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I don't think you can do the level-up thing from where you are. You're one save point too far. If you want to, though, you can restart, as it shouldn't take that long to get to where you are now again.

As for Ultros, you have to make sure you have Banon in the back row and use Health every turn, no matter what. Try a regular Attack with Edgar, and then try the Auto Crossbow, and use what's most powerful. Ultros will counterattack everytime he gets hit with Fire -- still use it from Terra, but be ready for it. (You might want to put Terra in the back row for this battle, too, if she's going to be using Fire for the whole thing.) Ultros also has a counterattack for one of Sabin's Blitzes -- Suplex doesn't work, and he counters Pummel, I believe, so use Aura Bolt.

And the level-up trick. There's a point in the river that, if you choose to go up and not left, will send you around a small circle and back to the same spot. If you go through your menu and select "memory" for your cursor, then have Banon use Health every turn, Edgar use the Auto Crossbow, and Terra and Sabin Fight, you can tape the Confirm button down on a controller with "Turbo". It'll keep going the same way through the river -- up, and around the circle -- and keep running into the random battles there until, well, you take it off. So if you leave it on overnight, or for a few days, you'll keeo fighting the battles and keep gaining Exp. and GP. And the best part is, every character you meet after that is automatically on par with your levels. The only character you'll have that isn't at the same level is Locke. The bad part, though, is that later in the game, you get things that give your stats bonuses at level-up, and if you get all your levels then, you will get normal status increases instead of the bonuses.

By the way, if you start again to do that level-up thing ... You remember at the beginning, when the moogles helped Locke rescue Terra? There was one that could Dance -- the one he learned was Dust Requiem. In battle, you can unequip that one (Mog), and later use his Mithril Pike and Mithril Shield on somebody else.