Trezène, palace of Pitheus. Cousin of Heracles. Five years earlier.

Cousin, Heracles, you have faced many monsters. Who was your bravest opponent.

Well, it was not a monster but a man from a far country to the east.

He had a curved sword made of meteorite iron.

He parried all my attacks and when his saber came out of its scabbard he was unbeatable.