Chapter 4

Max had begun the trip. The horse and buggy took him far, but not all the way before he was stopped by a group of goblins.

"We take buggy!" One of the goblins screamed, "Or we keel you!"

"Is that so?" Max asked reaching for his sword, "I bet I can take you all out."

"Attack!" The goblin chief roared. All of the goblins charged Max but he pulled out his sword. But it was no ordinary sword, it was the Chaos breaker. Max used it to its full power to unleash the fire tower and destroyed the goblin horde. Max then resumed his trip and made it to Alterone undisturbed. He sent the buggy back and traveled to the castle on foot. Upon reaching the castle, he approached the king.

"Greetings your majesty." Max said reaching the king.

"Max, good to see you again," The King said, "What brings you here?"

"I wish to use the underground passage again." Max replied.

"Very well, you know how to open it." Said the king. Max went to the dragon statue and pulled the chain inside. The doorway opened and Max went inside. He found his way through and appeared in Rhindo. Max than found his way to the mayor's house.

"Max! It is nice to see you again." The mayor greeted him.

"Thank-you, do you have any boats available?" Max asked.

"Why yes, if you can pay they are all yours." Answered the mayor.

"We'll pay." Said a female voice. Max turned around and found all the members of the Shining Force from Guadiana behind him.

"Guys, what are you doing here?" Max asked.

"Queen Anri is in trouble." Adam said sadly.

"There is a rumor that Draksol's son is trying to summon a force more powerful than the Dark Dragon." Hans stated.

"Draksol has a son?" Max asked confused.

"Apparently." Diane stated. "But even so, we can't leave now."

"Agreed." Said Gort, "Amon is in Meptha getting Tao and Alef."

"And Balboroy is in Bustoke getting Zylo, Koichi, and Guntz." Gong said calmly.

"Not anymore." Balboroy said landing with his wife Amon and the non-Runefest remainder of the Shining Force following.

"The Shining Force has returned!" Max shouted thrusting the Chaos breaker into the air. "Now come on, we got a queen to save."