In this entry, we finally get the Rainbow Shell and get it to the castle at last, but back in the present, someone wants to make a move and finally ruin Marle's father.
When you go through the door in the jail cell, you'll face Rust Tyrano when you try to move past it.
Rust Tyrano fights just like Black Tyrano, but he can take you down if you're not careful. The trick to beating him is making sure your health is high while hitting him hard in the opening moments of the match. Because of this, I'm able to beat him despite having a hard time healing near the end, as the Blue Rock's Omega Flare allows me to deal more than 3000 HP per shot. If you can charm Rust Tyrano, you can get the Red Mail, which completely absorbs fire damage.
If you want to make it easier, put Marle in the party and have her cast Haste on herself before casting it on the other party members, then go at it with everything you have, including Triple Techs, while keeping health high. This video is but one example of what you can do.
Once you beat Rust Tyrano, you can move forwards toward the Rainbow Shell. If you move into it and press A, you can pick it up, but you'll find it heavy. As you walk away, the screen fades to black and transitions to the throne room of Guardia Castle in 600 A.D. Here, the king will name the Rainbow Shell a national treasure while also commanding the soldiers to head to the Giant's Claw and pick it up. If you head back to where the Rainbow Shell was, you'll see them trying to pick it up.
If you talk to everyone in the castle, everyone will be relieved that you survived your battle with Magus earlier in the game. The King as well as Queen Leene will also think highly of Frog if you have him in your party, and the King will also knight Frog as well.
From here, head back to Guardia Castle in the present day.
When you head back to the castle, there will now be a treasury east of the entrance where the Rainbow Shell is being kept. If you talk to everyone, however, you'll find out that the present day king, Marle's father, will be on trial for selling the Rainbow Shell. Put Marle in your party and keep her there for the rest of the side quest. Head towards the courtroom with Marle in the party and you'll be able to force your way in. You'll find out that the Chancellor is trying to frame the king, and he will tell you to confirm his innocence with proof.
When you are forced out of the courtroom, you won't be able to go back in again. From here, Marle will say there is no heirloom despite the fact that we just got the Rainbow Shell brought into the castle 400 years ago after finding it in the Giant's Claw, and the party has to remind Marle about it. She will then realize that the Rainbow Shell has to still be in the treasury, and you'll need to head down in there to get it.
At this point, you won't be able to leave the castle until you complete this part of the side quest. Also at this point, you can finally enter the treasury, which was guarded by a soldier up until now (he will be down on the ground after being bitten by a rat, or so he says). You'll have to fight some Gnashers and Naga-ettes - the same enemies from the Cathedral in 600 A.D. - to get to the Rainbow Shell, but these things are super easy to beat up.
As you get to the treasury, Marle will realize that there is a plot, and you'll see that plot try to unfold with the Chancellor bringing out a fake witness to frame the King. Eventually, you'll reach the Rainbow Shell, which is resting in the treasury, having never been sold by The King. You'll find a letter from Queen Leene where Leene somehow knows that Marle and her father are having trouble getting along but knows that they will come together. You'll also get a Prism Shard, which will be proof that the Rainbow Shell is still in the treasury.
After this, head back to the courtroom entrance. You still won't be able to get in, but Marle will know an alternate way in. The game will then go back to the courtroom, where a jury of nothing but shoulders will find The King guilty in kangaroo court. Marle will suddenly crash through the stained glass window behind the judge and show up with proof, and the rest of the party will soon join her. Marle presents the Prism Shard, and the Chancellor will be exposed. He then transforms into Yakra XIII, and it will become clear that this was all a plot to get rid of the King in revenge for the first Yakra being defeated by your party at the beginning of the game for kidnapping Queen Leene.
Yakra can hit party members with Blizzard to inflict the Chaos status ailment, and he can also shake the ground to damage the whole party. When you do enough damage to him, he can also hit you with the Needle Spin attack, which can do a lot of damage to a single party member. Keep your health high while hitting him with powerful attacks, especially when Yakra XIII tries to kill your party in desperation with a Needle Spin attack that hits the whole party after you defeat him. Unlike the single-target version, however, it doesn't do as much damage when it targets the whole party.
When you defeat Yakra XIII, he will drop something, but you won't be able to pick it up yet. You'll see Marle and the King have a conversation with Marle, where it is revealed that The King was at Queen Aliza's side as she passed on peacefully and mentions a few details of Aliza's funeral before The King and Marle finally make up. In other words, everything the fake Chancellor said never happened.
Afterwards, The King will ask you to take care of Marle. Before you can leave, however, Melchior shows up, and he will head to the treasury to forge something out of the Rainbow Shell. Head back to the courtoom - which is now unguarded - and get the sparkle on the floor. This is the Yakra Key. Explore the castle and find the locked chest, then open it with the Yakra Key to free the real Chancellor, who will get right back to work on the closing ceremonies of the Millenial Fair.
If you head to the kitchen - which is heavily upgraded from what it was in 600 A.D. - you'll be able to eat for free and refill your HP and MP, especially with the Crono Special, which is essentially sushi.
If you head back to the Treasury and talk to Melchior, you can choose between three Prism Helms or one Prism Dress. Believe it or not, you'll be able to get more Prism Dresses and Prism Helms if you know what to do and how to do it, and while the Prism Dress is the best armor for Marle, Lucca and Ayla, the Prism Helms protect the wearers from status ailments. Pick the Prism Helms.
Melchior will stay in the treasury, and if you talk to him, he will tell you that he can make something wonderful with the Rainbow Shell if he had something to make an alloy with. We'll be keeping that in mind for the next side quest that I decide to do.
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