Chapter 734 - 734: Isn't This Bullying Me, Baldy Kratos, For Not Being Educated!?

The days waiting for "God of War" felt like an eternity for many players who had experienced the demo.

After all, the game shown in the demo was incredibly satisfying.

Of course, some players who hadn't tried it were skeptical, but after they got their hands on it and played for a few hours, they clearly understood that Nebula Games had their wallets in their sights.

Compared to buying them individually, the three-game bundle was clearly the most cost-effective. And since it was a trilogy, the story of "God of War" was actually very connected.

Just like "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" back then, each installment had its own independent story, but the characters were linked.

"God of War" was the same, and after playing extensively.

Players soon discovered that besides the extreme violence and epic boss battles.

The story in the game was equally brilliant, depicting the life of Kratos, who seemed like a terrible villain, with incredible skill.

In terms of plot, "God of War 1" revealed Kratos's background and also laid the groundwork for the game's themes.

It made players understand how Kratos's faith collapsed.

At the beginning, Kratos was a fierce commander of the Spartan army. But in one war, Kratos was attacked by a barbarian prince, and the loss of the battle put him in a desperate situation.

Kratos then prayed to Ares, the God of War, the Spartan's deity, vowing to offer his soul in exchange for victory over his enemies.

And Ares, the God of War, responded to his follower. He bestowed upon Kratos greater power and the Blades of Chaos.

The searing, unquenchable chains wrapped around Kratos's arms, making him constantly feel the pain of the flames – the price the user had to pay.

However, Kratos didn't know that he, the barbarian prince, and everyone else were mere pawns of the gods. The gods playing with mortals was the core theme of Greek mythology.

The incident began with a journey to retrieve a mythical fruit.

Before that, Kratos, as a Spartan general, had a daughter with the woman he loved his entire life.

But when the child was born, she was covered in pustules. According to Spartan custom, children born with illnesses and weak constitutions couldn't survive.

So, to save his daughter's life, Kratos went to the Well of Asclepius to find a mythical fruit that could cure all diseases. During this journey, Kratos encountered other warriors also seeking the fruit.

Like Kratos, they had all come here after hearing rumors of the mythical fruit when their kin or family suddenly fell ill.

However, they didn't know that they were all just chips chosen by the gods for a meaningless bet.

The bet was: Ares, the God of War; Hades, the King of the Underworld; Poseidon, the Sea God; Helios, the Sun God; Artemis, the Goddess of the Moon and Hunt; and Hermes, the messenger of the gods.

These six deities each chose a mortal warrior, then secretly spread disaster in his homeland and guided him to find the mythical fruit, to see who would ultimately obtain it.

Kratos was the pawn chosen by Ares.

At first, it was just a trivial game. But soon, Ares, the God of War, was impressed by Kratos's martial prowess and took a liking to this heroic warrior.

After Kratos offered his soul, in order to make Kratos his most powerful subordinate and to overthrow Zeus's rule.

Ares then devised a plan for Kratos to personally kill his wife and daughter, intending to forge a terrifying war machine, a pure warrior.

And to forge the purest warrior, one had to be stained with the blood of enemies, innocents, and loved ones.

Consumed by fire, the bodies of Kratos's wife and daughter turned to ashes, forever imbuing Kratos's being with a ghostly pallor, a constant reminder of his sins.

A monster shaped by Ares himself was born – the Ghost of Sparta!

However, this crossed Kratos's ultimate line: his family.

So, Kratos, after a plan, killed the Fates, but in the process, he also lost his best friend.

But this still didn't alleviate his nightmares, so he began to do work for other gods, hoping to escape his guilt.

Ten years passed. After serving the Olympian gods for a decade, Kratos went to question Athena, asking when he would receive his reward and cleanse himself of the sin of killing his family.

But Athena told him that to completely rid himself of the nightmares, he needed to serve the gods one more time. This time, the mission was to defeat Ares, who was attempting to overthrow Zeus and was attacking the city of Athens.

Because, due to Zeus's decree, the Olympian gods could not wage war amongst themselves after the Titanomachy. Destroying Ares was a task for Kratos, who had already broken his blood oath with Ares.

Recalling that Ares was the instigator of his wife and daughter's deaths, Kratos accepted this mission, which offered both revenge and the chance to forget his nightmares.

Upon arriving at Athens, he saw Ares, the 'giant', ravaging the land.

From the oracle in the temple, Kratos learned that to defeat Ares, he needed to obtain powerful magic from Pandora's Box, and he began his journey to find it.

The city of Athens, the Desert of Lost Souls, Pandora's Temple, Hell, the massive temple built by Photius III…

A series of unique scenes unfolded before the players.

Entering the center of the Desert of Lost Souls, Kratos encountered the ruler of the previous era, the King of the Titans.

Because the Titans had been defeated in the Titanomachy, all the Titans were banished by the Olympian gods.

As the King of the Titans, he was no exception; he was banished by his son to the endless Desert of Lost Souls.

His soul lost, he bore the immense Pandora Mountain, crawling like an undead through the Desert of Lost Souls in distress, and Pandora's Box was on the mountain.

After overcoming numerous trials, Kratos finally found Pandora's Box. By this time, Ares had also learned of this news. He killed Kratos with his divine power and ordered his vultures to retrieve the box.

Betrayed by Ares and falling into the Underworld, Kratos encountered the captain he had killed before.

So, Kratos used the captain's body to stop his descent into Hell and gradually climb towards the surface.

Finally, Kratos successfully crawled back from Hell and returned to Athens.

Looking at Ares in the distance, Kratos, who had returned from Hell, snatched Pandora's Box from Ares's hands and opened it.

The immense power made Kratos as large as Ares.

Finally, the enraged Kratos used the giant bridge as a divine sword to pierce Ares's chest, completing the impossible task of a mortal godslayer.

Kratos's journey through Greek mythology can be described as one event leading to another.

And the entire story progressed steadily towards a magnificent epic.

In "God of War 1," Kratos initially faced various monsters from Greek mythology.

For example, creatures like Hydra, and only at the very end did Kratos truly face Ares, the God of War.

And with the help of Pandora's Box and the power of the gods, he achieved the great feat of a mortal godslayer.

But this was only the beginning.

By killing Ares, Kratos had avenged his wife and daughter.

He had also completed the gods' mission.

However, after all this was over, Kratos received a disappointing answer.

The gods could help Kratos eliminate his guilt, but they couldn't erase the fact that Kratos had killed his wife and daughter.

In other words, this was all a deception by the Olympian gods; they were just playing word games.

And so came the scene at the beginning of the "God of War" prologue, where a despairing Kratos leaps off a cliff, seeking release through death.

But with such a "helpful" ally, how could the Olympian gods let Kratos go?

And so, just as Kratos fell into the sea and was about to die, Athena saved him with her divine power.

At the same time, Athena told Kratos that one of the twelve Olympian gods' positions was vacant.

With Ares dead, the position of God of War was empty, and Kratos would become the new God of War. Ascension might also be a form of release.

Thus, Kratos embarked on his journey to Mount Olympus and eventually ascended to the position of God of War.

Zack, who hadn't yet recovered from the previous great battle in the game, couldn't help but smack his lips as he watched Athena explain things to Kratos.

"Isn't this bullying? Bullying me, Baldy Kratos, for being uneducated? Playing such word games?"

Regarding Kratos's words, Zack hadn't particularly liked the protagonist so far, considering Kratos had done all sorts of bad deeds. Of course, he was quite good when playing the "suck red soul" game with the young ladies of Athens.

However, while he didn't particularly like Kratos, Zack completely detested the gods.

Especially Athena's current rhetoric – wasn't this playing word games?

Wasn't this deceiving people!?

Wasn't this bullying me, Baldy Kratos, for not being educated?

(End of Chapter)

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