I somehow,barely managed to get to here, i probably lost to that stupid >!hippo!< like 30 times, if it was not for summons, i would have gave up.
I get wrecked by those black knights. Either with colossal mace or twinblade, and twinblade is worse. By the time i rolled out of his 10 attack combo, im out of stamina for carian slicer ( which does meager dmg at scadutree 10 ) and he starts again. WTF
I have like 45 vit 70 int, and im doing less dmg so that its really a chore to even try to break through shadow keep.
Just keep going up until you hit the next boss and after that take the lift down next to the first storeroom grace.