As the sun set, under the cover of night, the Olympus God Army suddenly gathered beneath the sacred mountain.
Led by Perseus, Son of Zeus, they set out majestically from the Olympus Golden Palace, forming a long procession that struck directly at the Snake-Footed Giants' main base, which they had established on the outskirts of the Pallene Peninsula.
This main base was a tall and majestic divine city, no smaller in scale than the Olympus Golden Palace, built by the Snake-Footed Giants themselves, with the guidance of mortal architects they had abducted from the human world.
The city walls of the divine city were hundreds of meters high, even allowing the tall Snake-Footed Giants to climb them and, from atop, hurl massive rocks down upon the enemy.
However, Olympus also had a countermeasure; as the earth churned and waves of soil surged, a colossal tree, reaching to the heavens, suddenly pulled its roots from the ground behind the Olympus God Army and, moving its roots like a human, walked toward the divine city.
That was the incarnation of Demeter, the Goddess of Agriculture; to completely eradicate the Giant Race, she had, at this moment, fully unleashed all the power contained within her divine office.
The Giants were awakened by Demeter's movement; they left their stone houses and came to the city walls of the divine city to check the situation, but at that moment, the bright moon in the sky, controlled by Selene, hid behind the sea of clouds, refusing to provide the illumination the Giants needed for sight.
By the time the Giants finally lit massive braziers on the city wall, they discovered that the enormous tree had already advanced to the divine city's walls.
Boom!
As waves of soil surged across the earth, countless thick roots spread from Demeter's giant tree; they undermined the divine city's foundations from underground, dismantling the defenses of its walls.
This single round of bombardment against the divine city had already caused its walls to begin to totter.
"Stop her!"
Following the command of Alcyoneus, the leader of the Snake-Footed Giants, from within the divine city, "Stormer" Aegaeon, "Brute" Agrius, and "Youth" Pallas, the three most formidable Snake-Footed Giants, rushed out of the divine city, wielding their divine artifacts, and charged toward the enormous tree.
They wielded the divine artifacts personally forged and gifted by the God of Fire: the storm hammer in Stormer Aegaeon's hand stirred up gusts of wind and thunder; Brute Agrius's great axe transformed into a chaotic whirlwind, crushing countless bones of lesser gods and lower-ranking warriors; and Youth Pallas took the lead, aiming at the distant giant tree and then forcefully throwing his spear, which could be called a "sky-pillar."
As soon as this spear left his hand, due to its power and mass, it instantly transformed into a terrifying projectile, capable of destroying heaven and earth, piercing through the layers of root-like wooden walls that the giant tree had erected, and with a "thud," it embedded itself in the trunk of the giant tree that Demeter had incarnated into.
A heart-wrenching scream from Demeter echoed across the battlefield, but the spear did not penetrate deeply, so Demeter was not fatally wounded.
Pallas intended to press his advantage, but at that moment, winds and thunder suddenly surged in the sky, and a thick bolt of lightning pierced the heavens and earth, striking the battlefield, and with a single blow, it blasted all three of the most formidable Snake-Footed Giants away, leaving them sprawled awkwardly on the ground or mountainside.
"Has he arrived? Zeus."
Noticing the God who was manipulating lightning in the sky, Alcyoneus, who had been seated in the center of the divine city, also picked up his great sword leaning beside his seat.
He stood up, walked out of the divine city, then raised his great sword to the sky, issuing another challenge to the God-King of Olympus.
Thunder rumbled, but Zeus did not directly engage; instead, he said in a muffled voice, "Alcyoneus, today is the doom of you Snake-Footed Giants!"
"Hah, don't speak too soon, Zeus." Alcyoneus sneered and looked up, replying, "To this day, how many of my kin have you killed on the battlefield? Fifty? Thirty? Probably not even ten! You gods can, at most, only seal our people with the power of magic, but you have no ability to kill us.
You cannot defeat us, because before you fall, we will always rise again!"
"That's not necessarily true, Alcyoneus." Zeus responded calmly, "Gaia's power isn't invincible, times have changed, Giants."
As a flash of lightning exploded, a bald warrior with red tattoos, wearing golden armor, suddenly stepped onto the branches of Demeter's giant tree, landing on the massive spear Pallas had just thrown.
He looked up at the sky, and Zeus looked down at him; immediately, a ray of sunlight and a ray of moonlight suddenly pierced through the dark clouds, falling together upon this golden-armored warrior.
"Alcyoneus!"
Zeus proclaimed loudly:
"Allow me to introduce you: this is Son of Zeus! The strongest hero in the world today, Kratos, the champion of the Olympus God Army!"
As thunder resounded again, on this battlefield, whether gods or mortals, whether Giants or monsters, at this moment, all looked at this newly emerged warrior with expressions of envy, jealousy, wariness, or disdain.
"Just a mere demigod worm, how dare it contend with our Giant Race?"
Pallas, who had just been blasted away by Zeus's lightning, propped himself up from the ground and roared as he charged toward Kratos again:
"Watch me smack him into a meat patty!"
Seeing Pallas so impulsive, Alcyoneus slightly frowned, quickly gripped his weapon, and stared at the God-King in the sky.
However, Zeus seemed to have no intention of interfering with Pallas; he merely stood in the clouds with his arms crossed, appearing unperturbed and with a hint of pride, watching the Snake-Foot Giant charge toward the giant tree.
And under the gaze of all, this golden-armored Son of Zeus suddenly spread his arms, from which two strangely shaped weapons hung down.
These weapons resembled two short knives with very wide blades, somewhat like axes; these two blades were connected by an iron chain, bound to the warrior's arms.
Kratos slowly raised his hands and brandished this pair of strange weapons; he threw the two blades, and they pierced into the wound in Demeter's giant tree, which had been impaled by the spear, seemingly catching a part of Pallas's massive spear.
After confirming that he had secured his grip, this golden-armored warrior slowly leaned backward and pulled with all his might.
The iron chains were taut, and then something astonishing occurred: with an incomprehensible, incredible force, Pallas's spear, which only Giants or Titans could wield, was actually pulled out by this warrior.
Subsequently, he maintained his strength, holding the spear bound by the chain-blades, and soared into the air from Demeter's trunk, forcefully swinging it.
He actually used his own strength to throw Pallas's spear back, and its power and speed were no less than when Pallas himself had thrown it moments before.
The running Snake-Foot Giant was momentarily stunned by the sight, but his momentum prevented him from stopping.
With a dull thud, Pallas's chest was pierced by his own spear; his body paused for a moment, then with a crash, he fell to the ground, raising a huge cloud of dust.
The surrounding Giants were somewhat surprised by this scene, but they did not feel fear at this moment.
Alcyoneus turned his head to Zeus and said, "Zeus, have you gone senile? Even adding one more main god-level combatant cannot change your situation."
"Heh, really?" Zeus pointed at the fallen Pallas and said, "Foolish Giants, take a closer look at your kin!"
Upon hearing this, the Snake-Footed Giants' gazes all converged on the fallen Pallas.
Suddenly, one of the Snake-Footed Giants, it was unclear who, discovered something amiss and exclaimed loudly:
"Something's wrong! Pallas's wound hasn't healed!"
"It's truly dead!"