After Zeus's death, his spirit attacks Kratos' mind. Through a mental journey where he confronts his past sins, Kratos discovers that the power of —the very thing he used to kill Ares in the first game—had been inside him all along.
Kratos begins his assault by killing , an act that triggers worldwide flooding and the near-extinction of humanity. However, his progress is halted when Zeus blasts Kratos and the Titan Gaia from the mountain. Gaia betrays Kratos, allowing him to fall into the Underworld while she saves herself, claiming he was merely a "pawn" for the Titans. The Quest for the Flame god-of-war-iii-game
: In a massive boss fight, Kratos kills his own grandfather for the Omphalos Stone. Pandora and the Final Battle After Zeus's death, his spirit attacks Kratos' mind
: He decapitates the Sun God, plunging the world into eternal darkness. However, his progress is halted when Zeus blasts
: He kills the messenger god, releasing a plague upon Greece. Hercules : Kratos brutally beats his half-brother to death.
Kratos eventually finds , the artificial daughter of the smith god Hephaestus . Despite Hephaestus's attempts to stop him, Kratos kills the smith and takes Pandora to the Flame of Olympus. Pandora sacrifices herself to extinguish the flame, but Kratos finds the box empty, realizing he has killed the girl for nothing.