Hi guys, let's go tell Giott that we are complete and utter failures when it comes to saving Crystals!
Giott: You have returned! Where is the Crystal?
Cecil: King Giott...
Giott: You did not succeed in retrieving it!? ...So now they hold all the Crystals. There's nothing more we can do. That is, unless the legend of the Lunar Whale is true...
Cecil: The Lunar Whale?
Giott: A huge ship spoken of in legend.
He starts on that legend written on the Mythgraven Blade.
Cecil: The Mysidian legend!
Giott: You know of Mysidia?
We tell Giott a bit about Mysidia. He's shocked to learn it exists. We also tell him about how the elder pretty much does nothing but pray.
Giott: He prays, you say?
Cecil: ?
Giott: Perhaps he prays for the Lunar Whale! You must hurry to Mysidia!
Rosa: But the exit is sealed.
Edge: We can't get near the Tower of Babil, either.
???: Then dig your way out!
Cecil: Cid!
Cid: I'll attach a drill to the Falcon's bow.
Cid, man, I'm so glad you got trapped in the Underworld after managing to survive your crazy suicide attack.
Rosa: Shouldn't you be in bed?
Cid: Naw, no worries.
Edge: Can you really do it?
Cid: Easier'n falling off a bike!
I'll take your word for it.
Cid: Okay! Let's get to work!
Cid works on the drill for us while Edge flirts with Rydia. Cid pulls him onto the Falcon to help. Once we're done, Cid collapses!
Cecil: Cid!
We get him back to bed.
Cecil: Cid...
Rosa: You've overworked yourself yet again.
Cid: I guess I need to step out of the action for a little while. Other than messing with airships, I'm not much use anymore.
Edge: My hat's off to you, old man. You're really something.
Rydia: Get well, okay?
Cid (to Edge, or maybe Rydia, not sure): Look after Cecil and Rosa.
Edge: Don't worry. Just get some rest.
Cid (to Cecil and Rosa): Take care of yourselves, you hear?
Rosa: You, too.
Cid: Aw... All right. Get outta here.
Cecil: Thank you for everything, Cid.
We fly the Falcon to the area under Agart and fly up, drilling through the mountains to get back to the surface. We can now travel anywhere on the planet.
We could go to Mysidia now, but why? Let's first head to Eblan, switch airships to the Enterprise and take it and the hovercraft to Mythril (BTW, you can take the hovercraft underground, but there's no point to do so). We hover over to a nearby cave. This is the Adamant Isle Grotto. There's a couple of mini'd people here. We talk to one of them.
Beat it! I'll talk to you only when you bring me back a tail.
Here, have that rat tail we found in the Feymarch.
Th-this is the Rat Tail I've been looking for! All right, here's some ore in return.
He gives us some Adamantite. Thanks! Let's head back to the Underworld and give that to Kokkol.
Kokkol: Adamantite! Give me that old sword! I shall give it new life!
We hand over the Mythgraven Blade. We'll be back later. Being a forge, you'd think this would be a case of Go Wait Outside, but it isn't. The last part of this sidequest arc is linked to something completely unrelated.
Next stop, Fabul! We should tell Sheila about Yang.
Sheila: Come again? My husband's in the Underworld? Why doesn't he come home...? I'm not crying! I just... have something in my eye... Here, take this. Smack that no-good on the noggin for me!
She gives us the Frying Pan. Um... Okay. Into the Sylph Cave. I still hate the Sylph Cave.
Once we reach the Sylphs' Home, we go to Yang and get out the Frying Pan...
Sylph: Hey! Stop...!
WHACK!
Yang: Mm... Is it time for training? Allow me to sleep a little more... Cecil!?
Well, it didn't give him amnesia, so I'm guessing it worked.
Cecil: Yang!
Rydia: I'm so glad!
Yang: Ah... The Sylphs saved my life.
Rosa: Just as you saved us by destroying the cannons.
Yang: Then I shall join you once again.
Can't. Arbitrary Headcount Limit and all that.
Sylph: You must rest!
Yang: I cannot rest while you risk your lives.
Edge: Just take it easy. We're not gonna let some half-dead idiot on the battlefield.
Edge then claims that he's better than Yang. Sigh... New rule: Edge does not get to talk to anyone he hasn't met yet.
Yang still insists he joins.
Sylph: No, you can't! We'll fight in you place instead.
Yang: ?
Sylph: She's a summoner, correct? Please call upon us at any time.
Rydia: Thank you.
And so Rydia learns Sylph, which is pretty weak, but also heals our party.
Yang: I am most grateful.
Let's go back to Fabul. We don't need that Frying Pan any more, and I'm sure Sheila will be happy to know Yang's okay.
Shiela: Thank you for everything. Here, this may come in handy. Tell him not to worry about me. He should concentrate on getting better so he can help you!
She gives us the Kitchen Knife, which is the best weapon in the game, but is for throwing only. Still, it'll do 9000+ damage to nearly anything. Our physicals do only about 1500 at this point.
Last stop is Baron Castle. We head to where we saw the king's ghost or spirit or something.
King: So you have returned.
Cecil: Your Majesty...
King: I do not need your pity. Although I have been slain by an archfiend, I have been given eternal power in return. The summoner that follows you shall be able to call upon me whenever you feel you need my help. Call on my sword, and it shall be yours. However, you must earn my respect by proving your strength and courage. Let us begin the battle!
Odin is HARD. We have a limited amount of time before he uses Zantetsuken, which will kill us. His physicals hurt a bit too. We only have roughly 5 of Odin's turns to shave off 20,001 HP. He's weak to lightning elemental attacks, so that's something. So how do we win? Well, first, we set the battle speed to the slowest setting. Then, we have Rosa Slow Odin and Haste Edge. Edge will be our main damage dealer, as he can use Blitz to hit Odin for roughly between 3 and 4 thousand damage. Cecil attacks and Rydia uses Blizzaga, as she hasn't learnt Thundaga yet. He falls just in time.
King: You have grown strong. You must protect Baron with that strength. Nay... You must protect the world with it. I shall fight alongside you as Odin.
Cecil: Thank you, Your Majesty!
And so Rydia learns Odin. Odin, of course, uses Zantetsuken to instantly kill everything. If it works. I tend not to use it.
That's all for now. Next time, we head for Mysidia and that Lunar Whale we've been told about.
Stats:
Rydia: Lv 41 HP:1126 MP:344 Strength:22 Speed:21 Stamina:20 Intellect:54 Spirit:42 Attack:55 (4 attacks) Defence:35 Magic Defence:27
Rosa: Lv 42 HP:1740 MP:353 Strength:44 Speed:21 Stamina:26 Intellect:31 Spirit:55 Attack:91 (7 attacks) Defence:38 Magic Defence:27
Cecil: Lv 43 HP:2421 MP:178 Strength:50 Speed:27 Stamina:58 Intellect:26 Spirit:27 Attack:127 (8 attacks) Defence:68 Magic Defence:14
Edge: Lv 40 HP:1696 MP:120 Strength:48 Speed:37 Stamina:35 Intellect:19 Spirit:17 Attack:132 (9 attacks) Defence:38 Magic Defence:12
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