Atop the Highest Mountain

After battling bombs in Garlaige Citadel for a few days, I realized I wasn't getting any stronger. Then I remembered. Not too long ago I talked to Maat about how I could break my innate limitations and realize a better potential as a Beastmaster. He told me to retrieve three pieces of frigicite from Xarcabard and while I'd collected two after talking to him, I forgot to get the third!

So, with the help of Sparkkplug and Babygirllil, I set out to Xarcabard again to collect the third piece of frigicite: triangular frigicite. Babygirllil was kind enough to teleport us to the Vahzl telepoint crystal and from there we set out to find the Boreal Hound who was "guarding" the piece of frigicite (I use the term "guarding" here loosely as I'm sure the hound had no idea that's what it was doing).

It was pretty cold when our trio arrived in Xarcabard but fortunately we didn't arrive in blizzard conditions. Beaucedine Glacier and Xarcabard are tough to navigate in a white-out and I didn't need the extra headache today! We only encountered a few undead on our way to find the Boreal Hound but my strength had grown enough that I found these foes to be no problem - even less so with the help of Sparkk's ninjitsu.

Eventually, we found the cave where the frigicite might be found. Sure enough, the Boreal Hound was there to greet us. We quickly engaged the beast and I soon found my blows doing minimal, if any, damage. At this point I called out a Crab Familiar and set him on the Hound. My little crab started doing a bit more damage than I, but still we weren't fighting very effectively at all. When Sparkkplug started exercising some of his higher level ninjitsu on the Boreal Hound, the tables turned significantly in our favor. In short order, we'd defeated the Hound and I heard some blocks of ice moving in the back of the cave. I quickly ran to the rear of the cave where I found a piece of triangular frigicite.

Babygirllil, was again kind enough to warp me back to Jeuno where I returned to Maat and handed over the new piece of frigicite along with the other two pieces I'd found. With Maat's help, my innate limitation was lifted and I returned to Garlaige Citadel where, after defeating one more Hellmine, I felt my strength increase and was suddenly able to don my Beastmaster's Helm! Not only that, but now I found I had a much better ability to charm the Chamber Beetles in the Citadel basement! I'm going to have a much easier time of eradicating the Hellmine menace now!