God of War: Daughter of War

As Flurry and her family emerged from the area that they had landed in everyone got a glimpse of the destruction that the massive hammer had caused when it struck the ground, the chasm that had opened in the ice and earth, and even the shifting of material as one of the nearby walls across the way shattered before falling into the depths.

"You've got to give the man credit... he certainly knows how to destroy things." Mimir softly commented, as he was amazed by the destruction that had been caused, though it was amazing to think that this would have happened naturally, without Kratos even getting involved, in another few years, something that would have caused him to shudder if he still had his body.

Kratos, on the other hand, didn't have much to say to Mimir about that remark, in fact he preferred not to think about how some of his actions could cause something like this to happen, much like how when he and Baldur first fought the clash of their powers had opened a chasm near their home. With everything fracturing and collapsing the only way forward was for them to climb along some of the golden edges of the walls, carefully jumping from one point to another, showing them the pure destructive force of the hammer, all while Flurry carefully flew near her family. While they moved she heard someone else talking and they realized it was two familiar voices, Magni and Modi by the sounds of it, where the brothers were talking about how one or both hated Midgard and how neither of them believed the hammer could have fallen on it's own. Such a thing caused her to think that they were idiots, as the state of the hammer, before they tampered with it, meant it could have fallen in five years or so, so this showed that the brothers were definitely morons like Mimir claimed.

As her father tracked down a stone chest to loot, in an opening that gave them a brief area to stand in, she heard that the brothers were starting to move again, this time heading after Sindri, but she knew they wouldn't find him, not after seeing his ability to step into the Realm Between Realms in action.

It took a bit of doing, but they tracked down a door to open and found that it brought them to a new chamber, the great dining hall according to Mimir, which was said to be the envy of all of Midgard back when this place was still thriving, though as he said that the family found a few walls of ice and a large crystal inside a chandelier. In addition to that there was yet another crystal lock on a door to their left, causing Flurry to realize that the chisel might be the key to those as well, which was why Mimir had said he would tell them how to break them earlier so he didn't ruin the surprise. While she thought about that her family glanced around the area and Atreus figured that he could use an arrow on the chandelier, to loosen it since it was stuck in one of the ice walls, especially since it looked like there wasn't anywhere else for them to go at the moment. Kratos nodded and had his son loose an arrow, blasting the ice wall as the chandelier swung towards the other side of the chamber, getting stuck in another ice wall and forced them to use another shock arrow, sending it to another position that required a third arrow, before the crystal fell out of the chandelier.

The force of it falling seemed to break chunks off so smaller crystals could be thrown at things, like the ice that it had been stuck on or on roots that were keep a stone chest locked, and by breaking three sections of an ice wall they freed a good number of foes, an ogre, a frost troll, some nightmares, a pair of wolves, and a trio of wulver. Atreus had to wonder why all three sections were opened at the same time, since it would have been better to do them one at a time, but this set of circumstances happened to be the best for the family since Kratos could focus on the troll, with Atreus assisting with some of his arrows. Flurry and Pandora focused on all of the other enemies, since it kept them away from their father, though at the same time it wasn't hard for Flurry to find that there was a path going behind where the wall had been resting, so the fact that they broke these enemies free meant they could progress without stopping. With that in mind the siblings took out all of the monsters that were around them while their father knocked the troll onto his back, allowing him to bring the pillar hammer down on the troll's head, crushing it instantly once more, opening the way for them to loot the items that were dropped from their enemies.

Such a thing included another attack gem for Atreus, this one being a spectral stampede of boars, though once that was done the family made their way up to the other path and wrapped around the dining chamber, where they found Sindri working at a smaller workshop.

"I had a feeling you guys would come this way... I also had the sense to vanish when Thor's idiot sons came looking for me, like I had something to do with the hammer falling." Sindri commented, where he paused for a moment, like he had to think if that was what Magni and Modi had been thinking when he heard that they were after him, before he shrugged as he focused on the family for a moment, as they were more important in his eyes, "So, what can I do for you?"

"Do you know what weapons and abilities the sons of Thor possess?" Kratos asked, because in the off chance that he and his children had to do battle with the pair that were looking for them, while Baldur was investigating elsewhere, he figured it was best to ask the dwarf for any information that might be useful in case they had to fight them, as he might have done some work for them in the past.

"Well, Magni's strong... and I mean really strong... while his weapon of choice is a huge sword that's been hardened by cyclonic thunder. Modi..." Sindri replied, where they found that he didn't seem to happy about the other brother, which either meant he was a coward or there was something about his weapons that annoyed the smith, before he sighed for a moment as he focused on Kratos again, "Honestly, I'd sooner lick a rat than shake that dung heap's hand... his mace and shield are just cheap knockoffs of the elegant work that Brok and I did to make their father's hammer. Personally, I would just avoid the pair entirely, but knowing you guys... well, I'll hope that you don't cross paths with them."

Kratos nodded, because while he was hoping to get a piece of the chisel and walk away without fighting any gods, since that was something he'd rather not do again, he knew it was good to have as much information as they could before a potential fight, allowing them to continue down the path that was in front of them. As they carefully looted a wooden chest and the stone one they had seen earlier, however, the family heard Magni and Modi talking again, about how Kratos clashed with their uncle, Baldur of course, and walked away, before the pair forced themselves to keep looking. Flurry gathered that the fact that kept the pair going was that they didn't want to disappoint their father, even though it was more likely that neither of them wanted to disappoint Odin, given his position above all of the other gods in this land. Her father focused on moving towards the chisel, jumping over to another wall and using it's golden adornments to make his way over to where their prize was resting, with Atreus on his back and Pandora following behind him while Flurry remained in the air, making sure to keep out of sight to avoid their foes.

As they reached the chisel's area, however, a figure dropped out of the upper area and crushed an ogre into the ground, to which Kratos knew that Magni had to be in front of them since he had lightning arcing around part of his body and part of the ogre's, plus he had the sword Sindri had mentioned and he even broke the creature's neck in an instant.

"You four. Finally." Magni said, where he got off the ogre's body and tossed it into the chasm, showing that he had no need for it or any items it might have on it, while the family found that he was tall and muscular, which only made them curious as to what his father looked like, though Kratos remained at the ready, "Surrender. The All-Father demands it."

"No. You and Modi had best leave, if you value your lives." Kratos replied, because he suspected that if Tyr knew about him and Flurry, enough to warrant coming and inviting them to come to Midgard so they could talk, and even Mimir seemed to know him at the very least, it stood to reason that many of the other gods might know and, if they knew he killed gods, could step down if he threatened their very existence, "You do not want this fight."

"Is that so? Good, your overconfidence will be your downfall." Magni stated, though at the same time they found that his brother was joining them, where Modi seemed to have more weight than his half-brother did, definitely in the belly based on what they were seeing right now, while he was carrying the mace and shield that Sindri had mentioned, causing Magni to draw his own weapon, "Now, lets have some fun."

Kratos glanced at his family for a moment as he and Flurry focused on Magni, allowing Pandora to aid Atreus in dealing with Modi, or at least distract him, though while Kratos dodged out of the way of the first swing, showing them that Magni had a decent amount of speed at his disposal, Flurry blocked the second with the edges of her sickles. Kratos wasn't even fazed by this discovery, due to the fact that he had seen those weapons in action for so long and was constantly being proven that they weren't from the lands they had been to, since it was capable to stopping all types of weapons with ease. Flurry quickly delivered a kick to Magni's chest and knocked him back a little, something that caused the warrior to grin, like he might be enjoying this already, while at the same time Modi used his shield to block Pandora's incoming attacks, preventing him from being hit by the halberd. Of course such a thing opened him to being targeted in the sides and back by Atreus' arrows, which he had to turn to block, but that was the point as Pandora approached him, forcing the other warrior to turn back towards her, a constant game that would eventually leave him weakened or force him to lower his guard in annoyance.

As she and her father rushed at Magni again, however, Flurry switched to the Blade of Olympus, still keeping it's power in the sealed state, something that allowed her to parry another incoming attack before forcing it backwards, something that caused Magni to smile, as if he enjoyed the challenge. She and Magni clashed with ease, the reforged blade colliding with the large blade that her foe was using, where she made sure to avoid letting him grab onto her wings, because he seemed like the type that would try to break them if he got his hands on them. While the two of them collided with each other she found out two more things, the first being that Magni seemed okay with her father jumping into the battle every now and then, as he turned and slashed at Kratos, who dodged and let the edge of the Leviathan Axe stall his foe's blade, which was a good thing to see. The second thing was that Modi was actually kind of a weakling, as Pandora and Atreus were able to do good work against him as her sister slipped the handle of her halberd through the gap his shield presented to her and then swung their foe at the rock wall, showing him that she was serious, all while opening holes for Atreus to target with his arrows.

The reason Flurry thought that Modi was a weakling wasn't because his movements were lacking, rather he went down far too easily for a god, or even a demigod since that was what he'd be called back in Greece, and that allowed Pandora and Atreus to knock him down with ease while Magni put forth a lot of effort to remain standing.

Eventually Modi seemed to have enough as both he and Magni had the same idea, calling for the other to use something they called the 'Snowblind', which involved them saying three words of a spell, 'odr brodir blindr', as Magni used his sword, charged with his power, to strike his brother's shield. That caused a flash that seemed to summon a storm around the area that they were in, effectively preventing them from seeing what the brothers were doing while forcing them to stay in a single spot, causing Flurry to beckon for her family to get into the eye of the storm as she placed a barrier around them, which Modi ran face first into. Of course he wasn't invited to join them and bounced back into the storm, where she and her family found that Magni even approached the magical barrier and struck it with his blade, only to discover that it had done nothing, but it did annoy him and that was good for them. Flurry knew that if they annoyed the brothers enough one or both of them would make a critical error and they would be able to take that one, or both, down, maybe without having to kill either of their enemies, causing her to keep the barrier up until the storm dissipated.

Of course there was one downside to all of this, which was Modi taunting them, or to be more accurate he was taunting Atreus, of all people, calling him 'half-breed' and talking bad about his mother while they waited for the storm to break, all while the boy was growing angry with him, even if it meant ignoring his father's words on the matter.

Since there was nothing they could do about that right now, thanks to the pair that was standing in their way, Kratos and Flurry resumed the battle once the storm died down and the barrier was dropped, allowing Pandora and Atreus to do the same thing with Modi, even though everyone already knew how that was going to turn out. The difference was that this time around they found that Modi did try to throw balls of lightning at them, something they were able to avoid since his aim sucked, and when she sent one at Flurry she spun around and used the edge of her weapon to knock it back into him, only to then block Magni's attack as well. Other than that there wasn't much to set the pair apart from the demigods that had called Greece home, in fact the brothers reminded Kratos and Flurry of a number of enemies they had faced before the battle with Zeus, arrogant gods and demigods who believed themselves superior to everyone else. Such a thing meant that both Magni and Modi likely believed that they never needed to train, or even if they did it was off and on, whenever they so desired, especially since both were the sons of Thor, a powerful god in the Nine Realms, so it was possible that the pair thought they were untouchable.

Even after creating the storm a second time the family wasn't too impressed with the brothers, even though Atreus was just angry at Modi right now and wasn't thinking straight, showing that he had no control over his emotions, though while Atreus' wolves kept Modi busy Flurry and Pandora slashed into Magni's sides, surprising him, before Kratos brought the Leviathan Axe down into his head, killing him instantly.

"Magni!" Modi exclaimed, watching as Kratos pulled the axe out of his brother's head and swung it, scattering the blood in the process, before he and his daughters turned towards the still living son of Thor, who was distraught, like he couldn't even believe that his half-brother was now dead, before he looked at Kratos and his daughters with fear on his face, "No... How did you..."

"YOU'RE NEXT!" Atreus shouted, where he loosed an arrow right into Modi's left shoulder, surprising him since he wasn't expecting such a thing to happen in the first place, before the god in question started to flee from the scene as Atreus just loosed arrow after arrow at him, each one missing since his rage was blinding him, "Come back here, you coward! I'll rip your bloody head off!"

In the next moment Atreus coughed, in a familiar manner that indicated that the sickness was returning, and there was a bit of blood in his hand, though when Kratos approached his son they found that Atreus indicated that he was fine, as the blood was from their foes and that he just needed to catch his breath. Mimir, of course, was of the opinion that they head to Freya to tend to him immediately, even though he was surprised to hear that they could make a cure for him since Faye had taught them a basic one, but for the time being it looked like it was unnecessary. Since Atreus thought he was ready to go Kratos approached the chisel and used the axe to carefully remove a section of it for their own purposes, while at the same time Flurry retrieved Magni's weapon to add it to her collection, along with the materials that were dropped, no doubt from his own belt. One of the new pieces happened to be a few bits of metal that looked like they were infused with lightning, while the other was another Frozen Flame, which would appease her father greatly, before she pocketed the bag of Hacksilver that Magni had been carrying as they started to leave the area.

Such a thing allowed them to do something they've longed for since discovering the crystalline locks, as Kratos held their new chisel on it and found that he could sense where the Binding Points were located, the spots he had to stab to unlock the lock, like a code of some kind when he and Flurry thought about it. After stabbing a couple of locations he was able to break the crystalline lock, breaking it into fragments that dissolved before their eyes, allowing him to open the door that it had been blocking, meaning they could, in fact, undo all of the locks they had seen in the past. The crystalline chisel was a good thing to have recovered, since it would literally open so many doors for them, and on the other side of the door they found a passage that seemed to be the way back to the dock that they started at. Of course Atreus had to focus on what had just happened, that they had killed Magni and the fact Odin would not sit idle after such a thing happened, but none of his family were even remotely concerned, as it was self defense and they suspected the All-Father would like to talk if given the chance.

While they did that Kratos found and smashed three runes powering a gate, allowing them to loot a wooden chest with a glacial crystal near it, and then loot a stone chest for it's contents before finding that the upper part of this area had a way back to Sindri's smaller workshop.

"So, it sounds like you guys killed one of Thor's sons... you could hear Modi screaming about it from here." Sindri stated, not that he was even surprised at this point, especially after everything that the family had been through since they had crossed paths, and that included killing the dragon that had been trying to eat him, "I'd be careful... he's bound to come for you in the future."

Kratos, of course, wasn't worried about that and quickly used the new Frozen Flame to empower the axe again, though as soon as he was done Flurry asked about the new resource, Leiptr Alloy according to Sindri, used exclusively by the kin of Thor, and with that knowledge under their belts, and with the chisel in hand, they started to head back to the dock so they could move onto whatever might be next for them.