Survival in the game world starts with Resident Evil 2

Chapter 777 Return to Midgard

When Kratos opened his eyes, everything he saw seemed to be covered by a gray filter, and the scenery here was also very familiar to him, that was his home.

There is no one here, but Kratos can hear his son's voice... and it is the voice in his heart that he has never spoken out loud.

The bag containing his wife's ashes floated up by itself, emitting golden light and flew forward, as if leading the way for him.

As he moved forward, the voice of Atreus continued to echo in his ears.

"…You left me here alone with him."

"...He always left me behind. He never wanted me."

"He doesn't understand me at all, and I don't understand him either. He never teaches me."

"You shouldn't have left, he should have taken your place!"

"…But you know, this is not what I really mean. I love him, I just hope he treats me better."

Kratos listened to Atreus' words, not knowing what he was thinking, but just moving forward and shuttling through the illusion scenes.

Finally, he seemed to have reached the top of a mountain, and his wife's singing could be heard faintly from the other side of the suspension bridge ahead.

Kratos subconsciously stretched out his hand, trying to touch the light.

However, just before it seemed to be touched, he realized something.

"…No, that's not reality. That…is not her."

This time he remembered the witch's reminder about the scenes that might be seen in the Light of the World - these were not real, and he would not be able to find his deceased wife here.

In contrast, his son is still waiting for him.

He heard his son's voice and knew what Atreus was thinking. Now, Atreus was the most important thing, rather than meaninglessly reminiscing about the past through illusions in the light of the world.

Kratos is a man of strong will. In the game, he almost got lost in the light. It was because he didn't know the characteristics of the world's light in advance that he thought he had only stood in the light for a short while, but in fact it had been a long time.

Knowing the situation this time, he certainly won't make that mistake again.

Finally, Kratos stood at the bridge, watching the golden light gradually drifting away, closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, there was no more confusion, and said: "Fei... I will protect our son."

Then, he turned around firmly and walked towards the cliff in the opposite direction, which was the edge of the light of the world.

After the blinding light, Kratos opened his eyes again, and the scene before him had changed back to the circular temple of Alfheim.

He confirmed that his wife's ashes were still hanging around his waist, and the Rainbow Bridge Stone had been fully charged and was now emitting a clear light.

"call……"

It has to be said that even Kratos had to let out a long sigh at this moment before he could completely put everything that had just happened behind him.

He looked to the side: "Child... huh?"

The scene that came into his sight also made Kratos stunned, because in the corner of the World Light Platform, there was no trace of Atreus or Li You at this moment, only a few scattered corpses of dark elves lying there.

Kratos's expression changed slightly. He pulled out his axe and began to look for the two men, while shouting, "Atreus, Atreus! Atreus..."

His voice suddenly paused again.

Because below the temple, there was a bloated figure with wings flying towards the platform.

With the sound of whistling wind, the figure flew closer and landed on the platform with a thud. It was Li You and Atreus.

Even Atreus, who had just come down, was full of excitement and said to Kratos: "Father! You would never have thought that we just..."

But he soon noticed Kratos's expression and swallowed the rest of his words, "...You're back, father."

"Ah, Te, Rou, Si." Kratos stared at him with an unfriendly voice.

"Wait, wait, father! Listen to me!" Atreus quickly raised his hand and subconsciously wanted to hide behind Li You, but fortunately he controlled himself.

"...What do you have to say?" Judging from Kratos' tone, it was obvious that the rage value consumed by the previous use of Spartan's Wrath had basically been replenished.

"You've been gone for a long time!" Atreus said quickly, "We waited outside for a long time, but you didn't come out, so..."

"What are you talking about? I was only there for a short while!" Kratos frowned halfway through and wanted to scold.

But before he could finish his rebuttal, Li You took out a small bag and threw it to him.

"check it out."

Kratos took it and frowned: "The scales of the World Serpent? Why are you giving this to me...huh?"

He rummaged through the bag and found, one, two, three, four, five, a total of five pure scales of the World Serpent!

"How come there are so many?"

Li You said, "Since you haven't come out yet, we tried to put the scales into the World Light to inject energy into it... The scales you found before are all here, and they have all been upgraded." "You should be able to see that, right? It's impossible to turn ordinary World Serpent scales into this in just a moment."

Mr. Kui did see it: "I... stayed in there for so long?"

"I'm sorry, father." Atreus continued the conversation at this moment, "I wanted to help you, but Li You said that you can find the way by yourself, so let me wait a little longer."

"We dealt with a few dark elves who came back to seek revenge, and then I couldn't wait for you to come back, so I told Li You about the ancient corpse ghost we found under the lake."

Li You added: "And because I was very interested, I asked him to take me there. Now, we have just brought his heart back."

As he spoke, he took out a burning stone heart and showed it to Kratos.

The so-called ancient corpse ghosts are also a kind of wild BOSS in God of War 4. Although they are called corpse ghosts, they are actually a kind of ancient life similar to stone men, and they have existed for a very long time.

There was already one under the Lake of Light in the game, but Li You didn't expect that Kratos and his son had passed by it before and didn't fight it, so he went over and took advantage of it.

Kratos looked at it, then frowned: "You fought that ancient wight?"

"Oh, no, Li You dealt with it himself. I just watched from a distance, and... secretly shot an arrow or two." Atreus looked like he had done something wrong.

Looking at Atreus, then looking back at the Light of the World, after a long silence, Kratos finally sighed: "...I came back late, I won't pursue it this time. The Rainbow Bridge Stone is full of energy, take it."

As he spoke, he threw the Rainbow Bridge Stone to Li You, who took it and raised his eyebrows.

Atreus breathed a sigh of relief: "I see, father! What should we do now...?"

"Let's go back!"

"That's easy." Li You said with a smile, "In fact, it's just right. After waiting for so long, a friend of mine is ready. He can make our journey back smoother."

"Let's go, let's go to the outskirts of the temple first."

Li You said this and walked towards the temple exit. Kui Ye and his son looked at each other, but this time they followed without saying anything.

But after walking two steps, Li You seemed to remember something, turned around and said to Kui Ye: "By the way, your kid... don't let him drink alcohol in the future."

Master Kui: “?”

Atreus was shocked: "Li You! You promised not to tell... Ugh!"

Li You laughed as he turned the corner, and Kratos understood: "Atreus."

"Father, listen to me, this is really not me..."

"We'll continue this topic when we return to Midgard," Kratos said at last, "but don't think I'll forget it."

Atreus lowered his head: "...Yes, father."

——The rest of the journey is easy.

The three people who came all the way to the outside of the circular temple opened the main gate that had been closed before. Then, not only did they welcome a group of light elves returning to the temple, but they also saw a huge shadow falling in the sky ahead.

"Wow! Is that a... dragon?" Atreus' eyes widened. Compared to that giant creature, the group of light elves that just passed by seemed nothing worth noting.

"It's not a dragon species belonging to the Nine Realms, but it is indeed a dragon." Mr. Kratos narrowed his eyes slightly and made a judgment.

Naturally, the one who came to meet them at this moment was Youzi, who was released by Li You. He has now recovered from his injuries.

In addition, when Li You went to see Freya last time, he also asked her how to draw the protection rune, so he also drew a mark on Yuzu.

Li You was not sure whether it was because of Yuzu that they were found last time. At first, he thought that Balder and the others were tracking the alien divine power in him. After all, this power was indeed very conspicuous wherever it went.

But in hindsight, I'm afraid that following Yuzu's trail was the only way Manny and Moody could have caught up with him so quickly.

So I have to be on guard. Now that Yuzu also has the protection rune, she doesn't have to worry about being discovered.

At this moment, Yuzu stopped at the shore of the Lake of Light, waiting quietly, and Li You smiled at Kui Ye and his son, "Come on, my friend is here, he can take us back as quickly as possible."

Atreus' eyes lit up again: "Your friend... is a dragon?"

"No, he is a human, his name is Yuzu." Li You answered solemnly, "He just has a special talent that allows him to transform into different animals."

“Wow!!” Although the answer was different from what he expected, Atreus was still excited. “Being able to transform into various animals… this is so cool!”

"Let's go, you can take the small boat he is holding." Li You said.

Atreus then noticed that Yuzu's feet were holding a thick rope, and at the end of the rope was a delicate boat that they had used before.

"Can't we just ride on his back?" Kratos asked in a deep voice.

"Sorry, Yuzu doesn't like to let unfamiliar people ride on her back." Li You smiled and shook his head, "Let's talk about it after we get familiar with each other."

Kui Ye didn't show any displeasure at Li You's refusal, but nodded: "It seems that he is indeed your friend...Okay, let's get on the boat, kid."

(End of this chapter)