Rage consumed Kratos. Releasing a roar that reverberated through the forest, Kratos stormed across, grabbing the stranger by his throat and slamming him into the nearest tree. He repeatedly bashed him into the trunk until the tree teetered at an obtuse angle.
Tossing the stranger aside as if he were a bundle of rags, Kratos ripped the tree from the ground, ramming the rooted end into the man. Without so much as breaking a single stride, they crashed through the surrounding boulders and earth, ending up in a new area in the shadow of a massive carved stone monolith.
“Who are you afraid I will find?” the stranger shouted.
Kratos rammed the stranger into the monolith. He responded by jamming his fingers into the cracks of the tree trunk to tear it in half. Kratos began to realize his strength might be insufficient to defeat this one. The power this man controlled seemed far greater than any Kratos had encountered in his past life.

God Of War - Midgard, Ch 4