The game is a dungeon crawling hack and slash, playing similarly to Diablo or Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance.

They are graded on the Roman numerals I, II, III, IV and V, with V being the strongest and taking the longest to charge up.

Characters also have resistance to a number of elements: Fire, Ice, Thunder, Light, Dark and Poison.

A crystal in the possession of King Marcel and Queen Yvonne of Klantol, which throughout the story reflects the current balance of light and darkness, turns from shining to cloudy.

Driven by curiosity, Deatharte eventually eats the fruit and is corrupted by darkness.

Since Marcel is also concerned about an army of goblins mustering near the castle, he sends a promising young participant in the tournament (the player character) to investigate.

Penetrating the goblin fort, the young hero not only confirms that the goblins were planning an attack on the castle, but learns that they abducted Camille and delivered her to the evil witch Wizari, who plans to sacrifice her to increase her power.

Since Deatharte has naturally still not returned, Marcel relies upon the young hero to journey to Wizari's palace and save Camille.

The hero's investigations of these incidents take him to the mainland of Klantol, where he uncovers a plot by the Chaos Knights to conquer the world.

Meanwhile, Princess Camille sneaks away to find Gillespie and manages to learn the password to the Chaos Knights' hidden stronghold.