The Dangerously Cute Dungeon [A Dungeon Core LitRPG]

1.2 Adorable Slime

Finalizing dungeon binding...

Violet felt like her entire body was on fire and her mind felt like it was breaking. When she regained consciousness next, Violet felt as if she had been hit by a truck and her heart felt heavy. Her memories were clearer now and she couldn't help but sob as the memories of her husband's cold, lifeless body flitted back into her mind. It was only after she could no longer cry that she started to try and put the pieces of her situation together once more.

"Oh, Lee, darling, what am I going to do? I got the chance of a lifetime to live out my own fantasy life, even if it came at the cost of both our lives, and I'm already making a mess of it all. Slimes and a flower meadow aren't exactly impressive."

Violet wanted to continue to mope, but she decided that it wouldn't do her any good to do so. Instead, she got up off of the ground and dusted off her dress as she went to figure out what little she could about her new situation.

Violet felt better than she ever had and she certainly didn't feel dead. Well, that was if you skipped over her aching heart. Violet carefully made her way towards the stone door on one side of the room and gingerly pushed it open, surprised at how hefty it seemed to be.

When she walked through the doorway, she was met with darkness and a long hallway. The only light that had been in the core room was from the faint glow of the dungeon core, but that certainly wasn't the case here. Violet nervously made her way forward, keeping one hand along the wall as she walked forward.

From the games and stories Violet had read in her previous life, she knew that it wasn't exactly uncommon for dungeons to have [Traps] or [Monsters]. However, she could only hope that the fact that she was supposed to be the master of this dungeon would mean that she could safely traverse her dungeon without fear of being attacked.

The hallway seemed to be rather long with no turns that Violet could see. When she reached the other end, she was met with some sort of strange barrier and another system message.

Error! The Dungeon Master cannot leave the limits of the dungeon. Only non-dungeon entities and contracted [Monsters] may pass the safety zone.

Violet suddenly felt much more isolated and trapped than she had before. She hadn't noticed any other directions she could go in this dungeon and she was unable to leave it. There was no one else in this dungeon and there was no way for Violet to meet her basic survival needs. Still, Violet didn't want to give up and could only try to negotiate with this dungeon system.

"Can you please help me? Do I have a status screen or anything?"

Dungeon Status:

Current Mana: 50/50

Current DP: 0

Current Floors: 1

Current Rooms: 0

Monsters

Critters

Construction

Research

Missions

Violet smiled in relief as she took in the system screen. She wasn't sure how a dungeon would increase its mana, what DP was, or much of anything else, but she was happy to see some progress. She tried to press her finger into the screen in front of her, happy to see she could actually select the [Construction] category. A new menu appeared when she did, but this one was much shorter.

Construction Options:

Rooms & Hallways

Traps