"The land of the dead?" He asked the voices.
"Yessss......OUR....domain..." one hissed".
"So...Im no longer living in this world.." Kratos asked in a very calm voice.
"That isssss corest" They hissed again".
Kratos withdrew his sword to his scabard and approached where the voices were comming from.
"Ssssssstop!" They screeched
He paused and looked up at the sky.
"Your Ssssssoul.... issss vital here...." The second spoke.
"My soul...what about my soul do you crave? "He questioned*
"if you continue onward, your sssssoul will be lossssst forever!" They Cried
Kratos frowned, he hated guessing games and Tomatoes, but...thats another story...
"Explain.." he said with his arms folded over his chest
"Sssssoulfire!" they chanted in unison
"It is the esssscence of life itsssself" one of them explained
"In order to exisssst, you musssst have ssssoulfire" the other spoke
"Or elsssse youl wander in eternal darknessss forever!" The last one cried
"I see..." he said staring up into the blood stained sky.
"So to obtain this soulfire...What must I do, Vanquish Foes?, Light Torches?" He questioned
The voices laughed again this time louder and longer
Kratos frowned and rolled his eyes.
"No, no, That wassss our old policy" They laughed
"Our new policy requires that of Work of courssse!" they chanted
"Work?. As in manual Labor?" The puzzled warrior asked with uncertainty
"Yessssss" They hissed in a low tone with Red eyes glaring from the clouds
"And now....off to work Kratos" they laughed and disapeared from the sky returning to its normal dark pitch
"Wait! stop!" he called, but they were already gone...
"He felt his chest burning every step he took"
"Soulfire...." he muttered
He sat down and sighed...."So...This is hell...."
He looked around the dark dimension and smirked.
"Not as bad as I thought it would be ...."
