but when Hercules goes in for the kill, the monster asks, ΓÇ£Would you really kill your brother?ΓÇ¥ Stunned by his revelation, Hercules stops fighting, but resumes when the minotaur tears Iolaus out of his cocoon and threatens to kill him. Finally, he kicks the minotaur with such force that the beast is hurtled backwards and impaled on a huge jagged rock. Zeus appears, saddened but grateful that this evil son Gryphus is dead. The cocooned victims, including Andius, the lovers, and Iolaus are released, and Hercules returns home to his family.