Survival in the game world starts with Resident Evil 2

Chapter 788 Chaos Twin Blades
To be honest, even Li You was very surprised that Atreus entered his personal story here.

But if you think about it carefully, the experiences of the father and son in this world are quite different from the original ones, so it is not impossible that his illness was induced in advance.

Perhaps, this is the "prophecy" and "destiny" in the new God of War's worldview at work.

After all, if the plot killing is not forced, even the goddess of fate cannot create a situation where Atreus goes berserk like in the original game without Li You's interference.

But anyway, now is not the time to get to the bottom of it, we have to save people first.

Kratos picked up his son and called Atreus' name anxiously, but Atreus did not respond at all. He was unconscious and his skin had turned as pale as ash.

"What happened to him!?"

Kratos asked anxiously, while Mimir and Li You who came over looked at each other and said almost at the same time: "You have to go find Freya, only she has the solution."

Seeing the same reaction from both of them, Kratos didn't say much and immediately picked up Atreus: "The distance from the witch's house to here..."

"Roar--!!"

A roar was heard, and Yuzu next to him had transformed into a flying dragon. Li You looked at Kui Ye: "Yuzu can get there the fastest. Let's go!"

In this case, there was no need to say more. Li You jumped onto Yuzu's back first, followed by Kratos holding Atreus, and finally V. Yuzu flapped her wings, soared into the sky, and flew towards Freya's home.

However, although Yuzu's flying speed is extremely fast, there is still some distance to the Witch Forest.

On the dragon's back, Kratos stroked Atreus' pale face and murmured, "Why is this happening? That power is mine...?"

Mimir replied: "This is a special disease in which inner conflict manifests itself through the body, but it should only occur in mortals."

"But... a god who thinks he's mortal? I don't know. Regardless, we must find Freya immediately."

Li You, who had read the plot, knew more, so he answered the second question for him: "Without a doubt, that is the power he inherited from you - the power of Sparta's wrath. His divine essence, which is also your essence, struggled in his body, causing this symptom. The disease he couldn't get rid of since he was a child also came from this."

Kuiye's eyelids twitched, and he looked at Li You: "Do you know..."

"I am a traveler who has traveled to various countries, don't forget that." Li You said, "I have also heard about your hometown, so I recognize you... Kratos."

Kratos was silent.

Mimir exclaimed: "Sparta... So that's it! You are... that person!"

Under normal circumstances, Kratos would definitely have more than just this reaction when his identity was revealed, but right now he was preoccupied with Atreus' illness, so he didn't even say much about it, only asking, "How long will it take us to get there?"

"...We're already there." Li You looked down, "Yuzu, that's it."

Yuzu let out a low roar and descended, landing right next to Freya's big turtle Charles.

Kratos jumped off the dragon's back holding Atreus, and while trying to stay calm, he ran to the door of the cabin as fast as he could: "Freya! Open the door! We need your help!"

There was no response, so he couldn't help but kick the door with his foot: "Woman, did you hear me? It's an emergency!"

Freya's voice came from the house: "I am still a god now! Go away!"

"Atreus is sick...Freya!"

There was an extremely rare emotion in Kratos' tone, and the door of the cabin opened soon after, and Freya appeared in front of him.

Just one look at Atreus in Kratos' arms and her expression changed: "Come in!"

While instructing Kratos to put Atreus on the bed, she explained to him the cause of Atreus' illness, which was exactly the same as Li You's explanation.

"…So the Collector was right. It's my fault that Atreus is like this."

Kratos stroked Atreus' face, his eyes full of sorrow. People who didn't know his past probably couldn't understand how much he blamed himself at the moment.

Freya was stunned when she heard him mention Li You, but then she saw Li You himself walking in from outside, and her eyes lit up.

This was not the time to get to the bottom of it, so she immediately said, "You're here too, which is just right. I need your help to treat this child."

Kui Ye looked at her: "...Are you willing to help me?"

Freya looked at him and responded solemnly: "Of course."

"Then as I said just now, my friend, I need your help as well."

She then turned to Li You and said, "There is a special medicinal ingredient that can only be found in Helheim. The guardian of the Cursed Bridge - I need his heart."

Kratos remembered the name he had heard during his journey: "Helheim, the kingdom of the dead... I am not familiar with this underworld."

Freya explained to him: "It is a land of unbearable cold, where there is no fire, and where all the magic of the Nine Realms cannot even spark."

"And those dead wrapped in frost. Your axe is useless against them."

Then she looked at Li You again: "So, my friend, I need to ask for your help again. To go to Helheim, we need your Rainbow Bridge Stone; and to fight there and retrieve the heart of the bridge keeper, we also need your flaming sword."

Of course Li You would not refuse. Besides, there was an imprisoned Valkyrie in Helheim who needed him to liberate.

But just as he was about to nod, Kuiye spoke first: "...No."

Freya, Li You and Mimir, who was placed on the table next to him, all looked at him at this time, wondering what he was going to do.

Freya frowned slightly: "Kratos, are you still..."

But Kratos just stood up and said, "Freya, this is not your request, but mine. I ask you, and you - Li You, to help me."

"But that is the underworld, and I will not let you take that risk, so I will go home... dig up the past that I once vowed to bury forever, and then, I will retrieve the heart of the bridge keeper.

"And Li You, please help me open the temple teleportation, and leave the rest to me."

Li You and Kratos looked at each other for a moment. Li You saw extremely complicated emotions in his eyes, but those emotions were immediately buried, leaving only determination.

So Li You nodded.

"It seems you have reached a consensus, which is good."

While the two exchanged glances, Freya did not stop processing the various medicinal materials. She came over and grabbed Li You's hand, and carved on his palm: "This is the teleportation rune of Helheim. No matter what you need to do, bring the heart of the bridge keeper back to me as soon as possible."

"But remember, once you arrive in Helheim, do not cross the Bridge of the Damned under any circumstances!"

Both of them nodded, and Atreus groaned at this time. Kratos immediately squatted down to check on him, while Freya came over with the herbs beside her: "Go, and be quick!"

There was no need to say more at this point, Kratos immediately stood up and was about to go out.

But before leaving, he seemed to remember something and said to Freya without turning back: "The last time we talked..."

Freya simply interrupted him: "No need to explain, you are right not to believe in God's judgment."

"I will protect your son. This is a mother's promise."

Hearing this, Kratos finally turned around and looked at Freya. The two looked at each other and nodded. Then Kratos said nothing more and pushed the door open. Yuzu did not change back to human form and waited outside. Li You had already returned to his back: "Let's go, I have found the direction of your house."

Kratos nodded silently, climbed onto Yuzu's back, and Yuzu took off into the air again, heading towards the wild forest.

On the way, Mimir, who was on Kratos' waist, said, "It has to be Helheim... Are you okay, brother?"

He was asking about Kratos, and Mimir had already noticed that Kratos was in a bad mood.

All Kratos said was, "I'll do what's necessary, leave me alone."

The sky had also become gloomy at this time, with thunder and lightning roaring in the distant clouds, and Yuzu was flying through the sky between the echoes of thunder.

No one else noticed anything unusual, except Kratos, who seemed to be in deep thought at first, and then stood there in a daze as if he had seen a non-existent ghost.

In his eyes, at this moment, above Yuzu's head, stood a woman with blue-green skin, wearing a Greek-style short robe, and with eyes emitting pure light.

Kratos looked at her and said in a deep voice: "...Athena."

"Athena" said nothing, but just looked at him with a faint smile.

"Get out of my head."

No one else saw anyone appear, but they all heard Kratos's two words. However, at this time, naturally no one spoke to disturb him.

In the increasingly dark, drowsy and depressing sky, Yuzu flew back to Kratos' home.

He landed in the open space in the backyard, Kratos jumped off the dragon's back, and walked towards the front gate without saying a word.

Li You did not follow at this time, because Kratos wanted to dig out his past - needless to say, it was his Chaos Blades - and he probably wouldn't want too many people to watch these things.

So Li You just let Yuzu change back into human form. There was a mysterious door in the front yard of Kratos' house. After that, they could go through that door to return to the Temple of Tyr without having to travel a long distance.

Perhaps because no one had been there for a long time, the area near Kratos' home was now occupied by many undead warriors, the kind that were covered in frost and were difficult to deal with with the Leviathan Axe.

So Li You drew out the spiral sword.

"Just come and play with me."

"boom--!!"

At this time, Kratos had returned to his house. He could hear the sound of fighting from Li You's side, but he did not look back.

Just leave some undead warriors to Li You, he needs to do his real work now.

Kratos came to the center of the wooden house, pulled away the old carpet, and uncovered a small cellar door underneath that could be opened.

In the mezzanine of the cellar, there was a dark red cloth package. Kratos took it out and then... uncovered the cloth.

Lying on the crimson cloth was the weapon he had used to kill the Greek gods, the Blades of Chaos.

Kratos took off his arm armor, revealing the dirty cloth underneath that hid the scars on his arms, and then grabbed the chains of the Chaos Blades and wrapped them around his arms in circles.

It was also at this time that he saw the ghost of Athena again.

"…You have nowhere to hide, Spartan."

The ghost of Athena, standing at the door of the hut, spoke to him.

"No matter how far you distance yourself from reality, it won't change anything."

Kratos never looked at her, but continued to wind the chain.

"You can pretend to be someone you are not, a teacher, a husband... a father."

Only when she said the last word did Kratos stop and turn his head to look, but then he looked back at the two swords.

"But no matter what, you can never escape one reality - you won't change."

"You will always be... a monster."

Kratos had already wrapped the chains around his arms, put on his wrist guards again, and held his two swords.

Flames rose from the Chaos Blades, as if the blades were cheering for being dug out again, even though their owner hated them so much.

And Kratos stood up, looked at the ghost of Athena, and finally said: "I know."

"…but I'm not your monster anymore."

As he spoke, he walked towards "Athena" and collided head-on with and passed through her phantom at the door, and Athena's image disappeared.

Kratos no longer cared about the illusion he saw and looked straight ahead, where there was a mysterious door, and Li You and his companions were clearing out the endless stream of undead warriors.

Kratos immediately roared, wielding the Chaos Blade and joining the battle!
"ha--!!"

On Li You's side, they were originally cleaning up the dead in an orderly manner. These frost-covered netherworld walkers could be considered to have crawled out of Helheim, and it was the disappearance of the Valkyries that caused them to flood Midgard.

Since they were heading to Helheim, the Nordic underworld, Li You thought it would be a good idea to let his companions gain some experience fighting them first, so he just activated the fire field to protect Yuzu and V, and did not take any action himself.

And the two of them did gradually find a way to deal with these ghost walkers.

And then right then.

"Boom——!!"

A flame suddenly erupted, burning several Netherworld Walkers on the periphery to ashes!
Including Li You, three people looked over there and saw Kratos wielding his Chaos Blades. The ends of the two daggers were connected to his arms with chains. He swung them like the wind, even creating cyclones of fire.

The fire tornado immediately swept in all the Netherworld Walkers in front of him and dissolved them completely.

"come yet."

Li You's eyes lit up as well, then he gripped the spiral sword and let out a low shout, and the flame field turned into heavy pressure, knocking all the remaining Nether Walkers to the ground.

Kratos and Yuzu certainly would not miss this opportunity. They each took action to deal with them all.

Looking at Kratos who came in front of him, Li You's eyes naturally fell on the two knives: "This is..."

However, noticing his gaze, Kratos' expression changed slightly.

"Oh, sorry." Li You realized that his gaze was inappropriate. After all, Kratos hated these two knives so much, but he was staring at them as if he had found a priceless treasure, which was obviously not good.

"I just have an occupational disease. I have no ill intentions."

"...No, it's okay."

Kratos shook his head slightly, then looked at Li You, "I'm ready to go."

(End of this chapter)