The grinding went about without incident. First, he and Thana took care of two of the Quest's conditions, that took about 7 hours. Even with Thana trivializing every enemy group, they still had to explore all of the dungeons in order to find the boss rooms. That was, to put it simply, a lot of walking. Also, returning to the house to give Lydia and Rave access to the Flask of Grinding, when it was full, delayed them a bit.
The 25 dungeons part was therefore done around 13 o'clock. On average they had needed about twenty minutes per dungeon. Waves were usually over in a flash, but floors took considerably more time, especially if they were the underground type.
When they were about to go and hunt down the 2000 enemies, Lydia stopped them. "Here," she said and handed John a new flask. It looked a lot like the old one, an overly long neck on a round main body that was flattened at the bottom.
