The Minotaur then attacks Hercules and Hercules ends up killing him , as the Minotaur lies dying he reverts to his natural human form and Zeus tells him that it did not have to end that way . The Minotaur then attacks Hercules and Hercules ends up killing him , as the Minotaur lies dying he reverts to his natural human form and Zeus tells him that it did n't have to end that way .