A week went by and progress has been made.
"Phew, that makes it...97 monster kills and...." She looked at her master taking the dungeon core, "6 dungeon clears."
"Come on Wren, lets go meet up with the others." He put the core in his inventory as his skin shifted back to normal.
"You are getting the handle on that," She said, jumping on his shoulder in her weasel form. "its a really powerful ability."
"Yeah, I am ... stronger... way stronger." He replied with a smirk, rubbing her chin causing her to purr.
"Just a few more to go," he said as they walked through the forest path. "four more dungeon clears and three monster kills."
Her tail swished excitedly on his shoulder. "We're so close to the second floor! What do you think it will be like?"
"Harder than here," he replied with a small smile. "But nothing we can't handle."