Bartz: Ghido! You okay!?
Ghido: Exdeath, that cur... He must be stopped before he obtains the full power of the Void, or-- Hmm? By Jove, what's that!?
Bartz: Just the Library of the Ancients...
Ghido: THE fabled Library of the Ancients? My dear boy, have you any idea what an important place that is!? Oh, of course you don't... To think that the Library of the Ancients was here the whole time... Follow close, children! Within the library is a book which describes how to defeat Exdeath!
Ghido: Oho, scholars from Surgate.
Scholar: We've been able to find the second half of the Sealed Tome!
Ghido: Perfect!
There was a mechanism to turn the stairway up to the roof into a conference table. How did Ghido know it was there? Anyway, the Library scholars line up on one side, the Surgate scholars on the other, Ghido at the head, and the party at the heel.
Ghido: As you have probably noticed, the two worlds have recombined into one. Also, the Void is trying to break free from where it has been sealed within the Rift!
Bartz: Then we'd better hurry there and stop it!
Ghido: Bartz, Bartz, Bartz... so enthusiastic and yet so stupid. Along with the Void, many fearsome monsters were sealed in the Rift a millenium ago. They are all incredibly evil, and incredibly strong. I feel safe in saying that as you are now, you kids wouldn't stand a chance.
Bartz: Then, what do we do?
Ghido: Elemntary, my dear Bartz; the legendary weapons used to defeat the warlock Enuo a thousand years ago!
Bartz: Legendary weapons?
Ghido: Sometimes I wonder if you say things like this to spite me...
Ghido goes all infodump at the drop of a hat, but this line redeems him forever.
Ghido: Now that we have both halves of the Sealed Tome, if all goes according to legend -- and I'm certain it will -- the book will show us the way.
Sealed Tome: After Enuo's defeat, the weapons of legend were sealed within the Castle Kuza. To break the seals, the four tablets must be assembled.
One rests alongside spirits of the past, blessed by soil...
One rests within an island shrine, kissed by wind...
One rests beneath the ocean's floor, engulfed by flames...
One rests beyond the river's torrents, protected by water...
Along with the keys to open the seals -- the four tablets -- are sealed our servants. If the tablets are moved, our servants will awaken... The ultimate spells of white and black... The magic of time and space, Meteor... The sea king, Leviathan, and the dragon king, Bahamut... Present this book unto the gate and the way to the seals will be opened...
The book accompanies you on this quest.
Ghido: We are all counting on you. Go and find the first tablet... Blessed by the soil and the spirits of the past... Eureka! It must be the pyramid in the Desert of Shifting Sands! Faris, Krile...and even you, Bartz. You must go at once! The future of the world depends on it!
Whew! That's a lot of expository banter!