Kratos and his army made their way through the city, with the new God of War butchering the soldiers who attempted to defend their doomed city. Kratos then entered a dark room with a Spartan soldier, and found the monstrous pet of Hera, Argos, in the room. The soldier was greatly frightened by this, but Kratos was unmoved. His determination to allow his fellow Spartans to conquer the city drove him to fight the beast. He fought Argos multiple times in the city, but, ultimately, Argos was slaughtered by a superhuman assassin who was sent by an unknown master to turn Olympus against Kratos.