First Victory
Kratos was amazed as to how easily was he able to defeat the Cyclops. Somehow, he knew the name of the gloves. The Cestus. It was a powerful weapon indeed. Kratos didn't have time to think as Gaia suddenly stopped and leaned back to Kratos.
"We are under attack, Kratos. You have to go through the Olympus until you reach the top. Then, you can kill Zeus! We will hold the gods back for a while, so make haste!" Gaia took Kratos in her hand and put him to a cave. "This cave will lead you right to the Shrine of Olympus. Now go!"
Kratos didn't wait for anything and made his way deeper into the cave. He fought through some minions until he finally got out of the cave. He could see the shrine in the distance. Before he realized it, he was swarmed with several minions. People were running away from the minions straight to Kratos who gutted the mercilessly. After he finished all of the minions Kratos saw a Titan fighting with the god of sun, Helios. Kratos wielded Typhon's Bane and shot several times at Helios. He effortlessly dodged it and shot a fireball to Kratos. The fireball hit the Typhon's Bane and started burning it down. Kratos quickly threw it to the ground only to fond out that the bow didn't burn. It was engulfed in fire but it didn't burn. Kratos carefully picked it back up. The fire wasn't hot. He had no problems holding it.
After Kratos tested the bow on a few minions that appeared, he made his way through a door to another cave. He came to a ledge that was too far for him to reach, even with Icarus' Wings. Fortunately, there was a harpy sitting on the ledge and Kratos got an idea. He shot a fire arrow to the harpy to provoke her. As planned, the harpy flew to Kratos. He casted his blades on it and used it to fly over to the ledge. After several other encounters with harpies and minions Kratos found himself out of the cave. Immediately, he was swarmed with more minions led by a centaur. He slashed around himself viciously but was soon overwhelmed.
"No! I am not going to die here!"
Kratos wielded the Cestus and broke free. He punched the minions who were flung away with every single hit. At last, he was left alone with the centaur. Kratos skillfully dodged around it and punched him. After the Centaur has weakened, Kratos punched him to the ground, slit his stomach with the blades and ripped his intestines out. After he finished his gruesome work, Kratos climbed up a set of stairs to a ballista. He carefully aimed the ballista at Helios, pulled the rope but before he could shoot, he had to dodge an attack from a chimera. Kratos was angry at himself for not noticing it. The chimera slashed at Kratos but he was too fast for her. After a while, Kratos managed to slice off it's tail. However, that made the chimera only more angrier. It lunged at Kratos with speed and precision. He concluded that speed won't help him much now and wielded the Cestus. He punched the chimera but it didn't flinch. Kratos had to dodge quickly but he couldn't avoid being hit a few times. Finally, Kratos managed to knock it down with a mighty punch. He didn't hesitate and ran to the chimera. Kratos grabbed it's horn, viciously tore it off and stabbed it in the chimera's head. The chimera kicked around itself in pain but those movements soon ceased.
Bloodied Kratos wiped sweat off his forehead and went back to the ballista. He pulled the string, waited for Helios to come in range and fired. The shot missed Helios by an inch and he immediately noticed Kratos. Helios started to conjure a huge fireball when his steeds were hit by another shot from the ballista. Kratos saw Helios plummet to the ground. He leaned over the railing and grunted disappointedly when he saw that Helios is still alive. Kratos jumped down but before he could make his way to wounded Helios, minions with huge shields appeared. Kratos readied himself for battle but the minions ignored him and instead formed an impenetrable shell around Helios. Kratos smirked and tried to break their formation with the Cestus. His attack was easily repelled. The shields looked like they are protected by some powerful magic. It would need a lot of non-magic power to break them.
Suddenly, a huge roar could be heard and a Cyclops with another minion on it jumped down from a ledge. Kratos readied the Cestus but then he saw the minion controlling the Cyclops. Kratos got an idea and switched back to the Blades of Athena. He carefully dodged the Cyclops and waited for an opening. When the Cyclops raised his club to smash the ground, Kratos didn't hesitate. He quickly jumped up, stabbed the blades into the minion, threw him down from the Cyclops and got into his place. Kratos stabbed his blades into the Cyclops and controlled his actions. Several minions appeared but Kratos smashed them easily with the Cyclops. After he finished off all the minions he made the Cyclops smash the shell around Helios. Although it reflected back it's blow, it broke anyway. Kratos jumped down from the dying Cyclops and went for Helios. With the shell destroyed, he easily tore through remaining minions. Kratos approached Helios and angrily grabbed his head. Without any feeling or remorse, Kratos tore Helios' head off.