Another level dropped from Grinding II, another minute or so saved. However, I had a bad stretch from Silkworm to Flame Bandit, including a 4-cycle on the latter, and menuing numerous times because I was unsure about my xp/gold routing (which ended up being fine). I was also concerned about my resources heading into the castle, but thanks to some pretty clean Balrog/Dragon fights, I didn't even use any credits.