The Dangerously Cute Dungeon [A Dungeon Core LitRPG]

1.35 Chameleon Slimes

After David left to take a break, Violet noted that she now had 489 DP. This was finally enough to finish researching the chameleon slimes, so she spent the 250 DP to unlock the evolution. Then, Violet spent 10 MP to summon the last of five slimes for the hay meadow as well as 125 DP to evolve them into their chameleon variations.

The blue slimes immediately turned into a scaly green version, much like a chameleon. After watching the slimes for a short while, Violet was also able to observe as they changed colors to blend in with their surroundings. Mostly green since that was the color of the grass, but some streaks of orange were also mixed in thanks to the butterfly weed flowers. Violet felt satisfied with her new slimes. Even if they weren't stronger, they were bound to take plenty of adventurers by surprise.

Violet now only had 114 DP to play around with. 20 DP was put towards researching wooden fences, which ended up costing 10 MP / 100 Square Units. After walking to the floodplain meadow room, Violet built a small fenced-in area in one of the corners on the opposite side of the river from the apple trees.

As Violet originally wanted to have berries so she could make berry bushes for the floodplains room, she ended up spending 20 DP three times over to research the bushes. Then, the remaining 30 MP was spent on planting three blackberry bushes. However, Violet had to wait until after David left again before she spent another 50 MP on three raspberry bushes and two blueberry bushes.

While the apple trees were all on the same side of the river, the bushes and rabbit holes were spread out across the floodplains meadow room. It was necessary for the basic slimes in the room to have plenty of places to hide in for the challenge Violet wanted to set up. Luckily, the challenge could be set without the room theme being set. She just couldn't apply any room upgrades to challenges and puzzles until the room theme was set. However, that would have to wait until the morning since Violet only had 14 DP left.

The next morning, Violet was happy to see her kodama had brought her a pecan as well as two repeats. So, she now had 51 DP, which was enough for her purposes.

"I'd like to research candy apples using the apples, sugar, water, red dye, and wood [Base Resources]."

Would you like to spend 10 DP to research candy apples using the [Base Resource] apples, sugar, water, red dye, and wood?

Yes

No

Violet selected [Yes] and then spent another 10 DP to set the candy apples as the reward for her new challenge. In order to complete the challenge, adventurers would have to capture the five slimes within the floodplains room and put them in the fenced-in area. However, this would be difficult with a river to cross and plenty of hiding places for the slimes. While it wasn't exactly a very good defense for the dungeon, it wasn't like the slimes couldn't attempt to protect the dungeon if it became necessary. Plus, it would be a good way to keep adventurers busy and there were plenty of resources to draw adventurers in.

Now that Violet was nearly finished working on the six rooms she had in the dungeon, she only had a few more rooms that she'd have to add to meet the building requirement for unlocking the next floor. Of course, she'd have to save up dungeon points for a bit if she was to have any hope of paying the cost for it, not that Violet actually knew how much it would end up costing her.

With only 31 DP and no more mana available, Violet went to relax in her wildflower meadow. She needed time to think about next steps and it would be good to have some peaceful scenery while she did so. While the mana and dungeon points were consistently increasing each day, it was still difficult to manage everything. The dungeon points had a habit of being spent faster than the mana since there were so many big purchases to make.