However, before that he manages to send an important message to his past self using a magical amulet. Soon the thunder god is also bound to fall, struck down by the hammer of the key villain. Only two have survived – Shao Kang and Raidan. Greet Mortal Kombat 9, a game that can be rightfully called a reloading of the series! It combines the stories of the previous three chapters starting right where the events of Armageddon ended – we see a battlefield strewn with dead fighters.