Violet wanted to check her [Missions] progress, but she was interrupted by yet another system prompt.
Please select a new skill:
Skill Name:
Info:
Recall
Instantly teleport from anywhere in the dungeon to the dungeon core room. Can be used even on floors where non-dungeon entities are present.
Guest List
Displays a list of non-dungeon entities currently in the dungeon alongside their classification, classes, rank, and location.
Gluttony
Any non-living, non-dungeon [Items] left in a designated tribute room will be absorbed immediately rather than after the dungeon has been cleared of non-dungeon entities.
Violet hadn't been expecting a system prompt like this. She hadn't seen something similar when she first bonded with the dungeon and it had never come up in her talks with Theodore. Well, he had said that dungeons could have some unique functions and he hadn't exactly mentioned the patron deity thing either. So, this might have been a special feature only she got to enjoy, but it was also possible that he had simply been too vague about what would happen causing her to not be prepared for such a scenario.
Regardless, Violet was quite excited to see she was getting a power up and, best of all, it didn't seem to require any resources to use! If it required dungeon points or mana to use, the menu had always displayed the cost, but this had no costs listed, which meant it had to be free! Now, all that was left, was to decide which one she wanted.
[Recall] sounded useful since it would allow her to interact with adventurers and then teleport to the dungeon core room so she could spend her mana on upgrades for the dungeon. That sounded useful, but it also wasn't that necessary right now either. She could just as easily walk upstairs and then use the building menu to spend her mana real quick before popping back downstairs. She didn't have to be in the room she was building in, after all, she just preferred it. Even in the long-term, there were both pros and cons since it would cut down on time to get from the top to the bottom floor, but it was very much a one-way trip.
The [Guest List] skill was similar in that it would be a time saver. Violet didn't exactly need or want to interact with every local, adventurer, etc. who entered her dungeon and she had a very limited ability to tell who was in her dungeon right now. It would be a waste to go all the way down to the first floor if there was just a bunch of [Monsters] invading her dungeon. She'd be better off letting her [Monsters] and [Traps] pick them off first while she spent the mana their presence generated. It wouldn't be too late to step in if they ever made it far enough to be considered a proper threat.
As for the [Gluttony] skill, it sounded the least useful of the three skills and was immediately dismissed. Worrying about people stealing tributes from the dungeon or trying to absorb people's [Items] when they accidentally dropped them in a specific room only had so much use, after all.
Sighing, Violet made her choice. It would be a shame to give up on [Recall] since there was no guarantee it would show up again, but [Guest List] just sounded more useful both in the present and in the long term. Finally certain there wouldn't be any more system prompts showing up, Violet pulled up the [Missions] menu.
Missions:
Origin:
Status:
Info:
Reward:
System
Incomplete
Place first [Trap]
Unlock a new [Critter] option
System
Incomplete
Complete the first floor
Unlock a new [Critter] option
System
Complete
Unlock the second floor
Unlock a new [Critter] option
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System
Incomplete
Unlock ten [Critters]
Unlock a new [Critter] option
System
Incomplete
Complete second floor boss room
Unlock a new [Critter] option
System
Incomplete
Complete half of the second floor
Unlock a new [Critter] option
System
Incomplete
Complete the second floor
Unlock a new [Critter] option
System
Incomplete
Unlock the third floor
Unlock a new [Critter] option
System
Complete
Earn the favor of a patron deity
Unlock new schematic (altar)
Goddess of Love & Beauty
Incomplete
Build a shrine to the patron goddess of love & beauty
Blessing (½ cost evolve cute [Monsters])
The list of [Missions] was starting to get quite long. However, the only ones that mattered, right now, were the two that were completed. The first was the one for unlocking the second floor, which Violet made sure to claim the reward for right away.
Please select one of the following options to be randomly rewarded a [Critter] from:
Chordata - Mammalia
Chordata - Reptilia
Chordata - Other
It was interesting to see all of the options were in the Chordata phyla this time around. However, Violet already knew which option she wanted to choose. The [Chordata - Mammalia] option was perfect since her new floor theme was going to be a forest.
Randomizing options...
New [Critter] option unlocked!
Name:
Mana Cost:
Info:
Giant Checkered Rabbit
3 MP
Behaves the same as a normal giant checkered rabbit. Poor combat skills, cowardly, average burrowing skills. Is safe to consume.
Violet's eyes lit up in excitement as she took in her new [Critter]. If she added both al-mi'raj and checkered rabbits to the second floor, then she could, potentially, confuse adventurers. They might see the checkered rabbits and let down their guard only to be caught off guard by the horned rabbits charging them. Alternatively, they might see the al-mi'raj first and then end up jumpy only to have it, amusingly, be only a giant rabbit. The combination sounded like it had potential and Violet was excited as she went to accept her second [Mission] award.
The next challenge she completed was to earn the favor of a patron deity, which was a bit misleading. That made it sound like she had to do something to get their attention, but it seemed to be a natural part of unlocking the second floor of the dungeon. Of course, it was possible that the patron deities had to be interested in the dungeon and actively offer their favor to even end up as an option to select, but Violet had no way of knowing either way.
The schematic she was awarded ended up being for an altar to the goddess of love and beauty, which worked out well with the fact that she now had a new quest that required her to build one. However, as Violet was heading downstairs to look into building a new room to place the altar in, she felt a presence in the dungeon. That was surprising considering she had just finished upgrading the dungeon, but things only got worse from there.
One by one presences started to appear until her dungeon was slowly beginning to fill up far fuller than it had ever been before. Violet panicked as she ran towards the wildflower meadow room and pulled up her new [Guest List].
Guest List:
Name:
Classification:
Class:
Rank:
Location:
Samael
Human
Necromancer
D-rank
Wildflower Meadow
Unnamed
Zombie
None
F-rank
Wildflower Meadow
Unnamed
Zombie
None
F-rank
Wildflower Meadow
Unnamed
Zombie
None
F-rank
Wildflower Meadow
Unnamed
Zombie
None
F-rank
Wildflower Meadow
Unnamed
Zombie
None
F-rank
Wildflower Meadow
There had never been a human in the dungeon when the undead invaded her dungeon previously. However, it all made perfect sense now! It wasn't like the undead could have let themselves into the dungeon, but it made perfect sense if a necromancer was behind it all. However, that didn't explain why they were now escalating their attacks out of nowhere, especially when Violet had never met this Samael fellow.