"Before you head off," said Zinc to Chrono, "I want to make sure you're in the right mindset.""How could I not be? I only just got back."
"This is important. I'm going to explain all the equipment you're taking with you so it's all fresh in your head when you get there."
"I don't think that's necessary-"
"It is, please be patient with me. You need to utilize your equipment to the best of your abilities. First of all, your clothes are very important. They will protect you from all sorts of attacks; stabs, slashes, beatings, burns, you name it, you're protected. You'll still feel pain, not not as much, and both your clothes and your body will remain unbroken and unscathed. It also allows catalysts like your wings to pass through it without damaging it.
Then you've got your multi-use watch. You won't have much use for it, because you won't be able to use it as a weapon in the fight with the King otherwise he might fight dirty himself, and you won't be able to communicate with us from within the castle. Make sure, though, to turn down the watches power inhibitor when you get to the castle. Make sure you don't do it on your run there, otherwise you might get tired out."
"What should I turn it down to?" Replied Chrono, "It's always maxed out leaving me at 20% power. Should 50% be fine?"
"I was thinking more along the lines of 65% at least, you don't want to risk anything with that guy," replied Zinc, "This is less about a challenging opponent and and more about a fight to the death. I would suggest turning the inhibitor off if that didn't risk blowing up the whole damn castle. You don't know your own strength without it, after all."
"That's fair," agreed Chrono, "65% it is."
"Then there's your weapon," continued Zinc, "This will probably be a sword duel for the most part, but you don't want to bring out anything fancy. I would suggest calling your elementDark sword from Hammer Space, since he will probably just think it's a painted longsword or something, and I would also advise against using any weapon magic. If you need to do anything with magic, don't do anything too fancy, either. Energy blasts should be more than enough. Just as well, try and avoid using your sphere shield if you don't have to."
There was silence for a moment. Chrono waited a moment for Zinc to continue. He did not.
"So, that's it then?" Chrono asked, "Seems pretty simple to me, I think I can handle that. Where do I find the castle."
Zinc waited a moment before answering, "You're going to have to find it yourself," he said, "It can't be tracked, and no one who's ever seen it has left to tell about it, at least if they didn't move in to become King themselves."
There was silence for another moment. Chrono snorted, and Zinc continued, "I've heard rumors that it's farthest North that you can get on Gyronia."
"You mean, It's on top of the fucking planet? I've gotta run all the way up there?" Chrono waited for an answer, and Zinc nodded. Chrono thought about how they were right on the planet's equator. Then he snorted again, "Heh, no problem."
"I'm glad you feel that way," said Zinc smirking, "Your watch has a compass, you should find it no problem."
"I wouldn't doubt it for a second. Chrono BlackFire can do anything once he knows how." Chrono marched up to the door and kicked it open triumphantly and stepped outside. Zinc followed him out. "You gonna ride along in one of your mechs till I find it?"
"I know I'd only slow you down," he said confidently.
"Damn right you would," Chrono laughed, "I'll be back for a visit when I'm done."
With that, Chrono turned around and darted north, instantly out of Zinc's sight, leaving only a cloud of sand behind. Chrono ran across his planet, Gyronia, leaving everything behind him in a flash. He ran through forest, crashing through trees and sending tiny forest animals flying in the wind he created in his mighty dash. he ran up mountains and leaped from peak to peak. He jumped between the walls of buildings in the enormous cities as not to interfere with traffic, but occasionally jumped down to taunt the cars he left behind in his wake. He ran through grasslands that contained unnatural giant pillars of stone pushed out of the ground by geomancers through history, knocking over one occasionally for the thrill of destruction. His quick, light steps, as many as there were, left no footprints in the snowy winterlands that caused the endangerment of many animals that couldn't handle the climate. He ran until the ground below him began to fade. What was below him looked like spiraling flame and smoke that he had never seen before, but the ground he was running on still existed. It was as if it was invisible. Looking forward, he could see an immense, black castle in the distance. Massive black gates guarded it, but nothing Chrono couldn't leap over. But he didn't. Instead, he crashed through them like a bull, smashing them open like it was made of cardboard. He came to a quick stop at the doors of the castle, no bigger than any other double doors he's seen before, with little orange stained-glass windows that were there just for color. He took one small step back to examine the castle that towered over him. It looked to him like it might have been thousands of stories high, with many towers sprouting off of it, each with turrets at the top, and some with roofs. He looked around at the inferno that surrounded him. Fire spurting out all around the castle reflected off it's windows, but did not add much light to the castle itself, which seemed completely black and two-dimensional from the strange lighting.
Chrono was impressed by the castle, but no at all intimidated. flicked his nose sideways with his thumb, cracked his fisted knuckles, and kicked the door in.
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