God of War - the Official Novelization by J. M. Barlog

Author:J. M. Barlog [Barlog, J. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B07D6B8DVN
Publisher: Titan Books
Published: 2018-08-28T00:00:00+00:00

Kratos offered the tooth to Sindri, who, of course, recoiled with palms downs, preventing the God of War from setting it in his hands.

“I’m not touching that. Just break it open,” Sindri grumbled. He scurried about, assembling a makeshift workbench that he extracted in parts from his packs.

Annoyed that the little man refused to handle the tooth, Kratos only grunted a response. Slapping the tooth onto the plank to crack it open sent a fluorescent, bluish powder spilling out.

“Is that magic?” Atreus asked.

Sindri offered a wry smile.

Extracting a red powder from a container in his bag, the little man blew the powder across the exposed tooth root, resulting in blue arcs and white sparks.

“What’s it doing?” Atreus watched with fascination.

“You ask a lot of questions.”

“My mother said that was how I would learn.”

“So, it is her I should blame,” Sindri retorted with a dour expression.

Kratos shot Sindri a scornful glare, which Sindri shrugged off with a smirk.

“What? My brother could never do this,” he responded finally. “It is part of why we split up, truth be told. He wanted to stick with what we knew best: weapons. Change or die, I say. Learned this in Vanaheim. It is the least I can do to repay you.” He gestured to Atreus, “Now, run the tooth along the string of your son’s bow.”

Sindri leaned in while Kratos complied with his request. “Two passes should do it. Let’s see that blue bastard do that,” the little man boasted, with a smile and a wink for the boy.

The Bifröst on Kratos’ arm extinguished its glow.

“So, now how do I explain this? The powder added a new vibrating pattern to the crystal’s lattice. Aiming it at crystals will vibrate their patterns to their fracture point,” he explained, more like a wizard trying to impress than a teacher working to instruct.

“What does that mean?” Atreus said.

Sindri stared down his nose, as if the lad were stupid.

“Makes crystals go BOOM! Trust me, you will love it.”

“We leave now,” Kratos called back.

“Before you go: I’m thinking there may be something Odin has taken a special interest in, up there on that peak. Just a warning.”

* * *

Atreus shook his head in disbelief as Kratos started his climb. After a boost, Atreus dashed ahead of his father, his quiver flapping loosely around. Regardless of how he repositioned it, it kept sliding off his shoulder.

“What is wrong with this thing?” he stammered.

“What is happening with your quiver?”

“Strap broke fighting the dragon. Lucky that’s all that broke. It is all right, I can hold it,” Atreus said.

“Stop,” Kratos ordered. Exasperation peppered his voice.

He lowered to a knee to get on eye level with his son and inspect the damage.

“Your weapons are what keep you alive. Even something as simple as a broken quiver slows your draw. Pain we endure, faulty weaponry we cannot.”

The strap had split at the center, with the remaining attached overstretched fibers creating the loose fit. Kratos gathered the split ends tightly to hold them with one hand, while pulling out a mistletoe arrow with the other.

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