Looking at the woman named Melina in front of her, Uffie unconsciously thought of a few people.

The puppet from the Hunter’s Dream, and the Fireproof Woman seen in the Painting World "Hawkwood".

There is an inexplicable shared aura among them, but when it comes to describing it, one can’t quite pin it down or find the right words.

Melina doesn’t have an appearance that strikes you with a strong visual impact at first glance, but she’s more enduringly pleasing to the eye, like a companion who sticks by your side during everyday travels, seemingly never to leave.

That’s right, companion, was the word that popped into people’s minds when they saw her.

"What conditions?" Uffie instinctively asked.

"Do you know the Finger Witches? They serve the Two Fingers, helping and guiding the Faded, but you currently have no witch by your side."

Melina quietly said:

"I can take on their duties, transforming the Lune into your strength, so I hope you can help take me to the foot of the Golden Tree."

So that’s it, the upgrading awaits here.

In this Nimgefo region, what you gain from defeating creatures is no longer souls but Lune. Uffie doesn’t know what the difference between the two is. Anyway, their effect in the Dungeon is the same—buy stuff and level up.

When she first entered the Sain Dungeon, she checked and found that her strength was assessed to be over ninety levels. After spending so many days with Gapar, she has now reached ninety-nine, just a sliver away from a three-digit level.

Being able to be assessed as over ninety levels on her own ability is already an incredible talent. She’s quite proud of herself!

On the other hand, no one could possibly refuse Melina’s conditions, right? That’s what she thought, considering the current setting as seen from the memories of the Elden King, the development of the situation should be:

The Elden King who had lost the Finger Witch happened upon Melina, and they became companions traveling together—such a classic start to a hero’s legend.

Uffie found it quite novel, this feeling of exploring the Dungeon while piecing together bits of information and letting her imagination run wild with stories, she found it very interesting.

"I agree to your conditions."

Melina’s voice was no longer as plain as before, her tone seemed to lift slightly, it seems even the most stoic people can have emotional shifts.

"Then, when you wish to turn Lune into strength, call for me at the place of blessing."

She was about to rise when she suddenly brought out something else. Upon closer look, it was the Spirit Horse Whistle.

"Oh, there’s one more thing, this ring is for you. It allows you to summon the soul of a horse named Torret. Use it when you need to."

Just as suddenly as she arrived, Melina vanished, dispersing into scattered light and slowly disappearing from Uffie’s sight.

Uffie looked towards where she disappeared, and suddenly pinched her voice, narrating as she did when doing commentary for Fanen: 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"Then, before the heavily guarded gate, our Elden King met his traveling companion. What kind of adventure awaits him next, and what kind of sparks will he create with this mysterious companion? Let us—"

"What are you saying?" Fanen’s voice came through.

Uffie’s cheeks puffed up like a pufferfish, angrily saying: "Didn’t anyone teach you not to interrupt others? I was speaking with feeling."

"Looks pretty awkward," Isha commented, then asked: "So, so, did you get the ring?"

"Got it, but... wait, didn’t you see Melina?" Uffie suddenly realized something amiss.

"We only saw you talking to air the entire time," Fanen speculated: "It seems some scenes can only be seen by the person involved."

To verify this guess, he also touched the blessing, and sure enough, when he spoke with Melina in his vision, others observed him as if he was speaking to air.

Everyone couldn’t figure out what was going on, and in the end, they couldn’t make sense of it.

In fact, there wasn’t any special intention, just that some producer wanted to prevent the originally serious scenes from becoming too absurd, for example, if everyone took turns touching the bonfire, Melina would repeatedly appear to deliver lines.

Thinking even more wildly, when the tree is burned later, will there be a little wood repeatedly catching fire in people’s eyes... ...

So it’s better that some scenes are only visible to the person involved.

"But in the end, if we want to go to the foot of the Golden Tree..." Uffie looked at the gigantic Golden Tree "we have to break through this checkpoint. It’s just right to test Torret’s speed."

She picked up the Spirit Horse Whistle ready to use it, but Isha quickly stopped her, saying: "Wait a minute, I suggest you look at the description first."

"Description?"

[Spirit Horse Whistle]

[A golden ring emitting a gentle glow, it can be used as a whistle to summon the spirit horse Torret for riding]

[This is a replica from the memories of the Elden King, its power is not as great as the original, and there is a limit to the time the spirit horse can remain summoned]

[The Lune’s power can be infused into the whistle to extend the spirit horse’s time in this world]

"...This thing requires payment?"

Uffie’s brow furrowed immediately, as if discovering that enhancing equipment also had a chance of failing, leading to equipment destruction, which felt awkward.

She looked closely, noticing that the initial time the spirit horse could remain was ten minutes. After ten minutes expired, the next summoning had an outrageous cooldown of two hours!