When it was announced that the tournament was finally about to begin, Kretos felt relieved. It has been quite some time since he had awoken with no memories. But every now and then he would have dreams that seem to be glimpses of his past, but in those dreams his face, his body, every aspect was different, all except for the personality and the way they think. He wasn't even human in those dreams.
The Kretos in those dreams was a demon that just fought and fought continuously and unintentionally gathered an army that was loyal not to him but to his strength. He was on top but felt endlessly bored.
There were even some dreams that he was another person with a different name. Actually there were multiple dreams of him being these different people that he didn't know about. Yet despite him not knowing he felt some kind of resonance with them. They all looked different, came from different backgrounds, but their core self was the same as him.