On Granseal Island, in the kingdom of Rune, Bowie and Taya are battling in the street. Bowie, a warrior with a wooden sword, is fighting an elf with obviously more battle experience and it shows as she defeats him, throwing Bowie onto a rock on the floor. As Bowie feels the pain, Tanya uses a healing spell to mend him. Bowie wants to learn the spell, but Tanya says he can't, not being an elf. They are interrupted when a plane appears from the sky and dives towards them. Some think it is a weird bird, others a demon from the abyss (before they are reminded that the abyss has been sealed in the Ancient Tower for generations. When it stops, a robot named Zynk emerges and urgently calls for the assistance of Maximillian as the whole kingdom is under threat from the evil of Zeon. Max joins the