Except he blantantly can fight back by regenerating. And new yorkers only count as outside help in the same way as cars to throw do, they have no bearing on the fight outside of tools.If Kratos reduces Mercer to a puddle, which is fairly easy, and Mercer cannot catch a human due to this, and one walks into him, and saves him, not only will Kratos just mulch him again, but Mercer was helped.
Can Mercer's regeneration withstand the charged power of the Blade of Olympus?
Would you say its more powerful than a nuke? (Seriously. I have no idea.)
If Kratos reduces Mercer to a puddle, which is fairly easy, and Mercer cannot catch a human due to this, and one walks into him, and saves him, not only will Kratos just mulch him again, but Mercer was helped.
Mercers puddle can move around and stuff, I see no reason why it couldn't catch a human and I wouldn't call being killed for your bio-mass 'helping'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ig4NR5Wm68
IMO the puddle looks like its moving/sliding around at 1.10, but I can see how it would be ambiguous. Besides, it doesn't seem like Kratos can turn him into a puddle anyway.