen said.

"We are sorry" they said.

"Akinwuji, you can judge them" Baba ifa said.

"I will not kill you" he said.

"Thank you Akinwuji" they said.

"They should go and put you in the prison that is where you will spend your hole life"

"I will do as you said, you take them away" Onimi said talking to one of his people and they took them away. They introduced Oluwaniyi to the Queen and very happy to see each others, Baba ifa went home to prepare for tomorrow.