Months later have passed, nothing has changed as much but expect that Lysandra and Calliope had wore a different set armor from now on. Both women were black leather chest armor, golden arm bracers, golden leg guards, amd black flats. Atreus, Calliope, Lysandra, and Kratos were set upon the shores of Attica. They have been requested from the gods to save this city from the evading Persian navy. Many ships were near the shores but that wouldn't stop them. Flaming boulders and spears were being fired at to the city, it was nothing but chaos and destruction. The four warrior's needed to take action. Few Persians were entering the city of Attica through the wooden gate they destroyed with their barricade while the remaining ships were still behind.
Atreus took the opportunity to use more of his illusions, he casts many to catapults and ballista's loaded with spears and boulders to Atticas' shores and fired at the Persian navy. Many ships began to sink and others that followed behind began to flee like cowards.
"Well done, Atreus." Kratos praised.
"Thank you, father."
When they looked at far left side of the walls of Attica they see a giant Persian fire breathing beast called a Basilisk climb over the walls and enter the city.
"Ah great. That's just great." Atreus says sarcastically while walking to the wooden gate. They enter the city as Persian warriors try to take them on but they were slaughtered without mercy. They climbed to the upper levels of Attica's tall buildings to get a better view of the rest of the city, the Basilisk was all the way on the other side mainly just a few more blocks away. They enter a building as the Persian king himself and a few fellow soldiers were by his side scaring innocent civilians with his gigantic falchion-like sword that can also create a fire aura to make the sword more stronger as the king also wields a heavy shield called a Peltarion.
They all look behind them to see four warriors. Two adults and two children would probably make him think that this would be easy.
"What evil have you wrought on this city, Persian?" Kratos demanded with anger.
"Evil? It is not evil that I bring Spartan. I bring the might of Persia and the sacrament of purification. As we speak my Basilisk cleanses this land, so that it may embrace the glory of the Persian empire." The Persian king replies.
"The gods of Olympus has sent a message and we are here to deliver it Persian. " Atreus says with a voice of pride.
The Persian king chuckles, "Then you are just messengers. So take this message back to your little gods that it will take more than four pathetic warriors so stop the Persian empire."
'You call my family pathetic? Oh, I'm about to give you a painful death.' Atreus thought of in his head as he cracks his knuckles.
They all battle. Lysandra and Calliope dealt with the Persians soldiers as Kratos and Atreus fight the Persian king. Atreus got a few hits at the Persian king as he did the same. The Persian king uses his efreet, a demon of some sort hovers above the Persian king to his aid, the fire demon stikes the ground creating strong shockwaves that sends Atreus and Kratos to a wall. Atreus and Kratos get back to up, the battle lasted for minutes, but once the Persian king uses his efreet Atreus does a backwards jujitsu roll and charges the Persian king. He impaled his blades to the king's stomach and left shoulder, Atreus throws the king to nearby chest filled with gold coins. Atreus cracks his neck as he slowly approaches the defeated king.
"Please, boy. Spare my life and I will give you all that you ask." The Persian king begs for his life. Seeing if he can reason with Atreus.
"Hmph, what could you possibly offer me Persian."
"Take my kingdom, my women, my gold." The Persian king offers Atreus but he just refused without second thought.
"I won't take your offerings but I will take your worthless life." Before Atreus could take the opportunity, he looks at Calliope who had concerned face wondering what he was about to do, "You might want to look away for this."
Calliope followed Atreus's warning, she turned around, closed his eyes and covered her ears. The little eight year old girl could slightly hear the screams of terror and pain coming from the Persian king. Slices, screams, and gurgling noises were being heard from on Lysandra and Kratos's point of view as they continued to look at the Persian king's torture. Once it was done, Atreus sighs and walks away from the dead body.
Calliope opens her eyes and turns around only to see Atreus standing in her sight, "You might not want to look over there. Trust me."
Calliope nods in agreement as she holds a hand over the right side of her face to not look in the direction of the dead body as they all exit the building.
Moments later have passed as they made to the other side of the city. They finally kill the Basilisk which took a tremendous amount of strength and skills the take down. He climb to the mountain sides as they see the city that had been saved. Atreus, Calliope, and Lysandra were catching their breaths as Kratos looked up at the sky to where the sun shined in his eyes and shouted, "IS THIS ALL YOU WOULD HAVE US DO? IS THERE NOTHING ELSE?"
Suddenly a powerful noise was heard when the sun was crashing to the earth. The four warriors look over the horizon and realize this wasn't a sign from the gods.
"You just had to say something, Kratos." Atreus says under his breath.
They proceeded to run to the fading light in the distance, so enough they all arrived at Marathon as they see a black fog continue to spread in all directions and this was Morpheus, the god of dreams. Proceeding through the city using torches to not be affected by the fog gave them an advantage. Soon enough they now walk on Helios's temple. A nearby statue of Athena glowed, the goddess needed to give them information.
"Atreus, Kratos, Lysandra, Calliope."
They all turn their attention to the statue of Athena.
"Athena, what madness has befallen us?" Kratos asked the goddess of wisdom.
"There is not much time. Olympus needs you. The god of the sun has been torn from the sky. This temple on which you stand is the chariot of Helios. Without their master to reign them, the fire steeds have driven the sun chariot into the earth. Without Helios there is no place to keep contained, seizing permanent power. With Morpheus growing stronger the gods fall into a deep slumber. If you complete your goals you will have your freedom."
"What would you have us do?"
"You all must return Helios to the sky. Lest world of gods and man be lost forever, only Helios's light can release us from the grasp... of... Morpheus." Suddenly Athena's glowing statue was starting to fade away from Morpheus's power.
"Athena. Athena!" Kratos yells in worry for the goddess of wisdom.
"...She's not dead, is she?" Calliope questions her father.
"Unlikely. Come, we must find the sun god before Morpheus's fog consumes us as well."
They entered Helios's temple, they each decided to split up to cover more ground. Atreus had entered a chamber as a statue of Eos glowed to share words for the boy.
"Atreus, Ghost of Scandinavia. I am grateful that you have come. My brother has been taken by the titan Atlas who has escaped from the pits of Tartarus."
"What would this so called Atlas want with Helios?"
"I do not know Atreus, but for all we know it is that my brother is in danger. Helios has the power of the sun, a great power that it can destroy the world but it cannot be trusted in the hands of a titan. You must walk through the caves of Olympus, retrieve the sun shield from Helios' throne and find me. Hurry Atreus, please. My brother suffers at the hands of Atlas."
Atreus sighs for a moment as he felt sympathy for Eos having to lose her brother. This was her brother after all. He couldn't let this happen to any other family whether if it was gods or man but all except for the Aesir gods. Atreus looks up at Eos' statue and nods yes. Atreus continues forth as he grabbed the sun shield and steps into the caves of Olympus when he is first introduced by Eos, goddess of dawn who was weakened with Helios's absence. Atreus approached her as he kneels to her level.
"Glory be to the king of the gods for granting you safe passage to me, Atreus."
"The gods have been keeping their word to me about getting rid of my memories but with each task I complete, I feel that they just treat me as a simple pawn." Atreus replies as he looks down in sadness.
"If you can save my brother, he will convince Zeus to take away the nightmares of your past, Atreus. I promise." Eos says to Atreus as she softly grabbed his hand in comfort. Atreus looks up at her and gives a weak smile, "The primordial fire is almost out. If you don't find Helios in time death awaits us all. Follow the passage that leads out of the caves and they will guide you to the fire steeds and they will guide you to my brother. Go with the speed of Hermes, Ghost of Scandinavia before it is too late."
After Eos gave her advice to the young Giant, Atreus passed on some of his beast forms energy fire to Eos giving her a little about of strength to heal her weak state. Atreus retrieves out the caves and heads back to Helios's temple.
It took some time but they finally got the fire steeds to come to life again. They all hang on to the chariot as the fire steeds take them to the underworld, Morpheus's fog was starting to affect all four of them but as for Atreusn he was only see the nightmares that had been haunting him every single night. Atreus awoke only to see that they had now crossed into the underworld, in the distance they see a bright light next to this enormous pillar that they assume is where Helios is. The fire steeds began to fade as the chariot was falling to the river styx.
The warriors just off in time to land on solid ground. They now stared at the realm of the Hades for the first time, a place where no living man had set foot. Helios's light was still in sight while the family was finding a way to sail across the river styx to reach Persephone's temple. The travel had seemed like an eternity but they were finally able to see a ship approaching their direction and they weren't expecting the ferryman to help. They walk on the ship as a tall, gaunt man with pale skin that wears dark robes with several decapitated heads attached to them, anda golden mask covering his skull-like face known as Charon.Charon was in front of them not making eye contact.
"How calls for the Ferryman?"
"Actually no one called you, you just came up to us." Atreus correct Charon but the ferryman didn't care and Atreus knew that.
The ferryman moved with incredible speed, as he stood next to Atreus's right shoulder.
"Ghost of Scandinavia and Sparta? Slaves to the Olympians?"
"We are nobody's slaves, Charon." Atreus says with irritation as Charon walks forward a few inches away from the family.
"We share a common fate, neither of us will be released from our torture. Begone, it is not yet your time mortal."
"No, we won't be leaving but if you help us get across this river of blood, I'll let you live. The choice is yours. Live or die."
Charon remains silent for a few moments until he began to attack his opponents with his scythe. They blocked his attack as they began to go to the offensive. When Charon began to get weak from his fight he teleported to the center of the ship above a platform with three pillars attached to hold its support. Charon began to charge a green fire aura surrounding the three pillars, but he was tackled by a fake Atreus from behind as fake Atreus started to beat Charon to death in his beast form, soon enough Charon was no more. Fake Atreus turned to yellow dust as the boat headed in the direction of Persephone's temple. After they had arrived, they began to kill a horde of dead beast such as Cyclops', enormous sabertooth tiger's, harpies, even dead warriors. Persephone's caverns was just up ahead, they approached the forsaken tree as Kratos tried to walk through the divine gates but a powerful barrier prevented him from entering the Elysium feilds. The Elysium feilds is only meant to pure souls such as Atreus, Calliope, and Lysandra who were one of them, Kratos let them walk through the gates as he needed to find some other way. Atreus and two girls began to look in awe at the field that they stood upon, it was truly beautiful. Soon enough Kratos had appeared out of nowhere with no weapons, even his skin was back to it's olive skin.
"It is some amazing, somehow I feel more free. My skin has return to its original color, my powers are gone, even my nightmares are gone, I can't see them anymore... Maybe we just live here for all eternity." Atreus says to the Spartan family as they look at him with surprised face, he was right on one thing.
"I would have to agree woth Atreus's words, there's no reason to be aiding the gods anymore, Ares won't hurt us again. There is no reason to age, or get sick here ever again. We could live here and be at peace, Atreus's family would have wanted that." Kratos says as he walks to his family with a smile on his face as hugs his wife and ruffles Calliope's hair as she hugged her father's hip.
"You truly are a unique man, my beloved." Lysandra says to her husband as she placed her head on beside Kratos's neck.
"And I have never been more happier in my entire life since the day I married you and raised Calliope, my love." Kratos responded back to his wife as he saw Atreus who just stood in one place while looking at his sister's necklace, "Boy. Join us, this family is not fully completed yet."
Lysandra and Calliope began to look at Atreus who had turned his attention toward them, not even shedding a tear but he had broke a weak smile at them as he walks to them and embraced all three of them.
A voice was heard from behind them and it belonged to the Persephone, the wife of Hades and queen of the undead. The family focused on her.
"I have watch over you pathetic mortals for a thousand years and it is always the same. Serving yourself before the needs of others has always been your flaw but no matter. For now you serve my purpose, it is time for all that came before to end. The titan will fulfill his role and finish what I have started. I released Atlas."
"You?" Atreus couldn't believe what he was hearing, but she was one of the greek gods wasn't she?
Persephone continues, "And as you all were for pathetically disarming yourselves, Atlas completed the task I set him out to do. With the power of the sun in his hands it will be but a matter of time before he destroys the pillar that holds the world, and Olympus with it."
"But why?" Kratos asked as a bit of confusion was heard from in his voice.
"Do you think it was my choice to wed a man I did not love, live a life I did not choose. I betrayed by the very gods that once saw me as their own but no more. Once the pillar is destroyed the world will revert into Chaos."
"Then what has become of you?" Lysandra asked the goddess as she holds Calliope close to her.
"I will have my peace but it is my choice." Persephone answered softly, she now looked at Atreus, "And it seems you have caused your family's ruin."
"What are you talking about?" Atreus questions Persephone as she walks pass them heading towards the pillar.
"When the pillar is gone, the living and the dead will perish, including them." Persephone gestures her finger at the Spartan family.
"No! I won't let this happen to me again!" Atreus yells to the goddess as he runs to her to throw a punch but when Persephone made contact with his chest he was hurled across the field.
"Brother!" Calliope cried out as she and Lysandra ran to Atreus. Kratos growls in anger but only to have it disappear when Persephone teleported away.
Atreus got to his knees when Calliope and Lysandra came to his aid with a smirk on his face, "Big mistake. She was a fool to tell us her plan."
"How will we stop her? Our weapons are gone and so is your powers."
"...We have to kill the souls that reside here to get them back." Atreus says as he walks forward and looks at a few ghostly souls.
"Atreus, you can't mean that. If we do this we'll never come back here again even if we die in the real world." Calliope objected to Atreus's plan as Atreus looks back her.
"If we don't do this all of us will die and I can't let that happen, I lost my family once but I can't loose another one. Even if my nightmares and pale skin come back I won't let it get in my way. We have to do this and live to see another day."
"We have no other choice Calliope. The boy is right. This is the only for all of us to be safe." Kratos said as he placed a hand on Calliope's head and she looks up at him, she knows that they are right, at last she nodded in agreement. Atreus hesitates for a moment before he killed a nearby soul by snapping its neck. His power of illusions came back to him.
'How I missed this.' Atreus thinks to himself, as he conjured his blades of Valhalla, it was only his abilities to cast illusions that was what made so unique. He sighs as he knows that he'll have to go through the hard part, he would need to become the Ghost of Scandinavia once again so that his family can live.
After the family had been killing a few more souls, they had finally reclaimed their power. Huge peices of the pillar began to fall everywhere as Helios's light was still in sight. They walk to a pair of stairs as Persephone was all the way at the last step. They finally approached her as the goddess looked back at them.
"Witnesses the end." Persephone spawns wings behind her back, she hovers above the step as he transforms into her battle armor.
The goddess turns around to fly upward into the sky, Atreus used his illusions give his family the exact same set of wings as they follow her, they start to dodge falling chunks of heavy stones and they see the enormous titan using his gigantic fists to break the pillar while holding Helios captive.
They all land on a circular arena inside the pillar, The wings disappear except for Persephone's as she charges them with his fists. Atreus took massive amount of hits on his body that sends him to the ground as blood was pouring out of his mouth, Kratos grappled his blades to Persephone's waist to prevent her from flying anywhere else as he pulls her back, Lysandra took the opportunity to throw her spear at Persephone's shoulder while the goddess screams in pain. Kratos swings her body to two nearby pillars so strong that they crumble. She yells in agner while she ascended beneath the rubble as many stone peices scattered everywhere, she charged Kratos but he was pushed aside from Atreus as Persephone grabs the boy by the throat.
"Die Scandinavian!" Persephone next says softly to Atreus's ear, "Go to your first family, be with them, leave this world."
Persephone gently places Atreus on the ground to his knees, the goddesses words plagued his mind at the thought of seeing his family agian.
Atreus broke out of his thoughts as Persephone yelled Atlas' name, he looks up to see Altas bringing his fist down that caused Atreus to roll out of the way in tine for Atreus to grapple to Atlas's hand while the boy runs across Atlas's palm, Atreus goes beast form once again while he jumps off, he summoned wings as he grabs Atlas' chians that held him to swirl around the titans wrist on his right hand and impalas it upward to the earth to hold Altas in place as Atreus does the same to the titan's left hand.
Atreus flies towards Persephone who was still weak from the battle as he impale her with the blades of Valhalla in her heart. Atreus removes the blades out of Persephone as a bright light surrounds her body, next she explodes which did some damage to the pillar but it was still holding as for Atlas, the four armed titan who was now cursed to forever hold the entire earth on his shoulders. The fate of Atlas had been sealed, the goddess Persephone was gone as for Helios how had return to the sky once again by Atreus, Calliope, Lysandra, and Kratos to put Morpheus back in his place. The gods have been awakened since Morpheus is no longer in control, and as for the four warrior's who had saved the god of sun had fell to the earth while in a unconscious state. Their bodies had nearly hit the ground before they were levitated safely to the ground. While the mortals had layed on the ground, resting Athena and Helios appeared before them.
"They have again served us well, Athena."
Athena grabs the sun shield from Atreus's forearm, "He is a remarkable Jotunar."
"They are weak, shall we help them?"
"No, they will live. Let us leave them alone for the time being." Athena and Helios then walk away from the family as they teleported back to Olympus.