[Then, our heroes happen upon a small cave which wasn't there last time we visited this world... turns out it's Ghido's Dwelling! How did it get here? ...] Butz: Ghido! Hey!!
Ghido: Sorry, sorry... I ended up here after the shock of the two worlds merging back into one...
Ghido: And I couldn't do a thing! Ho, ho, ho!!
Butz: Ghido... you say the two worlds merged into one...?
Ghido: Hmmm... the legend couldn't be true, could it? Even I don't believe it... but supposedly, 1000 years ago, Butz's world and Kururu's world were one and the same.
Butz: One world!?
Ghido: Correct.
Butz: Then why did the world split into two?
Ghido: To seal off the power of "mu".
Butz: "Mu"?
Ghido: Yes. A thousand years ago, there was an powerful evil Enuo. The Enuo had the power to control the "mu". The battle continued on for quite a while, but finally the humans defeated him using the Twelve Legendary Weapons. But even they couldn't destroy the "mu" that the Enuo had created.
So, as a last resort, the people split the crystals into two parts. And since they split the crystals, which keep the world in balance, the world itself split in two.
And in the gap between the two worlds - the "Cleft of Dimension" - they sealed off the "mu".
Butz: So what Exdeath was saying was true...
Lenna: Returning the world to its original state...
Faris: But the crystals were lost...
Butz: The wind won't come back... the blessings of earth and water, the power of fire... they're gone, never to return...
Kururu: Hey! This splinter hurts!
Butz: Exdeath!
Exdeath: Fwa, ha, ha... I turned myself into a little splinter, and I've been waiting for this very moment!
My real objective is to get my hands on the power of the "mu" that's been sealed up in the Cleft of Dimension!
Butz: What!?
Exdeath: So that's why I had to return the world to its original form! Fwa, ha, ha!
Ghido: It looks like the Cleft of Dimension is going to appear in this world!
Faris: Is that where the "mu" is?
Exdeath: Yes! That's the thing I'm after! And now I shall obtain the ultimate power, the power of "mu"!
Butz: Not if we can help it!
(Exdeath hits Ghido and Butz, and Tycoon is sucked into the "mu"!)
Kururu: Tycoon Castle!
Faris: Lenna!!
Exdeath: Excellent! Behold, the power of "mu"! The ultimate power which shall devour everything! And soon it'll be all mine!
Faris: Lenna! Why yoouuu----!!!!
(Our heroes are shot by Exdeath)
Exdeath: Die, you stupid fools!!
Exdeath: Why you... you turtle!
(Ghido and Exdeath fight) Exdeath: Hmm... you're not too bad!
Ghido: Don't forget.. I've been around for 700 years!
Exdeath: Now I'm all-powerful!! Stupid cretins!
Ghido: That Exdeath! We've got to do something before he gets the power of the "mu"!
Ghido: Hey, is that...?
Butz: The Ancient Library...
Ghido: What!!? The Ancient Library of legend!? So it was in your world!
Ghido: Let's go! The books we need to defeat Exdeath are in the Ancient Library!
(At the Ancient Library) Scholar: Ghido!
Ghido: You're the scholars from Surgate!
Scholar: We've put the two halves of the Book of Sealings together!
Ghido: Hmm...
(Exdeath's Castle Theme) Ghido: OK, time for a strategy session! The two worlds have become one again. And the power of "mu", which was sealed in the Cleft of Dimension, is about to return!
Butz: Then let's go there!
Ghido: Impossible! There are hordes of monsters sealed up in there along with the "mu"! Their strength is just too powerful... it would be pointless for you to go there now.
Butz: Then what should we do?
Ghido: You have to open the seal on the Twelve Legendary Weapons!
Butz: Twelve legendary weapons?
Ghido: Right. And for that, you'll need... this Book of Sealings! It was split in two, but now, if the legend is correct... the book should show you the way to go!
(Shinkirou no Machi theme) Butz: The book!
Ghido: If the "mu" should return, the book shall speak to you, Light Warriors...
[The book began to speak...] Book of Sealings: The twelve weapons that we used to defeat the Enuo are sealed up in Koozer Castle. The keys to open these seals are the four Slabs...
One is sealed up with the spirits of the past, guarded by the earth...
One is in an island shrine, guarded by the wind...
One is in a place deeper than the ocean floor, guarded by fire...
One is behind a waterfall, guarded by water...
Our servants are sealed away... to open the seal, you need the Four Slabs. When you move the Slabs, our servants shall revive...
The ultimate white and black magic, Holy and Flare... Time and space magic, Meteo... Leviathan, the King of the Seas... and Bahamut, King of the Dragons... when you reach the gates, hold this book up and the way to the seal shall open...
Got the Book of Sealings! Ghido: Make sure to open the seals on the Twelve Weapons before Exdeath gets the power of "mu"! We're all counting on you! As for the first slab... it's "sealed up with spirits of the past, guarded by the earth"... that would be the Pyramid in the Quicksand Desert! Butz, Faris, Kururu! The fate of the world is riding on you! Please succeed!
Scholar 1: It should take a while before Exdeath gains control of the "mu"...
Scholar 2: Since the two worlds have combined into one, the Sealed Castle of Koozer should lie to the east of Tule.
Scholar 3: Hmmm... if you put the two worlds together... that means the Ancient Library would be here... ah, now I get it...
Scholar 4: Split the crystals in two, and the world splits in two... the power of "mu" wouldn't be sealed up if that hadn't happened.
Scholar 5: Says here that there's a city sealed up in the Cleft of Dimension, where they've got fantastic magic, weapons, and armor from a thousand years in the past... Now that the Cleft of Dimension's appeared, I wonder where that city would be...?
Scholar 6: Cid and Mid headed off the Crescent Island, and they haven't come back yet.
Scholar 7: Since the world's merged into one, the Book of Sealings has become one as well...
Scholar 8: Is the world going to be enveloped in darkness?
Scholar 9: It's written here that there's an evil forest and cave sealed up in the Cleft of Dimension.
Scholar 10: It's all useless anyway... even if we do manage to defeat Exdeath, the crystals are gone...
Scholar 11: Exdeath's really a tree... I suppose that's why he turned himself into a splinter...
Scholar 12: Supposedly, the places where the Slabs are located are guarded by Gargoyles.
Scholar 13: Please prevent Exdeath from getting the power of "mu"! Shall I read to you from the Book of Sealings...?
[2F] 13: "The 'mu' is the mother that gives birth to the light..." ...what's that mean?
14: While we were burning books, we happened upon this song... [Got Song of Magic! Continue singing it, and a mysterious force will raise your magic power!
[Town of Karnak... in case you head north] 1: The world has changed. I can just feel it.
2: A castle's appeared near the Ancient Library.
3: The Queen might not be getting better any time soon...
4: It looks like they discovered something near the library.
5 & 6: Feels a little colder, doesn't it?
7: We can still make weapons and armor, but since we can't use the power of the crystals, the prices have gone up.
8: There's a pretty scary monster named Dorm Kimaira out in the desert...
[In the pub] 9: I've heard that there are dwarves underground who can make fantastic armor and gear.
10: Do you believe in dwarves?
11: I'm sure dwarves really exist.
12: Gotten any better at the piano?
13: The fire's weakening...
14: How's old Cid doing?
[In Surgate Castle] Guard 4: The scholars all headed for that building to the south.
[B1F] Guard 11: The two worlds used to be one? No way do I believe that!
Guard 12: That buliding that appeared to the south... it's a library, right?
[The other people say the same things as in World 2.]
[At the Ancient Tree] Butz: The Ancient Tree...
Faris: The Muah Forest's trying to come back to life...
Kururu: But Grandpa... Grandpa won't ever come back...
Faris: Lenna, and Dad...
Butz: So many lives... all gone...
Kururu: We've got to stop Exdeath! For every human being in the world... no, not just humans... all living things!
Faris: I can't bear to see any more lives lost...
Butz: Well,
[At the Desert] Butz: The quicksand's stopped!
Kururu: Since the two Earth Crystals have shattered, the power of the earth is completely gone...
Faris: The earth's weakened!
(Fight with Gargoyles; the Book of Sealings rises up) Kururu: The Book of Sealings!
"The place where the slab rests, sealed away with spirits of the past, guarded by the earth..."
[Journey through the Pyramid; note that there's no boss at the top!] Got the 1st Slab!!
Butz: Huh!?
Kururu: There's some writing on the slab... "Bahamut, King of the Dragons,"...?
(Shot of the place where you landed the airship, way back in World 1... still remember this? ^^) Kururu: The peninsula's sinking!! (Bahamut flies through the air) Butz: Here he comes! (Everyone braces for a fight) Bahamut: I'll be waiting for you... at the top of the Northern Mountain...
Faris: Look! The airship's floating this way!