God of War: Daughter of War

As Kratos and Flurry made their way back to the temple that likely held the way into the main island, and the structure that would bring them one step closer to the Fates, a number of satyr warriors decided to jump in their way in front of the door that lead to the chamber that Cronos' power had been stored in. It wasn't much of a surprise since they were expecting new foes, especially after moving the Steeds of Time and forcing the temple they had moved through into a new position, which was why Kratos lashed out at some of the satyrs with his blades as Flurry used the twinblade again. She found that the new weapon was much like the Blades of Chaos, in the fact that the user could either use the elemental power inside it when they attacked or they could turn it off and make it seem like an ordinary weapon, which meant she would need to take some time to master the new weapon. Kratos found that his daughter slashed one satyr in the stomach with a light frosty mist around the tip of the blades, where the creature quickly froze before their eyes, causing Flurry to smash the frozen foe with a kick as she moved onto another opponent without wasting time.

It was even useful against the pair of minotaur that jumped down into the arena as well, as she could slash at the arms or legs of her foes and create patches of ice to slow them down, or just leave ordinary gashes in her wake, and the one she fought was so confused as she stabbed it in the heart, dropping it to the ground in moments.

"Very impressive." Kratos remarked, though at the same time he twisted the upper body of the satyr he was fighting, despite the fact there were scattered beings of two more around him, and shattered both his foe's spine and his body, where he had to admit that Flurry seemed to be liking her new weapon.

"Thanks. It wasn't too hard figuring out how to use this, given the sickle staff, or it's magical power." Flurry said, where she spun the weapon around a few more times with a smile on her face, which put a light smile on Kratos' face since he knew his daughter liked learning how to use new weapons and this was a good thing for her to discover, before coming to a stop as she focused on the chain they'd have to cross again, "Come on, we should keep moving."

Kratos nodded as he jumped down onto the chain that was linked to the Steeds of Time, crushing a lone satyr warrior in the process, and started to move across it once more, all while Flurry flew near him as she kept an eye out for harpies or any other flying pests that might try to get in his way. Oddly enough the pair was able to get to the temple without delay, with no new enemies coming to fight them, so Kratos latched onto part of the wall that was waiting at the end and quickly climbed around to another walkway, as the chamber they had been in earlier was sealed off. It brought them to a decent chamber with a spring, an oddly placed one at that, where Kratos found a number of nymphs flying around, small bugs that had four wings that could ignite and explode on enemies, or be cracked in a similar manner and thrown at enemies to deal damage. Normally they were blue colored, though Flurry knew there were also reddish ones as well, both having the same power despite their differences, but she had to smile as she slashed through the trio of nymphs that were coming at them and found that she froze them solid thanks to the twinblade.

Following that Kratos made sure to smash the frozen enemies, just in case they broke out out of the ice and came after them again, before finding a path that lead to an upper walkway and a wall he would have to climb on, since Flurry could just glide around the exterior with ease. While he did that Flurry switched to her bow and loosed a few arrows into the air without wasting time, taking down more of the nymphs she spotted, as they were coming at her father, leaving him able to climb around the wall and see where they had to go next. The path her father discovered was a large door that lead into a decent sized chamber, which seemed to have a lower level, a large statue of one of the Fates, who had the palms of her hands positioned like a lift they could use, and a gem in the helm that looked familiar to Flurry. A moment later she pulled out the Amulet of Uroborus and stared at it's gem, which was identical to the one the statue had, causing her to grin, as it looked like there might be another time altering artifact nearly and would give her one for her father to carry.

With that thought in mind Kratos and Flurry dropped down into the lower area and found that there was a lever that was linked to a gate, one that refused to close all the way since there was a corpse of a soldier somehow stuck in one of the bars, though instead of questioning it they explored the area a little. Kratos discovered that there was a pool of water and that the garden planter in the middle of it could be moved, uncovering an underwater passage he dived into without even wasting a second, leaving Flurry to notice a button that raised two circular platforms, a path to the upper level. She found that her father quickly surfaced inside the small chamber that was on the other side of the gate, where he approached the small statue that was inside it and pried an object out of the statue's extended hand, a gemstone that was like the one that Flurry was holding right now, as if they were a matching pair. Once he was back on her side of things Kratos raised his gem, which he told her was called the 'Amulet of the Fates' according to the base of the statue, as Flurry stepped on the button again, though once everything was in position she rested a hand on his back as he activated it's power, where the new amulet interacted with the smaller statue.

Such a thing allowed them to watch as time slowed to a crawl, if not stop altogether, allowing them to get up to the main walkway with ease, only to repeat the process with the larger statue's gem after the platform was on the ground, allowing them to use it to get up to the hidden upper walkway.

Hear me, fallen god: none may defy what the Fates decree. the statue said, which had to be one of the Fates, since this was their domain and one of them was likely observing them at this very moment, though at the same time neither warrior really cared about the statue, because this was usually when the person speaking to them told them that they were on a fool's errand or something, That is how it must be. Only death awaits you at the end of your path.

"Yeah, poor choice of words, suggesting that you made the decision to have father killed." Flurry remarked, because the Fates had just annoyed her father greatly, as it was one thing to realize that they had made a mistake and had allowed the King of the Gods to temporarily kill her father in Rhodes, they had made peace with that and had resolved to fix it, but this statement, suggesting that the Fates wrote that her father had to die by Zeus' hand, angered him and she shared his new thoughts on the Sisters.

What the... who are you, mortal? Where did you come from? the Sister, whoever it was, asked, which interested the pair greatly, because if the Fates couldn't see Flurry, like she seemed to be suggesting, it meant there was a good chance that they could reach the end of the path and deal with the Sisters before they realized who they were dealing with.

"That is irrelevant, Sisters of Fate. Allow us to access the Threads of Fate, and we will spare your lives." Kratos replied, as he understood what was going through his daughter's mind after hearing that statement, if they couldn't see Flurry, and were totally surprised by her appearance, it stood to reason that they might be able to keep their plans hidden from them and Zeus, plus cut them down before they had a chance to stop them.

Instead of replying to his statement, like the warriors thought the Sister would, the speaker shrieked the word 'no' at them for a few moments before the life faded from the statue, causing Kratos to draw his blades as he struck the statue's neck, breaking the head clean off and sending it crashing through the window behind it. After dropping through the opening the pair found a few wraiths forming in front of them, causing Kratos and Flurry to draw their weapons and attack them, just as they had done in the past, striking the monsters before they had a chance to defend themselves. At the same time they tried something new, as Flurry wanted to try her idea out and her father decided to go along with it, where both of them pulled out their time amulets and found that hers acted like an activator for the new one, allowing both warriors to slow down time without having to use the statues. Such a thing meant that they didn't have to play by the Fate's rules, as this meant they could freeze time for their enemies whenever they wanted, something neither of them were going to abuse since that would take some of the fun out of fighting, and once they confirmed her idea they put away the gems before lashing out at their enemies.

There were also a few nymphs that came down to try and blast them into oblivion, where Kratos paid them no mind as his daughter rushed around the area and used the twinblade to freeze all of them before they exploded, though once both of them were sure that their enemies were dealt with Kratos smashed the statue's head into dust. Such a thing allowed them to walk onto the wooden bridge they had lowered earlier, though as they stepped onto the stone walkway they found that two beams of energy fired from the eyes of the statue that was below where they were standing, one of the main designs on the outside of the main temple. Those beams struck two pillars and formed a barrier that separated where they were from the main path that headed deeper into the island, meaning they would have to find a way to block both beams if they wanted to reach the Sisters of Fate, something Flurry could confirm thanks to two slots down below them. As the pair dropped down into the area below them they found a few new enemies, an unarmored cyclops and a few warthogs, the latter being so out of place considering everything else they had seen so far, where she dealt with the smaller foes while her father slashed at the cyclops before getting on it's back and tearing it's eye out.

Two more cyclops showed up as the first one fell, where Kratos pulled out the Blade of Artemis and slashed one apart as it rushed at them, while Flurry pulled back and loosed a few arrows at her foe, striking it all over it's body before it collapsed, as her accuracy allowed her to take foes down with ease.

Once the enemies were taken care of Kratos studied the area for a few moments, as there was a passage that seemed to be spitting fireballs at a dark pit, while at the same time Flurry found something interesting, there were two statues on the level below the wooden bridge's level was located. She guessed that they could move each one into the way of one of the two beams that were powering the barrier, so while her father climbed up onto the level in question she flew over to one of them and moved the statue out of where it was resting, even though she had to raise part of the platform to make sure it matched the rest of the path. From there both warriors found that it was a simple matter to move both statues into the slots she had seen earlier, allowing the shields on them to block the beams without delay, where she and her father stood there for a moment and watched as cracks formed on the large statue's face as the beams were bounced back at it by the shields. Flurry found that the shields on the statues had to be metallic or enchanted in some manner, to allow them to bounce the beams back at the eyes they came from, though with the eyes destroyed the barrier collapsed and opened the way for her and her father to head deeper into the massive island.

As the pair followed the dirt path that was in front of them both of them kept their guard up, since there was no telling what sort of dangers might be waiting for them this time around, eventually passing by a pair of sphinx statues, a creature that was half woman and half lion, as they entered a bog. The pair had just a few moments to stare at the spire that was their final destination, since they both agreed that it was where the Fates were waiting for them, before hearing the sound of a warhorse coming at them, something they were able to confirm as a rider came at the pair from behind. Kratos used his blades and latched onto the horse's flank, dragging him along as his feet tore through the ground, while Flurry caught up by using her wings to fly above him, though her focus was on the rider, a large muscular figure that looked like he was from the barbarian tribes that forced her father to serve Ares. She was able to confirm that he had a massive hammer on his back, likely a warhammer that looked like it had been empowered by one of the gods, though he seemed annoyed by the fact that her father was latched onto his steed, meaning it had to be someone from her father's past.

The rider eventually came to a stop in what appeared to be a circular arena, which seemed a little out of place given the bog that was around them, though her father recalled his blades as he landed on the ground, allowing her to land by him as they faced the rider.

"By the gods, the information I was give was true!" the figure remarked, where Flurry could tell that her father didn't like who was in front of him, meaning it had to be the Barbarian King, the one who pushed him to side with Ares and walk the dark path that eventually brought about the deaths of his late wife and his first daughter, and she could see the mark on his neck that looked like it was done by the Blades of Chaos, along with burns all over his body, "I had to fight my way through all of the guardians of the Underworld, and smash my way through the fires of torment so I could have a chance to change my fate... and what do I get for my efforts? The Sisters have delivered to me the source of my vengeance. Tell me, Kratos, do you remember me?"

"As if I could forget that day, considering what it cost me." Kratos replied, though once upon a time he would have taken a moment to think about going back in time and stopping the event that made him Ares' servant, especially since it cost him two of his precious lights, but after finding Flurry, and spending all those wonderful years with her, along with rescuing his brother and everything else they had done, he realized that he wouldn't trade that for anything.

"And what's this? The latest one that's been calling herself your 'daughter'!? She will die, Spartan, and then I will send you to join her in the Underworld." the Barbarian King said, showing that he had no fear as he stared at them, despite the fact that one was the former God of War and one was the Goddess of Death, and he even dared to flash a smile at the pair, as if he thought that he was going to beat both of them right here, with little to no real effort.

"Barbarian King... the one who forced father to become Ares' servant..." Flurry commented, where she raised her sickles for a moment and formed her scythe this time around, something she rarely used since the rest of her arsenal was more than enough to deal with most of their enemies, all while Kratos noticed the look of anger if her eyes despite the fact that her face was calm, "Time for you to go back to the Underworld, where you belong."

Kratos watched as Flurry faded into thing air as her eerie whistle filed the air, something that caused the half dead horse to whine a little as it twitched nervously, while the Barbarian King glanced around, as if he could find his foe before she was able to do anything to him. In the following seconds several slashes appeared on the horse's body, causing the large barbarian to jump off his steed before it collapsed, where Kratos found that the poor mount was put out of it's misery as it was hacked apart, the cuts as clean as he expected from his daughter. The Barbarian King drew his weapon and swung it around the area they were in, almost as if he was expecting to hit Flurry at random, while at the same time Flurry avoided the attacks and slashed at his bare chest when an opening revealed itself to her, blood dropping from his body as he tried, in vain, to hit his phantom foe. His next attack, however, was when Flurry removed his hands and let the weapon fall to the ground, though before it could do so Kratos grabbed it and crushed the Barbarian King's chest with a single blow, a fact that allowed Flurry to remove his head with a single swing before wiping out his body with a burst of magic.

As that happened Kratos glanced at the hammer, Alrik's Hammer he guessed, and frowned, as it was a weapon of the one who helped write one of the worst chapters of his life, where he decided to toss it over to Flurry and found that she caught it without delay, her scythe disappearing as she swung the weapon around like it weighed nothing.

"I know you don't like the Barbarian King, and you don't want anything to do with his stuff, but we might need this later, if our last adventures are anything to go by." Flurry said, because usually when they found something new like this it proved to be useful, in some manner, to the ongoing adventure that they were currently on, and this seemed like something that, even if her father hated everything linked to the fallen king.

"If you wish to keep it, you may have it." Kratos replied, as that was all he wanted to say on the matter, because he had no desire to use anything of Alrik's, and even now he reluctantly carried the Blades of Chaos, though they were far more useful considering everything they had been through so far, but he resolved to find a new weapon once they were done with Zeus, to bury the past at long last.

Flurry nodded as she dismissed the hammer and returned her scythe to it's original forms, ending with her putting both of her sickles back on her belt, before both of them turned towards the path leading deeper into the bog and continued even deeper into it, as it was time to see what else the Fates had in store for them.