This dungeon sucks!

Bring holy waters. Lots and lots of holy waters.

We're leaving our princesses in Tycoon, so it's the (grand) children of the last great world warriors for a while. Or is it? Past Tule is where yet another earthquake happens. Bartz, Krille, and Boko fall into a hole. Krille blames Bartz for going too fast, and he blames Boko. Regardless, we're stuck in a cave. After we bumble around, the funny music plays. A rope begins to descend, but we can't grab it. It always moves away just as we're about to climb. We hear a laugh, and the rope stays put. Boko grabs and is pulled up, and the humans follow. It's Faris! She didn't find being a royal to suit her, so she left. She rejoins, so we're a party of three now. As we climb back onto our steed, Krille complains of a thorn she stepped on. Even if we return, we still can't talk to Reina. The pirates will tell us how Faris got her name if we see them.

So it's back to the trail. East of Karnac is a dead end, but there's a cave just before it. Inside is an upside down Sage Gill. Bartz is nicer this time and helps him up, and we learn more lore. 1000 years ago, Bartz' and Krille's worlds were one. During that time, a man (?) named Enou rose to power and conquered the world. To defeat him, twelve warriors used the sealed weapons in Kazus to seal him in the N-Zone, an area that formed when the world was split. Suddenly, Krille complains of the thorn again. The thorn turns into a branch, which then transforms into X-Death! Yep, it's that scene. XD hid himself as a tree for reasons I don't fully understand. Anyway, XD and Gill have a fight out of DBZ after he easily disposes of us. Gill isn't strong enough, so XD shows his new power. A black gate appears over Tycoon, and we see Reina and the rest of the castle sucked into it. XD has mastered the power of the X-zone, and he's pulled Tycoon into nothingness. XD goes off to gain more control over it. He does something else, and we're thrown to the Library of the Ancients.

Gil joins the librarians and the scholars from Surgate to reform a book. Each world got half 1000 years ago, which we've seen. The Sealed Book tells how they defeated Enou, the twelve weapons, and secret magic. To gain them, we need to take the book to four locations and open the dungeon to find a stone tablet. One such site is to the west, in the desert. En route, we pass the Elder Tree that's slowly growing back.

In the middle of the desert is the worst dungeon in Final Fantasy. It's an eight floored maze filled with many puzzles, pitfalls, and the largest variety of mobs yet. All with a painfully high encounter rate. And with only three characters... Don't bother with the northeast treasure; just begin the climb. Go find a map online. I almost rage quit here because I was so frustrated, confused, and lost. Nearly every chest is guarded by mobs, some of who can inflict zombie on your characters. Zombie is a worse (from our point of view) confuse. The only way to treat it is with holy waters. Which reminds me, the gargoyles guarding the place need to be killed at the same time. Watch out for moving floors, take the left path, and don't be afraid to leave. I had to do it three times because the only save point is so deep. Fortunately, there is no boss. We'll get to the tablet and be transported to the top of the pyramid.

Despite being halfway across the world, Krille sees our "to Galuf" warp point sink into the ocean. From it comes Bahamut, who tells us he'll be waiting at North Mountain. She also sees the airship sailing towards us. As we go to get it, we hear the chirp of a dragon. It's Reina, and her dragon places her unconscious body in front of the Elder Tree. But it's not her. XD shows up to introduce his first sealed monster who's possessed Reina. The dragon sacrifices itself to separate the two, and the three of us attack!

I didn't understand this fight, but I won easily. Faris is now a hunter, and Aim usually got Sshot, hitting four times for 1400 damage. Krille had gotten to level four white mage in that awful dungeon, so have her use shell. The boss only uses magic attacks. Bartz was just there... The naked lady dies, and Reina, despite being unconscious, rejoins the team. As a going away present, XD eats the Ancient Library.

We all get on the airship, and XD eats more places. Walz, Lix, a random forest, Moggle village, and a random town all vanish. But not the sealed weapon castle? Bartz drag races god in rage before everyone calms him down. I head to Kazus and unseal Yoichi's Bow, Holy Lance, and Excalibur. I can't use two of them, but oh well. XD prepress more of his sealed army to protect the other tablets, which I'll find...

... tomorrow!

Bartz mastered dragoon, so he's finally a monk. This will be his last job. Faris is in the same boat with hunter. Reina missed two levels and hundreds of ABP, so this entire night sucked. What's Krille gonna do? I think the rest of this game is optional, but I'll be doing all of it. I don't remember the rest being as terrible.