![]() The two thank Hercules before running off to Hades and leaving the hero to feel a false sense of accomplishment, oblivious to the unintended consequences that would come of his actions. Lured to a canyon outside of Thebes, Hercules unknowingly releases the Hydra after rescuing two children ( Pain and Panic in disguise) from under the boulder. ![]() The Hydra is the first obstacle sent by Hades to kill Hercules, lying in wait behind the boulder of a cave. All of the Hydra’s heads are identical to each other, each resembles a cross between a rattlesnake and a monkey, large horns (like a horned sheep) a large mouth filled with white fangs and long tongue, orange eyes with slit pupils, and spikes lining the top of their heads down the length of their long, serpentine necks (like a fish). Its number of heads can apparently grow exponentially up to at least 18 in Hercules, though in Kingdom Hearts II its maximum is seven and in the read-along story it was 30. However, if the Hydra is beheaded, green blood can be seen gushing out. It has a long, thin tail and each time one of its heads gets cut off, three more grow to replace it, making the monster hard to kill. Despite the odds against him, all thirty Hydra heads were shocked after Hercules used his strength to bury the monster under a mountain of rocks.Ī massive, dragon-like creature with dark purple scaly skin, the Hydra's snake-like body is rather bulky and it crawls using two forearms with four-fingered claws (like a hawk). With Hercules trapped, the Hydra once again licked its many chops and prepared for its final attack, gazing at his intended victim. Closing in on Hercules, the multi-headed Hydra makes several attempts to eat Hercules again, but the young hero is able to escape their jaws until the enormous creature pinned him to a cliff with its clawed foot. Having enjoyed the taste of the hero so well that after it grew more heads, the Hydra's pursuit to have another taste of Hercules continued, thus fueling the Hydra's hunger even further. Though Hercules cut his way out from inside the Hydra, the monster grew more heads. However, before the Hydra could do anything, it was halted by an uncomfortable sense in her throat as Hercules cuts his way out by decapitation, covered in green slime, and stands next to the headless steaming carcass. However, after hearing a woman screaming, the Hydra gleefully attempts to attack the crowd, obviously not being completely satisfied with its meal of just one human being. After the Hydra swallows Hercules whole, the monster lets out a huge burp and then rolling her eyes as she lasciviously licks her slimy lips with a deeply satisfied expression. When Hercules tries to hurl a boulder as a distraction for losing his sword, the Hydra laughs at the young hero's clumsy attempts at battle. ![]() Instead of lunging right at him, the Hydra was taking its time, as if it enjoyed observing the terror of the young hero before attacking relentlessly. Her first instinct upon seeing Hercules is to bare its teeth in a rattling shriek and stomped its feet as the monster began to advance towards him. ![]() Rather than running, Hercules bravely fights the Hydra with just his sword and his wits. The Hydra is an ominous creature, dangerous and deadly enough that everyone of the crowd of Thebans seems to fear her. Of all the foes that Hercules fights over the course of his adventures, perhaps none is more frightening than the Hydra, as even famed trainer of heroes Philoctetes runs away from it. ![]()
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