Devali was a peaceful kingdom blessed with every natural resources in abundance. the kingdom was a thousand years old. Devali was a kingdom that has not been defeated in any of it wars. Somany legends, history, great people flourished in the kingdom. At the coastal end of the land was a great temple built with stone. the temple has been standing for centuries built in honor of the god KORA after the great wars.
Every parent always tell the legend of the great wars to their children over and over again in many ways. Legend says that when the enemies saw that Devali was nourishing both in wealth and strength, they attacked the kingdom one after the other the war against the seventeen mighty kingdoms lasted for 35 years. they overcame because their god KORA always give them a heads up. he exposed the enemies strategy and the king Garthric and his council members always come up with a strategy to conquer their enemies. After the years of wars when peace has reigned, Garthric in appreciation built the temple with the fortune they seized from their enemies.
He made it a rule and also a culture that all kings after him and the people in all the generation to come must go to the temple to worship KORA.
The temple has priest and learning priest, they were in charge of the rituals and animal sacrifice to KORA the god of his people.
Whenever KORA have a message for his people or the king, he write on the wall of the prophecy room. A room restricted to people and learning priests, only the chief priest is allowed into the room. the priest will then convey his messages to the king or the people.
Over the years after the great wars, many more wars have come and gone which KORA help them over come but for the last 100 years, no kingdom have even dared no matter how big their armies were.
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Once again, the Excellence of Devali was getting into the nerves of the kings and councilors of the other kingdoms, both far and near but no king have made a move yet. The fear of defeat is what's keeping them at bay.
Adonaijah king of the upcoming empire Reelahi invited all the kings and councilors of the kingdoms that resented Devali.
All the kings and councilors of 22 different kingdoms responded to his call, the meeting was held in Adonaijah's palace. The meeting was kept a secret from the public so that words won't reach Devali.
"Devali must be conquered this year we have the army to do that " one of the kings shouted from his sit facing Adonaijah
"But what of KORA? He will direct them on how to defeat us. " another one said raising his voice louder than the noise from the mummour of the councilors in the court.
"if we combine forces and hit them from every angle, I believe we are stronger than them even though KORA help.....At least, he can't come down and fight. " another said laughing at the end of his statement.
" Those coward won't even leave their kingdom to expand their trade to other regions."the king at the last seat shouted so his voice could also be heared.
" If we can't defeat the kingdom because of KORA, then we must defeat KORRA first. "
All eyes shot straight at the teenagers voice saying something impossible.
king Nahil was young and his words sounded stupid but he sat in confidence as if he had everything planned out and yes he does.
To Nahil, attacking Devali was a revenge because Teravan was one of the seventeen kingdoms that lost to Devali and their loss made them weak for years of no armies to defend them, many kings stole from them both land and treasures now Teravan was one of the smallest and poorest kingdom present.
"How can we defeat KORA when by now he knows we are having this meeting " Adonaijah shouted facing the young but brutal king. it was obvious he wanted to ridicule the small inexperienced spoilt brat sitting among kings that were age of his grandparents.
Nahil stood up graciously like a king that he is. He was crowned king the previous year when he was 20. His parents were poisoned on his birthday party leaving him the kingdom to inherit.
He walked to middle of the courtroom of Adonaijah's palace bowing slightly to Adonaijah before he spoke
"KORA may be wise and all knowing but have only one way to convey his messages." He paused and looked around the room to see if anyone comprehend with his point Dissapointed, so continued "KORA need a priest to pass his messages to the king and his armies, we should either bribe or threaten the priest to manipulate the message and take that as an advantage ."
Nahil saw some heads nodding and a smirk of victory crept on his face but was replaced immediately with disgust when Adonaijah asked "How exactly ". He cursed under his breath and explained further to the fat headed king.
"we will bribe the priest and tell him to inform the the king that we all will gather our armies at the mountain base of Devali and attack the city from there. Meanwhile, we will gather our armies at the other end of the sea, then we will sail across and attack the kingdom starting from the temple then we will move further into the city and the palace." he could see smile written on most faces including Adonaijah. before he continued
"but, it will take a whole day for message to reach the armies waiting at the mountain base and it will take another day before the armies return to the city. Meaning we have just two days to hit the city and leave so we must hit them hard. and leave the ruins for their armies to mourn."
The whole court applauded the young king of Teravan, even Adonaijah was more than impressed. He walked up to him and said "very good " he patted his shoulder and this time praised him "you are a wise youth" the word youth made Nahil mad but he didn't dare show it, he gave Adonaijah a pretend smile and walked back to his seat.
"what if the armies take revenge? " Sheelah queen and rulerof Amar, the only woman in the court room asked taking away the joy of the planned victory in the heart of everyone.
Nahil paused on his track to his seat, he skipped an important part. He dididn't know How to address that, thinking deeply but nothing came. The respect he just gain will die this very minute if he didn't say anything and he could feel every one staring at him even though he was facing down. His hand itched wanting to scratch his hair but he held it so as not to appear stupid in front of this people. Before his stammering start, Adonaijah came to his rescue although not on purpose he wouldn't want to miss ruining his newly earned reputation.
" then let them come for their revenge we will take them out even if KORA fight alongside them. Those bastardy that have not left their city in centuries now we will show them how to fight outside their city. " Everyone could feel the hot anger at the background of his voice.
The meeting concluded with how they will share the riches of the kingdom Devali amongst themselves according to how many armies they recruit for the war. Of course Adonaijah gets the largest share which no one can object since he has more armies than any other. Nahil was also given a good cut even though he have fewer armies, he brought the plan so he worth it.
Preparation for the war started and each kings kept a good eye on all their council members so that words won't spread and reach the public or worse Devali.
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