Kratos blocked another stone-creating gaze with the fleece, then pressed forward with his slashing swords. Euryale backed away and curled her sinuous body around one of the thick stone columns.

Casting out his swords like harpoons, he embedded them in Euryale’s shoulder and back. The Gorgon jerked in an attempt to free herself, but Kratos was implacable. Heaving, he yanked as hard as he could. Euryale refused to release her grip. Kratos increased the power of his yank. Something had to give—and it did.

The stone column collapsed and fell atop Euryale. Kratos did not give her an instant to recover. Weapons driving into flesh, he hacked out huge gobbets and produced another shriek, this time of pain and utter fear. Spartan training had always told Kratos that it was not enough to defeat an opponent physically.

God of War II, Chapter 33