God of War: Daughter of War

Once he was sure that Flurry was ready to move again, after witnessing how he fought to keep both himself and her alive, Kratos started to walk down the side of the stone pathway that would take him back into the city he had found himself in not all that long ago, and it wasn't long before they encountered a slight problem.

"Um... the walkway is broken." Flurry remarked, as the stone path, which had some braziers lighting the way despite the sun still being out, abruptly came to an end since there was nowhere else for them to walk, though she could see what had to be the other end of the path further ahead of them, "I'm not sure I can glide over there, and even if I could fly I doubt I could even carry both of us over to the other side... is there a path we missed?"

"No, the path is in front of us." Kratos stated, where he sheathed his blades on his back, where they rested without him needing to actually have a holder or resting place for them, due to some magic based on his experience, and pulled out the amulet he had stolen from Aletheia's usurpers earlier, "Stand back and watch."

Flurry decided to do just that as she took a few steps back and made sure she was behind Kratos, who made sure she was out of the range of what he was about to do before lifting the amulet into the air and focused it's power, allowing her to watch what happened next. She was in awe as pieces of large stone, which had to be the fragments of the walkway they were currently using, lifted themselves up from where they had landed sometime ago, as she had no idea what had caused the destruction of their path, and started to refit themselves into a more solid form. It was as if time itself obeyed Kratos' will, or maybe it was the will of the relic he was carrying right now, and it wasn't just the fragment of the walkway that was in front of them that had been caught in the spell, as the entirety of the path and the walls around it reformed. Such a thing allowed her to see the majesty of the area before it was utterly destroyed, though she couldn't help but let her jaw drop as she watched all of this happen, as it was amazing that a single relic had the power to do so much, in such a short period of time.

Kratos, on the other hand, let out a light chuckle as he finished mending their path, everything locking into place while the water continued to flow down the path it had once flowed down, allowing him to lower the amulet before putting it away as he beckoned for Flurry to follow him again.

"That... was awesome! That amulet is amazing!" Flurry remarked, though as she followed after Kratos she found that he put it on what she had to assume was a belt of some kind, holding up his sash or whatever it was, leaving his hands free to grab his weapons if more enemies showed up to attack them, while her sickles hung on the other side of his belt, "What else can that amulet do?"

"As you have seen it allows me to mend broken objects, break perfectly pristine obstacles, and even freeze enemies for a short period of time." Kratos said, as he was glad that Flurry was focused on something other than what he had done to ensure they were able to continue on their way, while his own experience with the last of the amulet's powers came from his battle with it's usurpers, before he focused on the path once more.

As they walked down the path Kratos made sure to take a moment to get a quick drink, as it was cool and refreshing, and he was slightly parched from everything he had done since the last time he bothered to take a drink, allowing Flurry to do the same, since he was unsure when she might have had one before her arrival. After that they entered the tunnel that would bring them closer to their destination, where Flurry discovered that more enemies were already upon them, in the form of two satyr warriors and a floating creature that looked similar to Kratos, as in it was human. Kratos informed her that this was a sibyl siren, a female monster that looked like a human female, with it's curvy and alluring body that just so happened to show off it's ample breasts, while their feet and legs had been replaced by a cloth bottom and they floated a bit off the ground. Another thing about the sibyl he thought she should know was the fact that they had twisted smiles, all due to scars on their faces around the mouths, along with the fact that they seemed to use lightning based magic to fight their foes, leading him to telling her to hang back again.

This time around Flurry got to see that Kratos had a number of elemental powers at his disposal, flames that danced on his blade, ice that formed on his arms and weapons, lightning that arced on the edge of the strange blades, and some sort of darkness he could send out in waves if he desired. Those, in addition to his combat training, meant that none of their foes really stood a chance against him, not unless they were incredibly skilled she guessed, though his first action was to disarm one of the satyr, both of it's weapon and of the hand that held it, before taking off the monster's head. The second one didn't fare much better as he blocked a few of it's attacks, where Flurry was surprised that the sibyl siren didn't even take advantage of the distraction, before he knocked his foe onto the ground, chest facing the path, and grabbed onto it's head, tearing it off with zero hesitation. The sibyl siren seemed to float there for a moment, as if debating whether to fight him or to do something else, before it zipped through the air and appeared behind Flurry within a matter of seconds, as it grabbed her by the neck and held her as if it was going to zap her with it's powers.

That enraged Kratos, that the monster would target an innocent little girl, even if it was their nature to hunt mortals like him down, but before he could react he felt something tug on his belt and found that the sickles were moving, almost as if they were responding to Flurry's predicament. In the next moment the two weapons leapt off his belt and flew right into Flurry's hands, as she had noticed them coming thanks to the fact that she was facing him, where she seemed to react on some instinct that neither of them had known about before hand. As such Flurry stabbed them into the only surface that might aid in her escape, to open the monster's defenses so she could be freed, she brought her sickles straight down into the sibyl siren's breasts with all the strength she could muster. While the attack didn't do much to the monster, save for a few light cuts, the distraction was all Kratos needed as he charged into it's chest with his shoulder and freed Flurry as he knocked it to the ground, but before it could escape he grabbed it's head, slammed it back into the stonework, and raised his right foot before stomping on her head, crushing it with ease.

With the monsters taken care of, and he was sure that all of them had been taken care of, Kratos quickly sheathed both of his blades before retrieving Flurry's weapons from where they had landed, allowing him to walk over to the girl, who was currently rubbing her neck.

"Are you alright?" Kratos asked, though even as he said that he had a feeling that he would be saying it more frequently as the fights got tougher and tougher, since there were times where he fought more than two to three enemies at a time and he suspected that many might try to take advantage of her presence, like the sibyl siren had tried to do.

"Yeah, she just... surprised me, that's all." Flurry replied, where she was thankful that the monster hadn't grabbed her much harder, otherwise she was sure speaking would have been difficult for a time, and she found that her words calmed Kratos a tiny bit as he let out a sigh, something she felt was going to be commonplace until she could fight like he did.

"How did you do that? Calling the sickles to your aid?" Kratos inquired, as he felt it was a worthwhile thing to talk about as he turned his attention to the next ruined section of their path and raised the amulet, allowing him to mend the damage that had been done to it in no time at all, allowing water back into the city he had been in some time ago.

"No idea. They just... came to me." Flurry answered, as she was as confused as Kratos was on this matter, because she had made no call for the weapons to come to her like that, rather they had responded to her situation and came of their own free will, if weapons could even have such a thing, causing her to lift them towards the larger figure.

Kratos, however, shook his head and knelt for a moment, where he positioned the sickles on her attire like they might be resting on a belt of some kind, finding that whatever power or magic the weapons had seemed to mimic the Blades of Chaos that he carried, as they were able to rest there without a holder. From there they continued down the path and found that the only way to continue would be to jump down a side path, though Kratos did take a few seconds to smash open three odd chests, one with a white top and two with red tops, causing Flurry to tilt her head in confusion. Kratos took a moment to explain the different types of chests he had encountered so far, as the ones with green lids allowed him to restore most of his health, the blue ones replenished his magic reserves, and the red ones, interestingly enough, granted him knowledge in how to fight and he eventually discovered new ways to use his weapons. The white ones, however, contained offerings to the gods, tokens in the form of specific feathers and preserved monster eyes, of a specific beast, that supposedly granted those who bared the items whatever boons the gods had to offer, namely increased life force and even greater magic pools to unleash more spells.

Flurry was interested in all of this, since it was new for her, though she was unable to actually do anything to the chests that had been found and allowed Kratos to do the honors, where he quickly smashed the tops of the chests and claimed what was inside them, to which he returned to her side before pressing onward once more. As they started to move down into the chamber below them, however, Kratos found that there were several red eyed dogs and even a satyr commander standing between their position and the door, and with the number of enemies he had Flurry remain on the upper area, where she would be safe. With that done he dropped down into the cistern they had been traveling towards and unleashed his power on his enemies once more, channeling the power of his inner fire into a fiery explosion as he stabbed the ground, where Flurry found that it did no damage to any of his surroundings and burned most of the hounds away, informing her that the magic only worked on Kratos' enemies. The buffer satyr seemed like it could be troublesome, though Kratos had a plan as he utilized the power of the amulet to slow his foe down, allowing him to unleash a series of blows on his opponent before it had a chance to retaliate, and when the time was right he stole the monster's weapon before using it to remove it's legs and then stabbed it in the chest, killing it instantly.

With the coast clear Kratos returned to Flurry and made sure she could get down, finding that her wings definitely allowed her to glide on her own, before they headed down an underground passage he had passed through once before, while he was on his way to Aletheia's temple. While walking he paused by a smashed chest and found that the amulet worked on it as well, allowing him to gain more fighting knowledge before catching up with Flurry, who had gone ahead to see if there were any other monsters for them to worry about, only to find none. What she found, however, was a hidden painting of what looked to be a grand palace on the peak of a great mountain that was in the middle of a terrible tragedy, causing Kratos to pull her away from it, as it wasn't something she should concern herself with, before leaving the area and entering what had to be the edge of a city. As they did so Kratos found the hand of a cyclops pulling the rest of the monster up onto the area in front of the structure they had just emerged from, to which he had Flurry stand back as he walked forward, though as that happened a wall of spikes shot up to keep her trapped in the area she was in.

At this point in time Flurry wasn't even worried for Kratos' safety, he had proven himself to be a capable warrior and there was nothing for her to fear, because even when green beetles emerged to join the battle he didn't weaver, rather he used all of the beetles, which had lightning power, to stun the cyclops before climbing up it's back and jumping off so he could bring his blades down into the beast's chest, carving it open in no time.

Flurry knew she should be grossed out by the sight of all the blood that was being spilled, in fact she was sure this was the first time in her life that she had seen so much of it in a short period of time, but somehow, despite not actually spilling any herself, she found herself becoming a little numb to the sight. Kratos had nothing to say this time around, rather he focused on his task as he used the amulet to mend a bridge that would bring them closer to their current destination, since it would allow them to get closer to Delos and the Eyes that he needed to bring down the Furies. Flurry, despite seeing the blood and insides of the large cyclops, followed after him without wasting time, as she knew that monsters were becoming more and more frequent and she didn't want to be left behind, especially given the fact that one had grabbed her earlier. While they walked Flurry noticed that there was, in fact, a village or city in the area and, more importantly, it was lifeless, where Kratos informed her that the lack of water, due to the destroyed path they were restoring, had killed the entire place, since he had found many dehydrated bodies during his last trek through this place, all of them dead he added before she could think he killed them all.

He eventually found the short portion of a cliff wall that he had to press himself against while carefully climbing to either the left or the right, though as he headed to his left he found that Flurry was copying him, causing him to nod his head for a moment before they found the normal path that lead to the destroyed waterwheel he had seen earlier.

"Why would someone utterly destroy the city's source of water?" Flurry asked, because that seemed to be the case based on everything she had seen since they reached this part of their adventure, or whatever Kratos called it, but she had no idea why such a place deserved to be taken out in such a way.

"Plenty of reasons, sadly, but none of them concern us since we can't save the city or it's dead people." Kratos said, as it was a sad truth of the reality he dealt with, mortals fell at the whims of the gods or prospered accordingly, and of course there were times where it was just normal people causing chaos and despair for the rest of their kind, causing him to turn his focus towards the waterwheel, "If we restore this we should be able to access a new area, possibly even find a path to a harbor that might have a boat or ship we can use to reach Delos."

Flurry had no idea what was so special about Delos, or why Kratos was searching for it or a specific item, but she had no real say in the matter since she had interrupted his quest with her arrival, to which she joined him in looking out at the large ruined waterwheel that he was studying. Sure enough the first thing Kratos did was use the amulet to see the state it had been in before it's destruction, allowing them to see where pieces go and what they might be used for, since he told her that there were puzzles all over the land and that this might be one of them. Flurry noticed something right away as she glided down into the now clean area and pointed at the track that a lever could be pulled along, which was where part of the waterwheel had landed, something that caused Kratos to chuckle as he realized what she was seeing. He used the amulet to decay the object a bit, making it so he had a path down to the lever while positioning the fallen piece close to it's resting place, and once he had pulled the lever all the way out he resumed decaying everything so the fragment would be back in position, blocking the lever from moving.

Such a thing allowed them to climb up to a different bucket on the outer edge of the waterwheel so he could reform the entire object, allowing it to take them up to the ruined stone path so he could mend it as well, something that caused all of the water to return to the waterwheel as it moved, transporting them into an underground area.

Kratos quickly discovered something that might hinder their progress, as there was a body of water below them, which seemed to be the only path forward, and he had no idea if Flurry could swim or not, especially since he had no idea if the magic of Poseidon would protect her as well. In the end the only thing they could do was fall down into the water, which was cool and refreshing as well, though instead of sinking he found that Flurry seemed to be treading water just fine, even though she seemed surprised by this turn of events. With that in mind he had her climb onto her back, since he suspected that swimming wasn't something she knew how to do given her young age, before he dived underwater with her keeping a tight hold on his back, which would allow them to see if Poseidon's protection extended to her as well. He went slow for a time, just to be sure that he didn't put her at risk, though after what he assumed was a minute or two of staying in the same area he felt a tap on his shoulder and found that Flurry had a confused look on her face, no doubt wondering why he wasn't moving forward anymore.

With that in mind he mentally chuckled as he resumed swimming down the path that was in front of them, as in he moved through an underwater tunnel, or a system of tunnels as he soon discovered, that quickly brought him to a new obstacle, a partly raised wall held up by two massive sets of chains.

Flurry discovered a new type of enemy for Kratos to fight, what appeared to be living suits of armor or tough statues made to look like armored warriors, who climbed off their pedestals and approached him, causing her to get off his back so he could fight without having to worry about her. Fighting these foes turned out to be rather simple, as if he had fought them a few times before this point in time, due to the fact that he actively avoided being struck by their weapons, up until Kratos wrapped his blades around one and tore it out of the statue's hands. With the massive hammer in his hands he was able to swing it a few times and crush one statue before doing the same to the second one, displaying his insane strength to her as he wiped the floor with their enemies, making her wonder if he could do the same against large groups. Once the statues were taken care of he glanced around the area, to see if there was anything else for them to work with, before he and Flurry arrived at the same conclusion, using the amulet to decay the chains, snapping both in no time and lowering the barrier so they could continue on their way.

Of course that was when Flurry found that it meant going underwater again and climbed onto Kratos' back without much delay, allowing him to dive into the water and make his way through the tunnels that were under the areas he had passed through on his quest to find Aletheia. Along the way they passed by what appeared to be a wrecked ship and Flurry found a carving that seemed to be an idol of some kind, a small one anyway, which she pointed at and Kratos moved over to it so she could pick it, and a few loose coins, up. He assumed that she wanted something to remember this adventure by, like a souvenir, and indulged her for only a few seconds, because as soon as she had the idol and a few coins he started to move once more, forcing her to hold onto her treasures with one hand while the other held onto him. A few moments later and he found an opening to surface through, allowing them to walk through a section of the tunnel that wasn't underwater, all while Flurry noted that whatever protection Kratos had allowed them to emerge without wet clothing, a miracle to her as Kratos continued to delve deeper into the passage.

After that they passed through an opening in the rock wall and Kratos let a small smile appear on his face as he found that they had found the harbor at long last, complete with several ships, a giant who seemed to move ships in and out of the harbor, and a few vendors. While he knew that Flurry wanted to rest, as she seemed to be getting a little tired despite the fact that he was doing most of the work, to which he walked over to where the ship rested, though he turned to some of the vendors as an idea came to mind. Neither of them had eaten anything since her arrival some time ago and he found a few bits of food that they could enjoy, where it was fortunate that Flurry had some coins since they were able to buy what he wanted, plus a small pouch for her to keep her souvenir inside. Once he was done with the purchase, leaving them with a single golden coin oddly enough, he beckoned for her to follow and she did so without delay, allowing them to board the ship without delay, only to find that the crew only eyed him without saying anything.

In that moment he found his ally, the Fury Orkos, standing nearby, though it didn't seem to be his actual body, since it just disappeared as they approached it, though that was when he found the real one, a skinny male who had holes in his chest from where his mothers stuffed the crystal oath stones into his body, causing Kratos to tell Flurry to head for the front of the ship while he chatted with his ally.

"You surprise me, Kratos, as I thought you would be upset with me." Orkos said, because he was one of the ones who had a hand in forging the Spartan's bond to Ares, in fact, now that Kratos knew that fact, he assumed there would be a good chance that he'd try to kill him, causing him to turn his eyes towards the strange girl, "Who is she? Why does she reek of Death?"

"Her name is Flurry Heart, she arrived after I killed Aletheia's usurpers, and she shouldn't smell since we just finished an underwater swim." Kratos replied, where he assumed that Orkos, having seen him reaching this point, had convinced the crew to take him to Delos and whatever was waiting for him, hence why the crew had ignored him and Flurry, though he did see that the people around them were getting ready to depart.

"Not death, as in the blood of your enemies, but Death, a Primordial force." Orkos stated, though in that moment he let out a sigh as he realized that this might be a futile thing for him to do, so he focused on why he had come here, before it was discovered by his mothers that he was missing, as he raised a hand to stop Kratos, "Listen, the injustice of your oath is what drove me to betray my mothers, to doubt what they were doing... and to finally see why Lord Ares needed you."

Kratos raised an eyebrow as Orkos recounted everything of importance, that he was the failed son of the God of War and the Queen of the Furies, as he wasn't the warrior his father wanted him to be, but was still given the task of keeping oaths by his mother and her sisters, or his 'mothers' as he called them. It was Kratos' bond that finally made him question the actions of his family, causing him to seek the Oracle Aletheia and discover that Ares meant to overthrow Zeus, though her vision showed the utter destruction of Olympus, and to do so the mad God of War needed the perfect warrior. Kratos was that warrior, driven to making an oath with Ares, which gave him the Blades of Chaos, while his parents devised three foul tasks that involved the blood of his enemies, the blood of the innocent, and the blood of his own kin, and he had done all three without knowing he had done so. Orkos also went into how he and Aletheia tried to warn Zeus about the plot, but were captured, as the Oracle had her eyes extracted and she was imprisoned inside her own temple, and he had suffered his own punishment as well, but even then he sought to aid Kratos, though he needed time to confirm something before they reached Delos.

As Orkos departed, however, Kratos turned his attention to Flurry, who had found a bow during his discussion, and knew that for her to survive this journey she was going to need some training so she didn't rely on him all the time, where he could only hope that he had the time to teach her the basics before they reached their destination.