Can you dig it?

This was an odd type of dungeon, to solve it I had to leave it a few times.

The first obstacle was a little person, looking much like a Harvest Sprite from Harvest Moon, who said we can't pass till his brother comes back. Turns out his brother was the little guy I met while searching for the ore, and he wanted a potion. So I had to leave the cave, fly to a city that sold potions, and then fly back to the mine with the guy in it.

After the little guy ate the potion (bottle and all), I flew back to the cave and came across another little guy who now wanted some spicy food. So I left the cave again and flew to the dwarf since his maid was cooking somethign spicy last time we were there. The maid gave us a recipe for curry, and once back at the cave I picked the ninja to cook it to curry her favor *rimshot*.

The next little guy was actually pleasant and offered to help without a fetch quest, all we had to do was kill any monsters in his path and then break a bridge with him. At last we got to the earth spirit, who was a giant mole with a propeller and a easy going way of speaking. The fight was difficult, but by that point we had leveled up quite a bit (running around in circles in the last base) and won on the first try.

So far I'm over 26 hours into the game and still on the first disc, I wonder just how long this game is. Tomorrow I'll be looking to another elemental spirit.