Time to Grind!

I decide that grinding is for the best. After all, some extra levels would be nice! So would a sword.... and clothes.Im not entirely sure how long it takes. The days and nights feel shorter, but of course, there's no way for me to tell for sure. What I do know, is that I was able to loot a sword and shield, and a full set of basic looking armour. My muscles swelled up, my stomach slimmed down, and my mind sharpened.

And the last thing I'm sure of, is that guy I was farming is fucking sick of it!

Now more confident, I travel onwards toward a giant castle shrouded by a storm, up a hill. On the way up, I hear some sobbing coming from a run down shack. I raise my shield and step toward it.

Inside, a woman in a slimming white outfit with a red cowl sits, sobbing.

Me: "Hey, are you ok?"

???: "Oh, hello..."

Me: "Skip. What's the problem?" She pauses sobbing immediately, and speaks in a gentle British accent"

???: "All my friends have been grafted, into the spider."

Me: "Oh, I'm so sorry... are they up in that castle? Maybe I can go... put them to rest?"

???: "Oh, you're going that way? When you see them, could you tell them I'll join them soon enough?"

Me: "Sure. Hang tight." I stand up and return to the camp, only to find Melina invite herself.

Melina: "Apologise. I have been... testing you. You have earned my confidence. I would like to take you to the roundtable hold. A gathering place, for Tarnished like you."

Me: "Sure. Good to hear you're warming up to me. Let's go."