Lord of the Underworld: Difference between revisions

|locations= [[Underworld]], [[Hades' Belly]]

Pit soon wakes up and realizes that he's inside the belly of Hades, much to his disgust. He discovers that he's unable to speak to Palutena from this location and must rely on his own wits to make it out alive. Surprisingly, Hades himself is still able to communicate with Pit and initially attempts to expel him “the old-fashioned way”, but to no avail. This ground mission is filled with new cellular forms of traditional enemies that more or less attack in the same way as their normal counterparts. After defeating some of these creatures at the mission’s start, Pit must proceed down a hall filled with cell walls that have to be attacked to temporarily dispatch them. This leads to a twisting path containing moving platforms that are guarded by many more cellular monsters. Eventually, the angel makes it to a large room filled with blood vessels that can be used like [[Grind Rail]]s, which prove to be very useful in getting him across the lake of bodily acid below. Upon making it to the other side, he rides one more blood vessel blocked by multiple destructible walls, eventually landing at the very center of Hades’s stomach. Appearance-wise, this area is much less biological than the rest and resembles a circular room surrounded by a swirling vortex. Hades comically attempts to hurt Pit by punching himself in the gut, causing his entire damaging arm to extend across the room before being pulled out. After this fails, the god grows hungry and resorts to eating his own troops and some other inanimate objects such as ruins and boulders. During this time, which includes a heated moral discussion about eating souls, Pit must battle a plethora of dangerous non-cellular enemies that include an [[Erinus]], a weapon-stealing [[Pluton]], and even a massive [[Crawler]]. Between each wave of enemies, he must also watch the ground for shadows of falling objects to avoid getting crushed. Upon clearing this room, Pit can advance down a tunnel guarded by more cellular enemies, although it isn’t long before the area begins to shake. Hades reveals that [[Viridi]] is laying siege to his forces and seemingly ignores the angel for the rest of the chapter to deal with her. It isn’t long before Pit reaches a bridge leading to a chamber containing [[Heart of Hades|Hades’s Heart]].

Upon entering the chamber, Pit discovers that the heart of Hades acts independently of its owner and can freely walk around on its two stubby legs. Despite its adorable appearance, this boss is one of the toughest in the game due to its quick and unpredictable movements, as well as the complex, grid-like structure of the arena. Hades’s Heart has the ability to create a nearly identical clone of itself that will eventually explode into a powerful set of flames. These flames can extend across the area in all directions, so a quick reaction time is necessary to avoid this attack. Occasionally, the heart will also become enraged from being hit too much, causing it to sprint around the arena in an attempt to ram Pit multiple times. This attack is very difficult to avoid due to the creature’s deceptively fast movement speed, but it’s still possible to do so with a number of impeccably-timed dodges. Although the heart can take a lot of punishment, it can be defeated fairly quickly if the aforementioned techniques are put to good use.

Upon depleting its health, the heart will explode and cause Hades a satisfying amount of pain. Before Pit has time to plan his escape, [[Dark Pit]] suddenly flies into Hades’ Belly on the [[Lightning Chariot]] and rescues the angel once again. The Underworld god, despite experiencing excruciating pain, attempts to grab ahold of the duo as they fly out of his chest. Fortunately, Pit and Dark Pit are able to escape just in time and return to a relieved Palutena. Meanwhile, Hades reflects on this painful experience and amusingly exclaims “but hey, at least I’m not dead!”