Chapter 11: Kratos vs Spawn
Kratos and God of War belongs to Sony Entertainment
Spawn belongs to Todd McFarlane and Image Comics
Akame ga Kill belongs to Takahiro and Tetsuya Tashiro
JackThreads and soundtracks belong to their respective owners
Everyone was getting ready for the last episode for the day and Tatsumi pressed play for the next episode. Death Battle starts after another new advertisement named JackThreads was mentioned, and Bulat looked interested since it's a website for fashionable clothes for men.
The introduction shows the two same warriors from the teaser standing behind very epic backgrounds, and they couldn't help but feel awe by their presence.
(Cues Invader - Jim Johnston)
Wiz: Of all the warriors who have entered this arena, none can compete with these two titans of death.
Everyone was excited and interested about this particular match-up.
Wiz: Kratos, the Ghost of Sparta who single-handedly annihilated Olympus...
"That's a badass title for someone that badass." Leone said is glee, and everyone nodded.
Boomstick: ...and Spawn, who managed to dethrone both Satan and God.
That gotten some shivers down their spines, someone who managed to beat two deities is definitely the type of person they don't want to cross with.
Wiz: I'm Wizard and he's Booomstick, and it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle.
The first contestant is an angry man with ash-white skin with red tattoos on his right side, a goatee, and a couple of scars on his left eye and abs. He also wore some sort of garments and a golden armlet on his right arm while a second depiction show him having normal skin and wore a full set of armor.
Kratos
(Cues God of War 3 - Brothers of Blood)
Wiz: Kratos is a demigod, raised among the Spartans as their greatest warrior, until one day, his people were threaten to be overrun. It was then he struck a deal with Ares, the God of War.
"Huh? Back in the third episode Wonder Woman fought Ares, so how is this possible?" Sheele asked.
"Its probably that both Wonder Woman and Kratos are from different universes apart from each other and fought their own Ares." Akame answered.
"I can agree with that." Mine agreeing with Akame's statement.
Wiz: Ares would give him the strength to protect his people; in return, Kratos woud serve as Ares's champion warrior.
"I feel something bad might happen after that deal is made." Najenda said in dread.
Boomstick: Kratos became super-powerful and really vicious, but was tricked by Ares into killing his own family.
Everyone were shocked and couldn't help but feel sorry for Kratos, even though he was the one who struck a deal with the God of War in the first place, he does it to protect his people and now they're angry at Ares for tricking him.
Boomstick: But hey, he saved some money on child support and divorce!
"Not funny Boomstick!" Tatsumi said, still angry about Ares tricking Kratos.
Wiz: As the white, hot ashes of his family clung permanently to his skin-
Boomstick: Just like Michael Jackson!
"Shut up Boomstick!" yelled the younger members of Night Raid.
Wiz: -his quest for vengeance against the gods of Olympus began.
BACKGROUND
Over 6' Feet Tall
A Spartan Warrior
Holds the Rank of Captain
Self-Centered Anti-Hero
Superhuman Strength, Speed & Endurance
Wiz: As a demigod possesses incredible strength, speed and endurance. He can survive a pummeling from a Titan and best the power of Hercules.
"Holy shit! He survived a beating from that?!" Lubbock yelled as he sees Kratos fighting Cronos.
"Which makes him a very powerful warrior." Najenda added with an impressed look.
"I'm more interested in this Hercules character he's fighting." Bulat replied with a blush as he gazed at Hercules's appearance.
The group soon sees Krato's primary weapon which is very unique by its design. It was a pair of large serrated hook swords with glowing orange energy in its blades and has handles with demon-like heads serving as guards and are bounded by chains.
BLADES OF EXILE
Dual Short Swords
Wielded with Chains Seared to Arms
Hooked Designed
Made from the Remains of the Blades of Athena
Flame On! (Everyone chuckled at the pun)
(Cues Krato's Theme - God of War)
Boomstick: Kratos wields the Blades of Exile, twin short swords bound to his arms by chains. The blades have a hook design that Kratos can use to cut right through his enemies, or snag them and whip 'em around. And like most badass weapons they can somehow emit fire.
"That's an epic weapon to have." Tatsumi said happily.
"A very useful one indeed." Sheele agreed.
"Cool-looking." Akame simply said.
"I'll admit it is kinda badass." Mine mumbled.
Wiz: Kratos is well trained in sword combat and possesses what may be the most powerful sword the Greek gods have to offer - the Blade of Olympus.
The next weapon was a five foot long divine sword covered in a powerful blue aura, which makes them feel awe by its power.
BLADE OF OLYMPUS
Can Kill Gods & Titans
Contains God Powers
Fires Blue Energy Waves
About 5 Feet Long
Boomstick: After Kratos killed Ares, Uhhh, spoiler!
The group looked a bit satisfied that Kratos killed Ares.
Boomstick: He was made the God of War. But Zeus tricked him into putting all of his godly powers into his sword, making him mortal once again.
Wiz: And making the Blade of Olympus a deadly harbinger of death to even the toughest Olympians.
"I feel sorry for any of the Greek gods getting hit by that." Lubbock said.
"Yeah and I don't want to get hit by it either." Tatsumi added.
The next item is the golden armlet which has ram designs in them.
GOLDEN FLEECE
Gold Armlet
Blocks Attacks
Deflects Projectiles & Magical Attacks
Strong Enough to Counter the Blade of Olympus
Wiz: His most versatile defense is his Golden Fleece, armor capable of blocking powerful blows and deflecting magical attacks.
"That might be pretty useful to have when fighting a stronger opponent." Bulat commented in interest.
"Can it deflect Pumpkin's shots?" Sheele asked.
"I think so, since it is made of spirit energy after all." Mine answered truthfully.
Boomstick: But there's a whole lot more to this guy's arsenal.
The group were now listening in to the other weapons Kratos has at his disposal. The third weapon is a bow that has a snake design in it.
BOW OF APOLLO
Can Rapid-Fire Arrows
Charged Fire Arrows
Does Not Drain Kratos's Magic Limit
Quick with a Long Range
Boomstick: Like the Bow of Apollo, which can shoot a rapid stream of arrows or charge up deadly fire arrows.
Tatsumi smiled sadly as one of his late friends Sayo was good with a bow. If he managed to save her and Ieyasu then they would join Night Raid with him and watch this show.
"Looks okay." Leone spoke up, snapping Tatsumi out of his thoughts.
The next weapon is similar to the Blades of Exile, but its mainly a pair of hooks with spikes covering them and has a hellish purple glow around them.
CLAWS OF HADES
Used like The Blades of Exile
Spiked Chains & Hooks
Rips Souls from Victims
Can be Resisted
Can Summon Souls
Wiz: Then there's the Claws of Hades, which mercilessly rip the souls out of their victims, though tough opponents like Kratos can resist them.
"Just like Yatsufusa, but instead of summoning corpses its the souls of the victims instead." Najenda commented with interest.
"And it takes some serious willpower to resist them." Bulat added as he sees Kratos resisting the claws with a bit of effort.
The next weapon is a pair of giant gauntlets with lion heads in the front of them, Leone looks excited about this kind of weapon.
NEMEAN CESTUS
Giant Metal Gauntlets
Lion-Like Appearance
Originally Owned by Hercules
Incredibly Strong
Can Create Shockwaves which Stun Foes
Boomstick: The Nemean Cestus are giant ultra-strong gauntlets which can stun foes with brutal shockwaves.
"I want a pair of those!" Leone exclaimed, as she imagine herself easily crushing anything to a pulp with those gauntlets.
"Those are some strong gauntlets." Mine whistled in impressed.
BOOTS OF HERMES
Greaves with Small Wings
Improved Running Speed
Can Run Up Walls
Wiz: The Boots of Hermes give him superhuman speed.
"I want those boots." Akame said, as she wants to eliminate her targets quickly.
ICARUS WINGS
Can Glide & Fly
Huge 18' Feet Wingspan
Slowly Falls Apart During Flight
Ripped from Icarus's Back
Wiz: And when battling the infamous Icarus, he ripped those huge wings off the old fool's back and took them for his own, giving him powers of flight.
"Damn! It's like he's wielding multiple Imperial Arms, which is impossible to do!" Lubbock yelled.
"True, but these weapons and items can be used by anyone without any consequences." Najenda replied.
"Wow." Sheele said in awe of all the powerful weapons Kratos has.
Boomstick: Holy crap, that's a lot of weapons! I like this guy!
Wiz: Kratos is not invincible, but he is very difficult to kill.
"Someone who can take on Gods and Titans, is something I don't want to risk my life to fight against." Tatsumi said.
"Ditto." Lubbock agreed.
Boomstick: Hell, he can't even kill himself!
The group looked stunned as they see Kratos impaling himself with the Blade of Olympus.
"But why?" Sheele asked, still stun of Kratos trying to kill himself.
"Probably out of grief after completing his vengeance against the gods." Akame answered with a tiny hint of sadness.
Wiz: In his rage, he tore apart the ranks of Mount Olympus and slaughtered every god upon and below it... except for Aphrodite.
Boomstick: For obvious reasons!
Tatsumi and some of the girls blushed a bit on that, while Lubbock cried in jealousy which earned him a quick pummeling from Leone and Mine.
Wiz: In doing so, he ultimately brought about the end of the world. Without the power of the gods to keep the chaos in check, the apocalypse had arrived and its vanguard was Kratos.
The group looked sympathetic at this, Kratos was full of rage and grief that he killed every god and summoned the end of the world without fully intended to do so.
Ares: I was trying make you a great warrior.
Kratos: You succeeded. (Then impales Ares with the Blade of Olympus)
Overall Kratos is very powerful warrior to the members of Night Raid, but they felt sad that he was tricked to kill his own family and had to kill all the gods even Ares to achieve his vengeance. Najenda and Bulat were impressed by his skills, Akame and Lubbock liked the useful items he has, Leone liked the Nemean Cestus for its design and power, and the rest liked how powerful he was. On to the next combatant.
The second contestant was a demonic-looking man wearing a skintight black suit with white streaks and glowing green eyes, while also wore a large red cloak and chained gauntlets. Another depiction of him is his human appearance which shows him being a dark-skinned man with a goatee and wore some sort of combat uniform and was fully equipped with a lot of high tech stuff.
Spawn
(Spawn in the Demon's Hand - Opening Sequence *Arcade Version*)
Wiz: Al Simmons was trained to be a deadly, stealthy soldier and assassin, and proved numerous times he was the best of the best.
The group were impressed at seeing another skilled assassin like them in this show.
Wiz: But when his morality got the better of him, his boss terminated his contract... permanently.
The group winced at Simmons being burned alive.
"That's messed up." Bulat frowned at Simmons's boss for backstabbing him.
"Totally agreeing with you there." growled Leone as she wants to claw that man's face off.
Boomstick: That's when Simmons met Malebolgia, one of the Demon Lords of Hell, who struck a deal with him: He'd get to see his wife again if he became captain of Hell's armies. He agreed and was reborn as a Hellspawn.
"I know what's going to happen next." Mine spoke up, knowing making deals with evil deities is always a bad decision.
Boomstick: But as with most demons, it tricked him, leaving Spawn with a fate worse than death. And of course, Spawn swore revenge!
Now they feel sorry for Spawn as well than Kratos, living a life serving in Hell and rebelling against the one that tricked him of stealing his family away is really sad. Guess they now know that there are some combatants that have tragic backstories. Now time to see what Spawn is capable of.
BACKGROUND
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 450 Ibs.
Skilled Assassin (Like the rest of Night Raid)
Superhuman Strength, Speed & Durability
Composed of Necroplasm
Regeneration Healing
(Cues Spawn The Eternal - Track 6)
Wiz: Being a Hellspawn, he has superhuman strength and speed. He is nearly invunerable and can use his own powers to heal and regenerate.
Boomstick: In addition, Spawn can feed off the evil auras of others for the same effect. It really saves him on Band-Aids!
"In other words, he feeds off the evil sins of people to quickly heal himself." Akame stated.
"That's pretty awesome." Lubbock commented in interest.
Spawn's armor is the black suit that looks parasitic and can morph into anything and when taking off the mask it shows his old burning face, which makes the group slightly cringe at his facial appearance.
LEETHA OF THE 7TH HOUSE OF K
Symbiotic Suit
Limited by Imagination
Can Create Chains, Spikes, Claws, Shrouds, etc.
Has a Mind of its Own (Like some Imperial Arms)
Feeds Off Necroplasm or Natural Evil Energies
Wiz: He wears a living parasitic-symbiotic suit named Leetha of the 7th House of K.
"That's a awesome name." Leone smirked.
Boomstick: Leetha has riddiculous powers. Basically, anything she or Spawn wants to happen can happen. The suit can create and control chains, claws, spikes, and morph itself into pretty much anything Spawn wants, like a badass cape that can drag enemies and protect Spawn from al sorts of danger.
"That's a lot of abilities." Sheele commented in awe.
"It beats Incursio with all of those powers." Bulat replied truthfully.
Wiz: The suit has a mind of its on, and can operate while Spawn focuses on other parts of the battle. It is strong enough to easily smash through brick, and fast enough to block bullets.
"Powerful and dangerous." Akame said and started eating her eighth piece of meat.
"There's always a downside to a suit that demonic." Najenda added.
Wiz: However, Leetha feeds off necroplasm energy when using the suit's powers, a hellish matter which Spawn is entirely composed of. If Leetha uses too much, Spawn will be sent back to Hell.
"So he's got to be careful to how he used." Mine said.
"Yeah, and I don't want to be sent to Hell if I have something similar to the suit." Tatsumi replied in worry.
Wiz: However, like Spawn, Leetha can also feed off the evil and sin of others.
"Damn, that makes Spawn really dangerous if he shows up here." Leone suggested.
"Agreed." Akame added.
"Me too." Mine agreed.
MAGIC
Can Alter Matter
Communicate with Animals
Flight & Teleportation
Necroplasm Projectile
Healing the Sick & Even Resurrecting the Dead (Tatsumi sees this as a sign of hope)
Elemental Control
Boomstick: Spawn's also got tons of magic powers. He can teleport, transform, blow things up, turn invisible, alter matter, talk to animals, fly with his cape, read minds, and open portals to Heaven and Hell. Ho-oly crap!
"Shit! That's a lot!" Lubbock yelled at the list of magical powers.
"Imagine all the possibilities to use all that, it would make clearing the corruption in the Empire so much easy." Mine commented.
"Man, being a Hellspawn is dangerous but cool at the same time." Leone added.
Wiz: And he can control the elements, often using fire and water to defeat swarms of enemies.
"Very powerful indeed." Bulat commented.
EXPERT MARKSMAN
Weapon of Choice
Least Effective Weapons (Mine frowned at that)
Skilled with All Types
Wiz: However, even with all these godlike abilities, Spawn usually resorts to his most primitive weapon. As he was trained in Special Forces for so long, Spawn is most comfortable using a gun. He is an expert in the use of nearly any firearm imaginable.
"Now that's what I call 'Armed and Dangerous'." Leone whistled as she sees Spawn completely armed to the teeth with guns and ammunition.
Mine looked at the image and figured to grab a few hand guns and machine guns with Pumpkin to be more secured.
SPECIFIC WEAKNESSES
Magic Necroplasm
Holy Weapons Forged in Heaven
His Dwindling Amount of Necroplasm
Can Only Die through Beheading
Boomstick: Only two things can break through Spawn's defenses and hurt him: Necro-magic and holy weapons forged in Heaven. In addition, he can only die if he's beheaded.
"Well there's the downside of being a Hellspawn." Sheele said.
"Which means Spawn will have to be extra careful if his opponent tries to decapitate him." Najenda stated.
Wiz: Spawn killed all sorts of powerful enemies - assassins, cyborgs, vampires, ghost, Angels, Demons, other Hellspawn, rampaging deities, even Satan and God. Yes, that old lady is the God.
The group were stunned that an old lady is God, if one to look closely they could see the disguise fading.
Boomstick: Really? God looks like my nanna... am I a demigod?
"Probably not." Mine answered.
Wiz: And after being granted unlimited power from the Mother of All Things, Spawn banished God and Satan from the Earth, which he wiped clean and rebuilt in his own image. He then willingly sacrificed his own God powers and eventually returned to his Hellspawn form.
"Guess he really wanted to keep the world safe in his own way." Lubbock said.
"Yeah but with that unlimited power thing, we could finished off the corruption instantly." Najenda added.
Boomstick: Ah, why the hell would he do that! He must've been really bored!
"I agree with Boomstick on that, without this civil war or Danger Beasts, I would've been bored doing nothing but working at a massage parlor for the rest of my life." Leone explained.
"True on that." Tatsumi agreeing to her claim.
"Ditto." Akame added.
Spawn (Blowing a wall with his guns): Knock, knock!
Despite his vengeful backstory, Spawn is a very powerful combatant Night Raid has ever encountered. Najenda and Akame liked him being an assassin, Bulat liked the parasitic suit despite the dangers of it, Mine respected him for being a marksman like herself, the others admitted liking all the cool stuff he can do.
Wiz: Alright the combatants are set. Let's end this debate once and for all.
Boomstick: But first, let's take a commercial break from JackThreads. Over to you Boomstick!
As the advertisement starts, the group has a difficult choice on who would win. Kratos and Spawn are very powerful warriors, Kratos is incredibly durable and can survive a lot of things, while Spawn is nearly invunerable and heals by feeding off the sins of others, so its likely Kratos has a lot of sins for Spawn and Leetha to feed on. But Kratos can kill multiple gods with strength and brutality alone.
In the end Tatsumi, Lubbock, Leone and Sheele voted for Kratos, while the rest voted for Spawn.
Boomstick: It's time for a Death Battle!
(Cues God of War 2 - Colossus of Rhodes)
The group sees an ancient underground palace and sees Kratos marching up the steps when suddenly Spawn teleported behind him and Kratos whips out the Blades of Exile.
Time to see which Anti-Hero reigns supreme.
FIGHT!
(Cues God of War 3 - Poseidon's Wrath)
Kratos lashes out his blades at Spawn, but Leetha protects him by morphing into chains to block the attacks for a moment. Eventually, Spawn pulls out a large machine gun and fires at Kratos, who used his blades to block the oncoming bullets, he quickly disarmed Spawn and goes for another swipe attack, but Spawn teleport behind him and starts attacking. Kratos managed to block all of it before successfully stabbing Spawn and dragged him forward to be kicked back.
"So far so good." Tatsumi said.
"That's only a warm-up for these two." Bulat replied back.
Spawn landed down safely and avoided Kratos's attack and fled to the next room with Kratos in hot pursuit but couldn't find the Hellspawn anywhere.
(Cues Spawn in the Demon's Hand - Smelter *Admonisher Stage*)
Spawn lowered his invisibility and surprised the Ghost of Sparta with a barrage of punches, then used his teleportation and superhuman speed to deliver more blows to Kratos to get him flying. Kratos land safely to a flight of stairs in which Spawn teleported and fires a necroplasm projectile, which Kratos deflected it back at Spawn with his Golden Fleece and stabbed Spawn again and used the Nemean Cestus to punch the Hellspawn to a large gap on the other side of the area.
"Its really getting intense!" Lubbock exclaimed in excitement.
"Just keep watching idiot." Mine hushed.
Spawn flew over that gap with his cape, while laughing evilly as he sends more necroplasm projectiles at Kratos, and was still using the Golden Fleece to deflect them before using the Icarus Wings and tackles Spawn further before crashing on to a ledge and the Hellspawn still floating.
Spawn: You're pissing me off!"
(Cues God of War - Minotaur Boss Battle)
Kratos grabs Spawn with his blades and the two fallen down into the pit and landed safely at the bottom and Kratos pulls out the Bow of Apollo and rapidly fires arrows at Spawn, but he blocks all of them with his cape. Kratos charges up a fire arrow but Spawn used his elemental manipulation to engulf the Ghost of Sparta into a sea of flames before launching a necroplasm grenade into the fire, bursting it into a bigger blast.
"Kratos can survive that easily." Leone said.
"And they're already down to the wire." Sheele replied with hints of anticipation.
(Cues God of War 3 - Overture)
However, Kratos survives and leaps out of the flames with the Blade of Olympus in hand and nearly struck the teleporting Spawn, he then unleashed Leetha's chains and Kratos, but he easily cut them down before stabbing Spawn dead center at the chest and he stayed still for a moment.
Everyone looked on as if the fight's over, but they were quickly surprised on what happens next.
Spawn quickly teleported behind Kratos and grabbed his head before feeding off all of the Spartan's evil energy before delivering the final blow.
Spawn: DIE!
Spawn creates and large spike from his hand impaling through Kratos's head, ending the Ghost of Spartan's life.
K.O.!
Everyone that voted for Spawn were clapping for his victory, and the ones voted for Kratos cheered him for trying. That was a very good fight, now time to hear why Spawn won.
Boomstick: Aaahhhh, man - here comes the rage from the God of War fanboys!
"Wow I'd never knew there are fans from video games too." Sheele said in curiosity.
"Well, if we find a game console, I might try God of War for once." Leone said with a smile.
Wiz: Kratos is a very difficult one to beat, but Spawn's magical prowess and near-indestructible body proved too much for him.
Najenda nodded knowing Spawn is way more durable than Kratos with his abilities backing him up.
Boomstick: Yeah, normally, that last attack would've meant the end for his opponent, but not Spawn!
Wiz: And while much of Kratos's arsenal was forged by Olympians, Olympus is composed of Earthly elements, and is not another plane of existence like Heaven, so it stands to reason none of the Olympian weapons would kill Spawn.
"Guess that's the reason why the weapons were ineffective against Spawn." Bulat noted.
"Yeah, and I still want my own Nemean Cestus though." Leone replied.
Boomstick: Except the Blade of Olympus, but it wasn't enough.
Wiz: Plus, Spawn and his suit had plenty of evil energy to feed on during the battle, since Kratos is literally covered in his past sins.
"Guess I was right on that." Najenda commented.
Boomstick: Well, that was one Hell of a fight!
Everyone chuckled at that pun.
Wiz: The winner is Spawn.
The episode is really good of showing fighters that can surpass gods and going through the impossible. Time to see what's happening next episode.
Boomstick: Next time on Death Battle.
SLAYER OF DRAGONS
They see a man in what looked like a mining suit fighting walking tomatoes with goggles and fire breathing dragons on one side.
EXPLOSION EXTRAORDINAIRE
On the other side they is a white and blue man throwing bombs at anything in his path and facing all sorts of enemies.
The members of Night Raid got up and stretched for a bit before turning off the DVD set and TV before leaving to continue their work and seeing more episodes another time.
