God of War: Daughter of War

As Kratos and Flurry looked at the new area they found that the new statue's eyes fired two beams of energy at a pair of pillars, just like the previous area, though this time around a number of wraiths came out of the ground to attack them, no doubt the guardians of this portion of the temple. The layout of this area was slightly similar to the previous one, in that they would have to find two statues and move them into position to block the eye beams, though Flurry did find a difference in no time, namely the crank that was connected to something else in this area. In order to get a better look at things the pair did what they always did, they drew their weapons and slashed at the enemies that were around them, only to find that all of the wraiths fell rather easily, especially since Kratos tore one apart with his bare hands and Fluffy beheaded a few more with her sickles. The fourth one that showed up ended up being slain by it's own weapon, driven through it's back, though after that one fell both warriors discovered that the area seemed to be clear for the time being, allowing them to glance around once more as they kept their weapons at the ready.

The crank raised a wooden platform that had a slot in it for one of the statues that would block one of the eyes, though it wasn't long before they found a problem, the section of the other one had been broken, meaning the Fates wanted them and other seekers to devise a new way to move forward.

Based on what Flurry could see the only path for them to use was to head inside the structure that was behind the statue's head, as there was a door leading into another section of the temple, a door her father raised into the ceiling without even wasting time, allowing the pair to enter a clean chamber with a reflective floor. In addition to that both warriors found that the chains linked to the Steeds of Time even reached this point, as the chains were massive, and there were a couple of dead soldiers in the first part of the chamber, causing the pair to lower their heads a little as they moved forward. This time they found a brand new enemy, a human who was dressed in a scholar's uniform and carried a scroll that allowed him to call forth a minotaur to do battle with them, while at the same time leaving himself exposed, to which Kratos hacked apart the monster as Flurry froze the summoner with the twinblade before smashing him to bits. Of course with any new foe there were more than one for both warriors to fight, as a few more summoners appeared to call forth a few minotaurs, though instead of letting them do that both Kratos and Flurry slashed them apart before they had time to call forth their minions.

Once the summoners were taken care of, and they were sure of that, the pair found two stone pillars that seemed like the pieces of a new puzzle, either the one that was back in the new courtyard or one that was deeper in the temple, plus there was a crank connected to a lift. Kratos found that if one of them moved the nearby crank the lift would raise, though at the same time if they let go of the crank it would send the lift back into the floor, to which he and Flurry moved both pillars over to where the lift was resting. Flurry quickly realized the key to this chamber, one pillar was supposed to be placed just below the lift, to stop it from fully returning to the floor, while the other was to help them climb up onto the upper level they had been aiming for since entering the chamber. With Kratos and Flurry working together they were able to reach the upper walkway and continued on their way, all while keeping their guard up in case there were other enemies waiting to tear them down, which they were expecting given that the Sisters wanted them dead.

One thing that caused them to pause for a moment was a gated wall that separated them from another section of the temple, where a minotaur and an undead legionnaire were toying with a still living soldier for the fun of it, though since there was nothing they could do the pair climbed a nearby ladder and moved even higher into the structure. The path in question seemed to head outside for a moment, to a damaged walkway that reminded them on what they had seen on the other half of the temple, the first one they had moved through earlier, and Flurry quickly spotted the other half as she and her father kicked a pair of undead legionnaires off the bridge. There were also some harpies that were coming over to where they were standing, where the pair unleashed the power of their new Gorgons' Eyes and turned them to stone in an instant, which was followed by all of the frozen harpies crumbling when they hit the floor. Flurry had to admit that the new medallions worked like a charm, they were far easier to use than Medusa's Head, and Euryale's as well she reasoned, especially since they were easier to pull out than the heads, causing her to mentally thank Stheno as she and her father continued on their way.

Such a thing meant heading down some stairs heading down into another section of the area, tearing through a couple of undead legionnaires in the process, before discovering that it brought them to the lower level where they had seen the unfortunate soldier being toyed with. In addition to that the warriors found that a pair of sickle satyrs were guarding the rest of the passage, though this time around their weapons were two large sickles, unlike what Flurry used, causing her to rush at both of their opponents as she spun around and lashed out with her own main weapons. Kratos stood there for a few seconds as he observed his daughter, as her attacks were lethal and she struck them without any wasted movements, allowing her to kill her foes in a matter of seconds before returning her weapons to her belt. He nodded as he caught up to Flurry, as he was proud of the warrior and goddess she had become, especially with how calm and reasonable she could be at times, despite how insane her rage could be when someone pissed her off, before he refocused on what they were doing as he pushed the rectangular stone block that was in front of them.

The block landed in the courtyard they had passed through earlier, where Flurry found that it could be moved into place just below a broken wooden ladder, thus allowing her father to get up to the walkway that was above the crank, as she didn't need it due to her ability to fly, so they could see what else needed to be done. Oddly enough there was only one statue for them to use, like the other one had been destroyed, a cheap trick by the Fates to make sure no one had the power to move deeper into the island, at least from the direction the pair was fighting their way through. In addition to that Flurry found that the statue was also missing it's shield, which meant that the Fates were really playing dirty with this portion of their vast trials, though she did determine that her father might be able to use the Golden Fleece in place of the second statue, which meant they needed this one's shield. With that in mind they tracked down another door and Kratos pushed it into the ceiling without delay, allowing them to enter another portion of the temple, only to discover a barbarian with a couple of satyr warriors backing him up in the chamber that was on the other side of the door.

Both warriors utilized the Gorgons' Eyes to turn their foes to stone, shattering them with a quick blow from their weapons, where they found that this chamber was right above where the large chain was resting in the lower floor, only to discover that the next part of the path was to head outside and use some grapple points.

These ones happened to bring them closer to the peak of the temple, as they were far higher than before, where a couple of satyr warriors were waiting to guard this area from intruders, before Flurry found that the area at the end of the walkway was a large circular area with a single temple fragment between where they were and where they needed to go. Fortunately there was an easy way across the area, a pressure plate in the floor that summoned a number of decent vines that rushed out and linked up with the central platform, forming a path for them to walk on so they could move forward. Such a thing also explained why there was a time gem statue nearby, as the vines quickly retracted when no one was on the button, but neither of them needed to stop time, because all Flurry had to do was stand on the button and let her father cross, as she had wings and the Oath Stone. She also found that this button was connected to another set of vines, leading to an area that had another statue with a time gem, meaning they needed to use this one and then a second to reach the other side of the area, though she refrained from flying over immediately, as her father tore the satyr warriors apart with ease.

Once Kratos was on the other side of the area Flurry landed behind him and followed after him as they dealt with a group of satyr warriors and harpies, this time shocking all of them with the lightning power Cronos had given them at the start of this venture, tearing through the enemies with ease. After dealing with them, however, they found another root button and another Fate statue, the former connected to another set of roots that would bring them to the center of the area they were currently in, or at least the temple wall anyway. Flurry had to question the purpose of this area, as it seemed like a waste to not have a series of puzzles that needed to be solved to obtain everything needed to take care of the eye beams in the new courtyard, making her wonder if the architect had gotten lazy when making this area. Kratos found that the small chamber it brought them to had just a door that he pulled up into the ceiling, allowing them to walk into a new section of the temple that had a shallow body of water for them to walk across, even though there were no doors leading to the next area, an odd sight for sure.

In addition to that a man rushed up to them, tripped and fell face first into the water, before forcing himself to stand once more as the pair fully entered the chamber he had been walking around him, where the door closed behind them and caused the man to pound on it for a few seconds.

"You fools! That door was my only way to escape this place." the man said, where they found that he was wearing a brown civilian outfit with a blue sash that rested over his left shoulder, though it looked like he was wearing sandals, carried a gold helm in his left hand, had a sword on his belt, and happened to have a golden shield on his back, "I have faced test after test in my search for the Sisters, and now you two have dashed it all away! You two don't live up to your reputations, Ghost of Sparta... but perhaps this is a sign... am I, the great Perseus, to kill the fallen God of War and his foul monster of a daughter, all to gain an audience with the Sisters of Fate?"

"You know, Perseus, you could show a little more respect towards the God of War and the Goddess of Death." Flurry said, because while her father might have had his powers and godhood stolen he was still the God of War, otherwise she was sure that Zeus would have come down to strike her father down before they even set out on this mission.

"And who would believe a pitiful creature such as yourself? I cannot believe anyone would even dare to love a monster like you... you'd be an attractive woman if you were human, but that's tainted by your monstrous nature." Perseus stated, as if he was the authority on the subject of beauty or something, while at the same time he stepped down into the water for a time, like he was actually thinking of fighting two gods on his own, "Maybe I'll take you out first and send your soul to the Underworld to face whatever punishment Hades has for a pitiful lying monster like yourself."

Kratos stood there for a moment before stepping forward, where Perseus had a single second to realize that there was a look of pure anger and rage on the fallen god's face as his fist connected with the left side of his face, a powerful punch that sent him flying into the water as he let go of his helm, which rolled closer to Flurry. She remained still for a couple of seconds as her father went into a rage she had only seen once before, when he lashed out at Ares, and as Perseus dared to get up, while drawing his blade, he was struck with the Blades of Chaos and forcefully knocked backwards. In the next moment Flurry called forth a bit of her magic as her father pummeled Perseus, striking him with his fists after removing his blade and shield, which was what Flurry was aiming for as she collected them and the helm before it was crushed, all while the mortal warrior found his face being smashed into the marble wall behind him. He proceeded to beat him into the water for a few more seconds, in fact there was a moment where it looked like he was going to strangle him while his head was under the water, before he pulled Perseus up, stabbed him in the chest with the blades, and then hurled him at the wall, smashing a hole through it as the warrior was impaled on a nearby hook.

As Perseus expired, however, the rage that had fueled Kratos started to fade and he realized that his daughter had seen him brutalize the warrior without really giving him time to react, causing him to force himself to calm down as he turned towards Flurry for a moment.

"Flurry, I am sorry you had to see that." Kratos said, as he had tried to put on a good example for his daughter and not give into his rage all the time, like he had done in the past, though there were times where his control just wasn't good enough, something he really needed to work on.

"Its fine... everyone needs to rage every now and then." Flurry replied, because she had seen and heard of what her father had gone when fueled by his rage, even when that rage was ignited to protect someone important to him or defend those who were wronged in some manner, and while it worried her to see that side of her father she was happy that it was to protect those he held dear, instead of what drove him to Ares' side, before she considered something, "Still, that makes me wonder if he might have been right about something... I never really thought about it until now, but is the reason that I can't find love due to the fact that people see me as a monster?"

"No! You are not a monster... you are far better than one could ever hope to be." Kratos answered, where he made his way over to his daughter and embraced her for a moment, to show her that he meant what he said, though he wasn't too sure what to do about mortals not finding her attractive, save for the few guarding Attica, "Trust me, one day you will find someone who will value you for who you are, and not what you look like."

Flurry said nothing as she carefully nodded her head, as she understood what her father was saying, though once that was done they used the nearby chain, which was linked to the hook Perseus' body was on, to get her father down into the courtyard as Flurry flew down herself. From there they separated for a few moments, where Flurry moved the statue that was in the area down into the lower section of the courtyard, moved it into the slot they had seen previously, and then placed the shield into the empty hands, before moving over to the crank. Kratos, on the other hand, made his way back up to where he and his daughter had seen the area that didn't have a statue to block the eye and braced himself as he called for Flurry to turn the crank, which she did so without delay. Once the shield was in position, and Flurry made sure to use the Oath Stone to lock it into place with a copy, Kratos used the Golden Fleece to stall and reflect the second beam as the same happened to the first one, allowing them to overload both eyes and disable the barrier.

With the deed done the pair gathered near the entrance to the next zone, but not before Flurry recovered the shield, since it was blessed by the gods in some manner, though once it was in her collection again they walked up the stairs that were on the other side of where the barrier had been resting. The stairs ended in what appeared to be another ruin, where a number of undead archers were waiting for them, enemies that Flurry took down with a pair of arrows, as there were only two of them, before they moved deeper into what seemed to be a fractured ruin. Flurry found that her thought about an item being fractured was more accurate than she initially believed, as the bridge leading deeper into the island was more broken than what she believed, though her father climbed a nearby vine wall and she followed him with her wings. What they discovered was that the path in question brought them to a lever that activated a gate below them, allowing them to reach an area that held the crystalline spear they had seen earlier, along with the fallen beast that had been stabbed by it a long while ago.

"The Spear of Destiny." Kratos commented, as there were a few tales about the guardians of the Fates, like the rider they had taken down on their way to this location, and fewer still named the weapons that were in those tales, where he took a moment to pull out the spear and sent the flying beast into the jungle below them.

"An excellent addition to our growing arsenal." Flurry remarked, because they had seen it's previous wielder in action and knew how to use such a weapon in combat, so it already gave them a boost in what they were capable of, though as she said that a number of undead legionnaires appeared around them and they turned towards their enemies.

The spear was definitely a good addition, as Kratos and Flurry found that it dealt some good damage to the enemies that were around them, because it tore through their armor like it was nothing, telling them that if it had hit Kratos it would have gone some serious damage. With it now in their possession the pair were able to inflict devastating damage on their enemies, cutting through the armor of the undead legionnaires with ease, and that was even more true when they found that it had a purple blast attack as well, like it charged power in the head piece before firing it at their enemies. After the area was cleared out Flurry decided to double back to the locked chamber that was near the start of the ruins, one that seemed to require the amulets to get through, and Kratos held his up so she could activate it for a moment, though when she returned a few moments later she was carrying a magical urn like the one she found in Rhodes. He wasn't too sure what it's use was, or if it had one, but he said nothing as Flurry added it to her ever growing collection of relics that were taken from every adventure, and once she was done they returned to the crank that had been near the spear's temporary resting place.

The crank, as it turned out, spun the ground below it, allowing them to move the nearby Fate statue so it's gem was facing the ruined path, where it became clear as to why it was there in the first place, one of the fragments could be raised for a time to form a way up to the next, so slowing time allowed them to reach another part of the path. As the pair started to move down the path once more, finding that this time it involved grapple points and swinging around, though when they started to do that, with Kratos moving forward first, both warriors found that the entire path, both what needed to be used and what was nearby, started to collapse on them. With that in mind Flurry took to the air as her father swung from point to point as the entirety of the fractured bridge, even segments that weren't linked to what they were doing, broke in rapid succession as her father forced himself to move without falling into the depths of the jungle below them. As he did that, however, Flurry realized this was a foul trick on the Fates' part, making it so no one could reach them by breaking the bridge and having it fall whenever someone dared to use it, though when her father reached the end, a cavern below the end of the bridge, she joined him without delay.

Kratos huffed for a moment and beckoned for Flurry to take a seat, because after that he needed a few moments to rest and get his strength back before they tackled the next part of the trials that were waiting for them, as he knew that things were going to get even more difficult and knew they had to be ready for whatever the future held in store for them.