Artemis had fled with tears in her eyes. Anastasia and the others followed her, regrettably leaving Apollo behind to die. Kymera, Cerberus, Ares, Hydra, and Apollo had decided to remain behind to stop Kronos.
Apollo was still dying from Kronos' ability. He bled from both his ears and eyes and his body was becoming weaker by the second. However, he still somehow managed to keep standing.
This confused Kronos significantly as his ability was normally supposed to kill his target in under thirty seconds. It was impossible for willpower alone to keep Apollo standing. There had to be some other way that Apollo was keeping himself alive.
Apollo had steeled his resolve to fight through the excruciating pain he was now feeling. If his grave was already dug then he was adamant about taking Kronos with him. If Kronos was allowed to go after Zane and the others, then everything would fall apart. Failure was not an option.
