Here we go, my dear friends, God of War Revenge has begun. As I said before, Calliope will suffer a very tragic loss but will have an ally with her on her journey to the Sisters of Fate that will play a major part in it near the end, along with a major encounter with the Ghost of Sparta but I won't spoil anything. Anyway, enjoy the entertainment, my dear friends.
After defeating and killing Ares, Calliope, the once mortal warrior, became the new Goddess of War and had found a home on Olympus with her lover, the former Fury queen, Alecto and their greatest treasure: their daughter, Sylvia. And after doing such great deeds for the people of Greece and protecting them with all their power, when even the King of the Gods did nothing, they began to see Calliope more suited for the Throne of Olympus as the greatest goddess the world had ever known. For Sylvia, it had been hard. For she had lost the 1 being in the world who had become her 1st friend and surrogate sister, Pandora, daughter of the fallen Smith God. But Sylvia soon found comfort soon after in the form of another young girl, her other friend and 1 true love: the Atlantian warrior, Sophie. During the months of Pandora's capture, the family became shunned by their fellow Gods, with the exception of Athena. But the family had no need for the Gods' love, as long as they had each other. But the days of living a somewhat normal life...was about to come to an end.
Currently, Calliope went with her family to the great Mirror room and saw that the Persians, who had regathered their strength and had invaded the City of Rhodes, forcing the Goddess of War to send the Spartan army to help the soldiers there, as the Persian soldiers' numbers were too great for the local soldiers. The combined efforts of the local soldiers and the Spartan army were beating the Persian army back but still needed help.
That was when 1 of the Spartan soldiers called out to Calliope through the mirror. "My Lady, Calliope, the city is holding its own but we need your help. The citizens call out for you to save them!"
Calliope could not refuse the preying of the people of Rhodes, as it was against her compassionate nature. She then turned to her family, who smiled and embraced her as she gave Alecto a passionate kiss. "I won't be gone long. You just wait at home for me, okay?"
"Of course, baby. Don't keep us waiting, though." Alecto said with a smile.
"Bye mom, I'm going to spend the night with Sophie tonight, so I'll be leaving after dinner." Sylvia said with a smile before she kissed her birth mother's cheek.
"Okay. Bye, sweetie." Calliope said as she embraced her family 1 more time before she went to the Gates of Olympus and fell to the mortal world while turning into her giant form and landed in Rhodes! But just as she had begun to deliver the final blow on the Persians, a white bird struck Calliope and she felt some of her godly power being drained out of her! "PERSIAN FILTH! US THIS ANOTHER OF YOUR TRICKS?!" She asked as she began to return to her human sized form while the bird put the power it drained from Calliope in a giant statue of Helios! When Calliope was human sized again, she found herself surrounded by Persian soldiers. She looked at them with anger. "PERSIAN FILTH, YOU WILL ALL SUFFER FOR THIS TRANSGRESSION!"
When some of the Persians closed the gate in front of her, Calliope then easily killed the soldiers surrounding her, still having some of her godly powers, which the soldiers behind the gate noticed before fleeing for their lives.
Calliope then opened the gate and went through a hallway, killing a few more soldiers before the statue punched a hole in the wall. Calliope went through the hole and inside a room and climbed up a ladder and jumped off a balcony that led outside. After killing a few more soldiers, the Ghost of Sparta went to her left while avoiding the statue's attacks and fired the ballista set up with a large rock at it but the statue grabbed the rock and broke it, making Calliope attack the monster directly by slicing its arms as it attacking, stunning it long enough for Calliope to launch herself from the ballista and landed on the statue. The beast tried to grab Lady Death but she avoided the hands and got to its face before stabbing the statue in its right eye, hurting the creature enough that it blasted Calliope to another part of the city before she landed in a bath house.
The Ghost of Sparta then swam out of the pool of water she landed in and explored the bath house until she found 2 sexy ladies sitting in a hot pool. "Why hello there. Feel like having some pleasurable fun?" 1 of them asked seductively.
Calliope was tempted but without Alecto here to join her and the city still in danger, she didn't have time for it. "Sorry ladies, but I don't have time for this. But feel free to have as much sex as you like." She said before leaving the room through the pool of water and swam through an underwater tunnel before emerging on the other side of the bathhouse. Lady Death then went to a platform to her right and climbed up a ladder before pulling a lever that moved a grappling point for Calliope.
After getting to the other side, Calliope went through a doorway and killed a few more soldiers with her blades before climbing up a ladder to the upper ledge, where she stopped the statue's foot from smashing her and threw the giant beast away with her strength before she climbed up a bare wall to her left with her blades and jumped outside of the building.
Calliope then fought with the statue again, avoiding its powerful attacks while using her Poseidon's Rage power and her godly blades to greatly hurt the beast. After giving the statue a great deal of punishment to stun the creature, the Ghost of Sparta swung to the right platform and climbed up to the statue's face and dealt it great damage with her blades before jumping off of it before she swung to the left platform and repeated the process until the statue was stunned again for Calliope to get to its face and deal great damage to it before the statue managed to grab her and tried to squeeze her to death but Calliope used her blades to hurt the beast by stabbing it in the hand with enough power to blast it off until she was blasted away and landed inside the Rhodes Palace!
Calliope then got up and jumped on a platform to her right and opened a doorway before going through it and advancing forward before she crossed a corner and killed several archers before using a block to hold down a pressure pad to keep the gate in front of her open before shoving it through the gate and onto the other pressure pad. She then held the pressure pad down and rolled through the gate before going through the next gate and went to the right before killing several Persian soldiers with Poseidon's Rage and advancing forward before riding up an elevator to get to the upper level, where the statue appeared again and looked through the window before Calliope attacked it with her blades, greatly hurting the creature before it made the tower crash down but Calliope jumped out of the tower and landed safely outside and saw that she was in the Eastern Ramparts.
Calliope!" Zeus' voice from the sky.
"I don't need your help in this, Zeus. I can take down this beast." Calliope said with a bit of anger, having still not forgiven Zeus for killing Pandora.
"I offer you more than help, Calliope, I offer you power." Zeus said before a sword fell from the sky and landed on a platform a great distance away. "I offer you the Blade of Olympus. It was this blade that ended the Great War and defeated the Titans. Drain your godly powers into the sword, Calliope. Only then, will you reach your full potential."
"Why do you aid me now?" Calliope asked with a raised eyebrow.
"What I do now, I do for the good of all Olympus." Zeus answered cryptically.
But as Calliope thought about what Zeus told her, she started to get suspicious. 'If I put all my power into the Blade, I will be vulnerable. I don't like this, but maybe I will not put all my power into it. My fast healing and immortality will still be needed, along with my superhuman strength, especially against that beast." She mentally thought.
Calliope then got to the upper level on her right and killed several Persian soldiers before she went through a door and advanced through a window before killing the archers in the courtyard before carefully going through narrow beams. Lady Death then went to her right and jumped up a ledge before sliding down a chain to the room below before killing a few more soldiers and opening the nearby gate before avoiding the statue's attacks while getting to the clearing.
The Ghost of Sparta then avoided the statue's energy and shockwave attacks before she threw its blasted-off hand at it, stunning the statue long enough to grab the handle of the Blade of Olympus. Calliope then drained her godly powers into the Blade as Zeus told her but did not put her fast healing, immortality and superhuman strength into the Blade, as she had a bad feeling about this. When almost all of Calliope's powers were put into the Blade, the Ghost of Sparta then shot an energy beam at the statue's torso, making a hole large enough to jump inside the beast, which Calliope did!
Lady Death then made her way upwards along the spiraling platforms, attacking occasional weak points of the structure that were highlighted by a glowing blue energy and killing a few soldiers as well before she found a weak point and stabbed it with the Blade of Olympus, draining its energy into the Blade before she went further up the insides of the statue and got to the other side of the statue by using a rope before she made her way across a narrow beam that led her to another weak point of the statue's energy. Calliope then broke the chains around it before draining more energy into the Blade before she proceeded further and found the 3rd weak point before draining the energy from it, making a rope that led further up to the statue's head drop down. The Ghost of Sparta then climbed up on the rope before she climbed up a ladder and pulled a lever that made the pendulum beside Calliope lower before she went down and made the pendulum swing before she went back up the ladder and crossed to the other side by using the rope above her, using the pendulum to shield herself from the blue energy before she continued forward on the platforms to find the last weak spot inside the structure of the statue before she drained the last bit of energy into the Blade of Olympus before getting out of the statue by jumping out of its mouth and landing on the clearing she entered the beast from!
All the remaining Persians began to flee as Calliope mocked them, not noticing the hand coming down on her. "Is that all you have to offer, filthy Persians!? Is this all you can do?!" But as she felt victory, Calliope was smacked by the statue's massive hand, leaving her gravely injured.
Having drained almost all of her power into the Blade of Olympus, Calliope's body had not yet become used to this state and was vulnerable to the arms of death. Bloodied and beaten, the Ghost of Sparta knew that in order to survive, she had to retrieve the Blade of Olympus. Humiliated in front of her army and the soldiers of Rhodes, she dragged herself up from the ground.
As Calliope knew that her powers were failing her, she slowly got up as her armor had fallen off her in pieces. She needed the blade quickly to get all of her powers back. Humiliated in front of all the Rhodes soldiers, she slowly walked to the blade.
"What is happening?" One of the soldiers asked. "Why is our Goddess of War injured!?"
"I don't understand!" Another soldier said with confusion.
That was when the bird that brought that statue to life with Calliope's power landed and surprisingly turned into Zeus, making Calliope finally realize who was behind this. "You?"
"Yes, it was I who put all of this together. Athena refused to undo her mistake, so I had to do it myself."
"But.. why would you betray me?"
"It is you who would betray me, Lady Death! Do you think I would just stand by and watch as you and your family's influence grows over Olympus? You already have the blood of a God on your hands, and I won't let Ares' fate be my own." Zeus said as he took the Blade of Olympus into his right hand.
"Betray you!? I have held peace in all of Greece for years, brought freedom to the people! I never intended to betray you, Zeus!"
"Oh, but you would!" He said in paranoia as he raised the blade to Calliope's neck. "I have seen how the people worship you more than I. Let me remind you that I AM THE KING OF THE GODS, NOT YOU! It would only have been a matter of time before you would have replaced me!"
Calliope couldn't believe her ears, as Zeus was jealous for her popularity and the good things she had done. I would never have conspired to replace you, Zeus!" She thought with anger.
"But, even now it is not too late, Calliope. You can still prove me wrong, by vowing to forever serve me."
Lady Death had always sworn to rid the world of any tyrants, and now she saw another rising up, right in front of her eyes. "Serve you!?" She asked as she pulled the sword away from her. "For the last few years you have done nothing for these people while I was there for them! I will never serve you!"
Zeus looked more angry at the Ghost of Sparta. "Think carefully for your next words, Calliope. What about the safety of your lover? Or... you're daughter?"
"Are you threatening me?"
"I'm giving you good advice that you should consider! This is your last chance, Lady Death. Vow to serve me for the rest of your days, or watch your 'family' die!"
"If you hurt them, I will make you suffer, Zeus! I will never serve a tyrant like you!" Calliope said with anger and defiance.
"Then you will die!"
Calliope tried everything she could to defend herself, but because she had drained nearly all her powers into the Blade and her body hadn't gotten used to being in this state, she was no match for Zeus.
When Zeus grabbed Calliope and threw her to the ground, he raised the Blade for the final strike as he gave Lady Death a final chance and said. "Submit!"
"I would rather die than become your slave!"
Zeus then stabbed the sword deep into Calliope's chest, despite her doing her best to hold it back as she felt the life inside her draining. "It did not have to be this way, my child. I could have spared you and your family, but now you will face a greater punishment than even death."
Calliope gasped for air and said defiantly. "A promise from a tyrant...is as useless... as a threat of torture."
Angry at that, Zeus pushed the blade deeper into Calliope's chest. Before she grit her teeth from the pain. "Even now as you draw your last breath you continue to defy me!?" He asked before he came closer and stared in Calliope's face. "Everything that you ever loved and hold dear, Calliope, will be destroyed because of your stubbornness. You will never be the ruler of Olympus. The cycle ends here!" He declared before drawing the sword out of the Ghost of Sparta's chest and with one swift strike, a blue energy wave blasted all of the Rhodes soldiers and citizens away, killing all of them. As punishment for defying the King of Olympus.
With horror, Calliope watched as Zeus killed all the innocent people. 'No!' She cried mentally. As blood came out of her mouth, she angrily looked at Zeus and said threateningly. "You will pay for this, Zeus. Be certain of that." Before she fell down, lifeless on the ground as she saw Zeus walking away with the Blade of Olympus in hand and vanished in a flash.
But what Zeus didn't know was that Calliope didn't drain all her power into the Blade and kept her immortality and fast healing, but the healing seemed to have slowed down.
And as the life nearly drained out of Calliope, Hades' hands reached out to claim their prize, taking the body of the former Goddess of War into the underworld. But there was more resting on Calliope's shoulders than she could know. For she was destined to bring about change so great, that it would shake the very foundations of Olympus. Her death was something that I could not allow.
As Calliope was pulled deeper into the Underworld, Calliope was starting to see the visions of her past. The training that she took under her father, the slaughter of her parents, the chains of the blades of her father burning into her skin. Then she saw the face of her former enemy, Ares, saying in a different voice. "Fight, Calliope." Then another memory of her making love to Alecto, then her face turning in a 180 degree angle to her, saying in that same voice. "You're not meant to die here." Then the last image of her family before she left, her daughter saying also in that same weird voice. "This is not the end."
Calliope opened her eyes to find that she was floating in some empty dark air. "Who are you?"
Then Gaia appeared. "I am the Titan, Gaia, ever present mother of Earth. I have watched you become a powerful warrior, a freedom giver of the Titans and I have been with you through all the events of your life. But I can no longer simply watch." She said before the mother of earth rose up as more Titans appeared behind her. "We will help you defeat Zeus. Death is a mistake, Calliope. You are a warrior of Sparta, not a coward. Only a coward accepts death."
"I... am... not a coward!"
"Then you must fight! I will show the way to the Sisters of Fate. Only with their power, can you defeat Zeus... and save your family." Gaia said with sadness as she mentioned Calliope's family.
Calliope then opened her eyes as the words of her family came to her ears as the deep wound in her chest healed fast. 'Alecto! Sylvia! I MUST SAVE THEM!' The Ghost of Sparta mentally said loudly to herself while roaring and swinging her blades, freeing herself from the hands of Hades.
As she quickly climbed up back to the world above and slashing through the arms of Hades, she finally reached the top. As the long way down to the underworld closed, Calliope was seeing a vision, a vision of her family! She saw Alecto walking across their living room and Sylvia watching out of a window, as all the sudden Zeus opened the door.
In Calliope's vision
"Zeus?" Alecto asked with confusion before
Zeus entered the house with the Blade in hand. "Wha... where is Calliope?!" But before she got an answer, Zeus stabbed the former Fury Queen deeply in the chest. With wide eyes, she faced her killer.
"You're... lover, is dead!" Zeus answered with an evil smile as he pulled the Blade out of Alecto as she fell dead to the floor.
Sylvia screamed at what she saw as Zeus faced the young warrior princess with the blade in hand, the Spartan rage exploded in Sylvia as she drew her swords and attacked Zeus head on. She fought well and longer than Zeus expected, but in the end she was no match for him, as Zeus then swung the blade and cut one of Sylvia's arms off. As she screamed from the pain and dropped to her knees, Zeus stabbed her in the chest with the Blade!
Even though life was slipping out of the young woman, she still had some fighting spirit in her and tried to do some damage to Zeus with the last of her strength, but to no avail. She then dropped dead on the floor, whispering her last words "Pandora... Sophie, my... sister, my...love." before she breathed out her last breath.
Zeus smiled evilly before leaving the house. And sometime later after he went away, Sophie appeared and ran inside the house, finding Alecto and Sylvia's dead bodies. Horrified, she ran to Sylvia's body, crying her tears out as she held the warrior princess close to her, for she had lost the women of her life, along with Alecto as she held her close to her as well. After some time, Sophie looked angry as she gently laid Sylvia and Alecto down before running out of the house.
Vision end
After seeing all that had happened in the vision, tears fell from Calliope's eyes and the Ghost of Sparta fell on her knees. For she had lost everything, her title, the love of her life... even her daughter. "AAAAAAAAAARRGH!" She cried out as she punched the floor hard until her knuckles bled. "Alecto... Sylvia... I'm so sorry." She said with great regret as the minutes went by and she cried her tears out before she stood up to look around.
All Calliope saw was death and destruction. As she checked the bodies, one soldier was still alive and she helped him up. "Milady! I knew you could not be killed." He said happily. "I never lost faith."
With a deep breath, Lady Death ordered the soldier. "Send messages to all the Greek states and tell them to prepare for battle."
Confused, he asked. "But milady, I don't understand."
"Listen, soldier! Look around you! Do you really think Zeus is just stopping with Rhodes!?" She asked angrily to make the soldier look around at the dead bodies before she continued. "He is going all out on every city, and killing anyone who doesn't stand with him! You must go and warn the others before it is to late!" She said while grabbing the soldier but let go.
"But..." The soldier tried to tell as Pegasus appeared, with Sophie on his back, having secretly taken Pegasus to escape from Olympus. "What will you do?"
"I am going after the Sisters of Fate. Only they can change all of this now." Calliope answered as she smiled as she looked at her friend, Pegasus and the 1 she'd hoped would become her daughter in law. "It seems that I still have allies on Olympus. Do as your Goddess of War commands."
Without a doubt, the soldier nodded and headed out to the nearest ship that would take him back to Sparta. "Good luck, my Lady." He whispered with hope.
Calliope and Sophie looked at each other and embraced in a sad and grieving hug before they cried in each other's arms for a few minutes. "Calliope, let me come with you to reach the Sisters of Fate." Sophie said while looking up at the mother of the 1 she loved.
"Sophie, it's going to be dangerous. Just take the next ship that's about to sail and get as far away from here as you can. I'd rather you be safe than be in danger." Calliope said, not wanting to lose Sophie, too.
"Calliope, I know it'll be dangerous. No 1 has ever reached the Sisters of Fate before, but I know that if anyone can do it, you can. You've done the impossible before when you became the 1st mortal to take the Box of Chaos from the temple on Cronos' back. I know you'll do the same thing now. And besides, Sylvia and Alecto would want me to come with you. And I'm much safer with you than I am anywhere else right now." Sophie explained with the eyes and determination of a warrior wanting revenge for her loved ones while reminding the Ghost of Sparta had done the impossible before.
Calliope looked into Sophie's eyes and saw the same desire for revenge that she now had as well. And she knew that Sophie was not going to take no for an answer, especially since she wanted to avenge Sylvia and Alecto, just as the Ghost of Sparta did. And the redhead was also right about her being safer with her than anywhere else Zeus could reach. So after much thinking, Calliope accepted Sophie's offer to help with a nod and smile.
The 2 warriors then turned to Pegasus and climbed him fast, with Sophie holding on to Calliope. "Go Pegasus!" Calliope told her horse friend.
Obediently, the stallion did so and flew off. And in their minds, the former Goddess of War and the Atlantian female warrior cried and vowed. "We will find the Sisters of Fate, Alecto and Sylvia, and we will save you both!'
Then Calliope screamed into the air. "Know this Zeus, YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE! I SWEAR IT!"
"SO DO I, MURDERER! YOU WILL PAY FOR TAKING SYLVIA AND ALECTO FROM US BOTH!" Sophie yelled into the sky.
"Calliope, as you already know, despite still having your healing, strength and immortality, you are no longer a goddess. Zeus, Olympus and the blade which holds all of your power will forever be beyond your reach. The only way to get to them is to find the Sisters of Fate and return to the moment when Zeus betrayed you. For only then, will he truly be vulnerable."
Sophie, having heard Gaia's voice, spoke out. "Then if we use the power of the Sisters, Calliope and I can prevent the deaths of Sylvia and Alecto and everyone that Zeus killed in Rhodes before it even happened?"
"Of course, young Sophie. Everything that Zeus did in that moment will be undone and you will both be able to exact your revenge on Zeus for what he did to you. And because you are helping Calliope on her journey, you can hear my voice as well. But if you are both to succeed, you will need more help than I can give. My Titan brother, Typhon slumbers deep in the icy mountains. Go to him, it is time he was awakened."
Calliope did as Gaia told her and Pegasus began to fly to the icy mountains. But while they were flying, many Griffins appeared to attack the 2 warriors. Calliope and Sophie used their blades to kill the monsters while Pegasus dodged their attacks easily. Calliope even jumped on a few of them and cut their wings off in 1 swipe before throwing them to their deaths before landing back on Pegasus before a big Raven appeared. Pegasus caught up with the Raven and jumped on its back before snapping its neck and jumping back on Pegasus as they got close to the icy mountains. As they got close, another Griffin with a rider appeared and launched several purple energy blasts from his double-bladed spear, which Pegasus dodged before the blast eventually hit Pegasus, sending him down before the flying horse righted himself and flew into the entrance of Typhon's prison while killing several bat like creatures until they saw the foot of Typhon.
"Who dares enter this place?" Typhon asked before the imprisoned Titan saw who had entered his lair and blew a powerful wind from his mouth that forced Pegasus back before the flying horse flew around the area and got to Typhon's which the Titan letter up when Pegasus got too close and smashed him to the ledge his giant hand was on, forcing Calliope and Sophie to quickly jump off of the horse before they landed close to Typhon's hand!
"Pegasus!" Calliope said in fear for her friend as she tried to slash the Titan's big fingers with her now mortal blades to make the Titan lift his hand to free Pegasus, but to no avail.
But Gaia called out to the Ghost of Sparta. "You are not yet strong enough to lift the fingers of the Titan, Calliope. But there is a way to get your strength back faster outside of the lair. While I convince my brother that you are here to help, you will proceed around the area and get your strength back. Hurry, Calliope, Pegasus does not have much time."
Calliope knew that Gaia was right and put her hand on Sophie's shoulder. "Come on, Sophie. Let's explore the area while we're here. We may find something that can help us."
Sophie looked at Pegasus again before nodding her head. "Pegasus, we will come back for you, I promise." She said with regret for leaving Pegasus here but knew that if he were to be free, it had to be done.
Calliope and Sophie explored the area after killing several harpies and found a small area with 2 chests that Calliope opened before they went back to the Titan's hand and Calliope attacked the finger blocking their way before they got to a bare wall that they climbed down and scaled on with their blades while killing some undead soldiers before they got to the other side of the area and slide down the wall to the Hand Cavern.
While the Ghost of Sparta and the female Atlanian warrior advanced, they were attacked by a Minotaur and a few harpies that they killed by working together, due to Sylvia training Sophie to her limits and beyond, so she had some superhuman strength as well. After killing the monsters, Calliope and Sophie moved forward further into the cave and reached a cliff with a zip line spanning a chasm. While Calliope opened another chest, Sophie destroyed the chain on the zip line before they slid down to a path that led out of the cavern.
While exploring the area, Calliope and Sophie killed some archers by destroying the structures they were on and a Minotaur with their blades before they jumped up the side of the mountain and rode the chain down and made their way to the large hand ahead of them.
When they finally got on the hand, the big white bird that was eating the flesh off Prometheus flew on 1 of the fingers of the hand before the former God turned mortal saw Calliope. "Goddess of War! You live?"
"I no longer walk with the gods. Who put you in this torment?" Calliope asked the poor man, wanting to know who put him in this awful torment.
"Zeus! My only crime was helping mankind. When I took the Fires of Olympus to the mortals, Zeus considered it a betrayal. As punishment, he made me mortal and condemned me to be savagely consumed everyday by this cursed bird. Then, with the fall of night I am healed." Prometheus explained, revealing that it was Zeus who put him here to suffer, just for helping mankind. "How long have I been here? How long have I suffered this curse? I truly do not know." He said before he took his last breath and died before the bird flew away. But a second later, his flesh and internal organs magically healed, bringing Prometheus back to life as he took a deep breath. "Please, Ghost of Sparta, release me from this awful curse!" He pleaded, wanting to be put out of his misery.
Calliope and Sophie looked at Prometheus with sympathy, as they knew that he shouldn't have to suffer anymore due to only helping mankind. Lady Death then used her blades to break the chains and free Prometheus but while it did mostly work, he now hung by the neck because of the chain from 1 of the hand's fingers, making Calliope and Sophie slide down from the other chain before the saw the him hanging over the Fires of Olympus.
"I...must burn in the Fires of Olympus, it's the only way. Kill me, Calliope, kill me." Prometheus said while explaining how to make his death and escape from torment permanent.
Calliope turned to Sophie and said. "Sophie, stay here with Prometheus. I need him to trust me that I will come back to free him."
"All right, Calliope. But be careful. You never know what's in this area." Sophie said to the 1 who inspired her to become a warrior.
Calliope nodded before she ran right and saw a part of the cliff side that led to an upper level entrance before she climbed down and killed some undead soldiers and opened another chest before she passed a corner and killed a few more soldiers, opened another chest and climbed up the wall to the upper level before going into the cave entrance and used a grapple point to get to the other side of the chasm.
After killing several undead soldiers and solving a puzzle on how to get a caged chest, Calliope opened it and continued through the cavern to an open area with a couple of Gorgons. The Ghost of Sparta carefully dodged their stone gazes while slashing through them with her blades until they were dead, making their barrier disappear before she destroyed part of a wall that opened up to a pathway that she went down while opening more chests before she saw Typhon's head.
But to Calliope's surprise, he didn't attempt to blow her away and only blew away the harpies that tried to attack her, making her raise an eyebrow before he advanced further, going into a secret room where she killed many undead soldiers by throwing them into the flame in the room before she opened another chest, left the secret room and destroyed a wall that created a narrow way close to Typhon's face.
"I am sorry, Ghost of Sparta. Gaia has told me what you did for Thera and convinced me that you seek to destroy Zeus. But for that to happen, you will need my help. Cut into my eye and take a weapon that I hid from the Gods so many years ago." Typhon said with regret and his deepest apologies to Calliope.
"But...if I do that, you'll be half blind." Calliope said with concern, not wanting to hurt the Titan anymore than he already was.
But Typhon smiled. "It is alright, Calliope. If you find the Sisters of Fate and gain control of their power, Zues will fall by your hands. That is all my kind and I want, Lady Death: for Zues and all of the Gods to die. If you can do that for us, even being half blind is worth the risk. Take the weapon, Calliope. Use it to further your journey, Freedom Giver of the Titans."
Calliope knew that Typhon's words were true. While she didn't want to cause him more pain, she knew that she and Sophie would need all the help they could get. And if it meant Zues paid for what he did with his life and her family would be saved, anything was worth the risk. So, with a heavy heart, Calliope jumped to Typhon's eye, slashed into it and grabbed Typhon's Bane: a magical how that could shoot magical arrows limitlessly.
The Ghost of Sparta then turned around and smiled at Typhon. "Thank you, my friend."
"You are welcome, Freedom Giver. I've released your horse friend. You may come for him whenever you are ready." Typhon said with a smile as Calliope saw that Pegasus was released and waiting for her and Sophie.
"I will, Typhon, but I must tend to some unfinished business here. I'll be back to collect my friend after that." Calliope said with a smile before she went back down the narrow path she created before some undead soldiers appeared. Calliope quickly killed them all and used Typhon's Bane to kill the far away archers before she destroyed a box that blocked the 1st of 3 grapple points that she swung across with her blades, getting back to where she previously came from before Lady Death went down the path that led her back into the cavern and used Typhon's Bane to clear a grapple point that she used to get to a couple of chests that she opened before heading back to Sophie.
The female Atlanian warrior walked up to Calliope and asked. "Did you find anything, Calliope?"
"Yes." Calliope answered with a smile as she showed Sophie Typhon's Bane. "Gaia convinced Typhon about me and he let Pegasus go and sacrificed 1 of his eyes to give me this. But I think that you should be the 1 to use it, Sophie."
"But Calliope, don't you need it?" Sophie asked the mother of her 1 true love.
"I'm sure that we'll find plenty more weapons that will help us on our quest, my sweet girl. But until then, you will be the 1 who carries Typhon's Bane." Calliope said with a smile as she rubbed Sophie's cheek.
Sophie smiled back and hugged Calliope before she turned to Prometheus and aimed at him. "Rest in peace, Prometheus. Let your curse and torment finally be over." She said before shooting the chain that held Prometheus' neck, breaking it and making Prometheus fall into the Fires of Olympus below him.
After Prometheus burned to death and finally died, free from his torment, Gaia spoke to Calliope. "You have freed Prometheus from the torment of the Gods, Calliope. His flesh has tainted the Fires of Olympus and embodied it with the power of the Titans. These ashes will restore your strength to what it was after you defeated Ares. Take this strength and use it to defeat your enemies, Calliope." She said as the ashes of Prometheus formed around Calliope, restoring her strength.
When it was over, Calliope turned to Sophie and put her hand on hers, giving her a bit of the strength she had restored, thinking it would help her on their journey. "Come Sophie, let's get Pegasus and get out of here. We have a journey to complete."
"Yeah. And soon, our loved ones will be returned to us, using the Sisters' power." Sophie vowed, knowing that with the Sisters of Fate's power, Alecto and Sylvia would be saved and return to them both.
The Ghost of Sparta and the female Atlanian warrior then used their new strength to kill a few undead soldiers and Minotaurs with their swords and quickly dealt with all of them, making the barrier that blocked their way disappear. After Calliope found and opened some hidden chests around the area, the both went back to the entrance they 1st used to get outside of the Cavern and went back to Pegasus, who happily greeted Calliope and Sophie before they got on him and the flying horse began to fly out of the Cavern to continue their journey. But not before bidding Typhon farewell and promising to find a way to repay him when this was all over.
There you go, my dear friends, part 1 of God of War Revenge is complete. Next will be part 3, where Calliope and Sophie continue their journey to find the Sisters of Fate. And there will be a surprise for you when I get to work on it. Rate and review and I'll see you all next time, my dear friends.