Go back and forth between the two locations you’ve chosen until the date is Cancer 1, which is Agrias’ birthday. If all of the above is true for you, head to a town where you can advance to another town without triggering a random encounter. It may work after this, but that’s the minimum advancement you have to have had achieved through the game. To trigger this extra event, have the following requirements fulfilled. Sometimes you may get rare items that you will not be able to purchase in the Outfitter's.
You can get many items by poaching many different monsters. Tame a 'Trent' and hatch them until you get 'Elder Trent' then save and poach then check to see if you get the Knight Sword 'Defender' or the more common 'Guardian Bracelet.' This trick can be done with any monster except for Ultima Demons. Its best to save right before the poaching battle so you can load afterward if you did not get the item you were looking for.
Equip the skill 'Tame' to a character then tame any class of monster and roam around the world map until you get monster eggs to hatch into the highest class of that monster then bring it and anyone who has the ability 'Poach' into battle and poach the monster.