After David and Alice left the first time for the night, Violet noted that she now had 93 DP thanks to the increase of 70 DP from their tribute. Violet walked to the hay meadow room and set the weather to summer weather patterns. It was common for hay to be grown out and harvested in the summertime and it, somehow, just felt right to make the weather match that. Besides, Violet didn't think the light torture of an overly hot room with long grass and chameleon slimes would be enough to do more than annoy most people anyway. So, it was still quite fitting for her goal of making the first floor suitable for beginner adventurers and children.

With that done, Violet walked into the nearby Garden meadow room. She peered down at the hole she had made in the middle of the room as she asked

"How much to research stone bricks using the stone [Base Resource]?"

Would you like to spend 2 DP to research stone bricks using the [Base Resource] stone?

Yes

No

Violet was a little surprised the cost of the stone bricks was so cheap, but she wasn't going to waste any time in selecting [Yes]. Next, she asked

Would you like to spend 20 DP to research basic well schematic using the [Base Resources] stone bricks, water, and earth magic?

Yes

No

Violet had been a bit worried that she'd need to have mud, clay, or concrete to build anything with the stone bricks. So, it was a relief that the earth magic was able to bridge the gap for her. She quickly selected the [Yes] option and then spent 10 MP to build the well around the hole she had made in the ground. Next, Violet spent 2 MP to fill the 40 Cubic Units worth of well space with water.

The stone brick portion of the well was raised off of the ground by a bit, but there was no other well decoration. A bucket, rope, etc. likely would require something better than a mere basic well schematic. However, Violet wasn't exactly in a hurry to work on that right now since there were more important things to spend her dungeon points on.

The water portion of the well only came up to the ground level, leaving a decent gap between the top of the well and the water's surface. Still, it should be sufficient for what Violet intended to use it for. For now, it would provide a source of clean water for adventurers to enjoy, but that wasn't really what she had in mind for the long-term.

Nothing was stopping Violet from asking for tribute multiple times from the same dungeon party in the same visit. This might be a room meant for rest and taking a break from the hectic dungeon for the adventures, but Violet didn't exactly plan to provide it for free. She planned to use the well as a wishing well for tribute to be thrown into as a form of payment for providing a safe place for the adventurers. However, Violet would need to figure out a way to enforce such a thing before it could be used like that.

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For now, Violet just needed to focus on what she could do.

"How much to research the nutlets into a birch tree for planting?"

Would you like to spend 10 DP to research birch trees using the [Base Resource] nutlets?

Yes

No

After selecting the [Yes] option, Violet immediately spent 20 MP to plant four birch trees. She placed these each a small distance from each of the four corners of the room. Between these trees and the well, the room resembled a five on a six-sided dice. There wasn't much mana left, so Violet just spent 2 MP on a jade tree frog that she set to respawn through the room's spawner, and the rest of the mana was put towards normal worker bees. The bees weren't set to respawn, but they'd be useful for the queen bees she planned to summon after David left again.

While the sword training every night had lost most of its novelty, Violet was improving her skills bit by bit. While she didn't need David to comment on it for her to take note of it, it was still nice to hear. The fact that Violet was no longer afraid of beginner [Monsters] invading her dungeon was nice.

Sure, things were still difficult since most of the dungeon's puzzles and [Monsters] could only slow down zombies and goblins, but it didn't matter so long as Violet could protect the dungeon core. A more dangerous enemy might be a problem, but Violet was hopeful that she would be able to put in a boss room soon and then unlock the second floor after that. She'd have to spend some time saving up her dungeon points so she could make proper use of the boss room as well as afford the next floor, but that didn't stop her from being hopeful.

Now that the dungeon's resources were significantly more varied than they used to be, Alice had to be more choosy with what she spent her time gathering. Things like butterfly weed flowers or violets were not nearly as valuable as acorns and honey. Purely decorative flowers were less valuable since they were mostly just sold as potpourri or in bouquets for young lovers. However, acorns could be soaked in cold water for several weeks before being ground into a flour alternative. While there was certainly a good bit of wheat-based flour to go around, it didn't change the fact that something that could be used as a food source was more valuable than a decorative flower.

As Violet watched David take Alice's overflowing basket and the two turned to leave, Luna hot on their heels, she frowned. She really wished that David would buy Alice a leather satchel or something. Violet knew she likely could make one with some of her mana, but she was also wary of spending her mana on such a frivolous thing. Once she had a second floor with better [Traps], she might feel more comfortable doing so, but that wouldn't be for a while yet.

Sighing, Violet walked back to her garden meadow room. There was still much to do in this room, but she'd have to settle for four queen bees and another ten worker bees. The beehive in the wildflower meadow room had required some time to be built, but it now automatically repaired any damage from adventures harvesting honey whenever the room reset. So, Violet felt it would be best to give these bees a head start on building their hives in the four trees in the room.

Unfortunately, this room only has the basic grass and dandelions right now. It wasn't really enough for an entire four bee colonies to survive off of. However, putting new plants in the room was already the next [Item] on Violet's to-do list. Thankfully dungeon [Monsters] didn't seem to compete for resources.

The bees in the wildflower meadow never tried to attack her slime, even when it accidentally ate a bee who was trying to pollinate a flower. The slimes who occasionally collided with one another in the slime parkour room never tried to engage each other in combat either. Violet had expected things to escalate on several other occasions as well, but the [Critters] and [Monsters] in her dungeon always seemed to be perfectly at peace with one another. They only ever acted territorial or protective when it came to non-dungeon entities.

As such, Violet didn't worry about the queens from the different hives in her garden meadow going to war with one another. Instead, she'd only worry about ensuring they had enough flowers to enjoy and leave them to peacefully produce their honey.