Town after town and still no sign of either Repunzel or Eugene... Maximus had been searching tirelessly for even the slightest sign of his lost companions, but so far he's had no luck. Hopefully, this time would be different. As usual Maximus' first stop would be the local tavern, there is always plenty of travellers in them and thus plenty of information and if Max was lucky he might find Eugene slumped on a stool.

And once Max got to his destination it was indeed different. Not in the way he was expecting but none the less it was different. In fact, the scene was rather strange. Hordes of shadow creatures had invaded and were currently in combat with... A frizzy archer, a soldier in foreign armour, a lanky pumpkin... Thing. And that was just a few of them. It seemed rather obvious that the shadow monsters were the aggressors, they had to be stopped, and who knows one of these wacky-looking strangers might know something about Repunzel's whereabouts.

Maximus then charged into the fray leaping over the first few shadow creatures so he could land next to the group of zany characters. It didn't take long for some creatures to pick Max as a target, the first poor demon approached Max from behind and was met with a powerful kick to the face. The creature poofed into dark fog after the attack, *so they're lightweights* Max thought as he headbutts another shadow to the ground and trampled on it until it evaporated. This was going to be an enjoyable battle.