Retro Gamer Ryan: RGR010 - Barone Jark and the Gremlin Stick

Having arrived safely in town, I met with the Barone, Jark. Yeah, I know, penalty for flagrant misspelling. Anyway, Jark was in no position to help me, as his Gremlin Stick, the apparent source of his power, had been stolen. I was then given a yes/no prompt, even though he didn't ask if I'd get it back for him, but I assumed that's what the prompt was for. So I said yes, and he thanked me by giving me the Fingernail of the Specter, which increases my jump height, making me somewhat more maneuverable.

A fitting name for a... barone.

Wait, what just happened?

YEEEAHHHH!!!

If I were, you'd be dead already. :)

...and you're blocking the way.

You just told me where it is. Who's stupid?

Shortly after I set out to begin my search for the Gremlin Stick, I ran into a monster who outright confessed to placing the stick in the nearby Tower Monster. So I quickly dispatched him and continued on to said monster, which I immediately recognized as a monster that appears a few times in later stages of Ghosts 'n' Goblins. Inside the monster lay an obstacle course of tricky jumps, tough enemies, and lots and lots of spikes. I died several times (and had to continue a few) before finally making it to the top of the tower.

Second Boss: Gloom Eyes

Inside the uppermost chamber, four large eyes line the walls. Each eye fires a projectile at you which is fairly difficult to dodge, but the room is so large that only one eye (and one projectile) ever appears at any time. I got the hang of drawing the eyes' fire, dropping beneath the projectile, and firing off one of my own, and made short work of all four eyes.

I quickly ran back to return the Gremlin Stick to Jark, who saw a vision of King Darkoan in danger as his power returned. Jark gave me the Candle of the Poltergeist and urged me to hurry to the palace to help King Darkoan.