The next morning, Violet went down to the first floor. Since the dungeon had absorbed her tributes, she now had 646 dungeon points, which left plenty to play around with. As she planned to change some of the first floor rewards to be assigned to the second floor, it only made sense to start by assigning a new reward to the first floor rooms to replace the old ones.

Violet had to spend a while thinking about what sorts of new rewards to offer that would be suitable for the first floor. Since she wanted them to be suitable for all ages and not a niche flavor choice, it would usually seem pretty simple. However, Violet struggled with coming up with ideas more than she thought she would purely because she didn't have any chocolate to use. So many candies and desserts used cocoa powder or chocolate for flavoring that it took a while for her to move past that fact and think of alternatives.

The first thing Violet decided to research was walnut butter.

Would you like to spend 20 DP to research walnut butter using the [Base Resources] walnuts and salt?

Yes

No

Violet selected the [Yes] option and immediately proceeded to the next step in her research process.

Would you like to spend 20 DP to research engraved wooden boxes using the [Base Resources] wood and iron?

Yes

No

Would you like to spend 10 DP to research brown candy liners using the [Base Resources] brown paper and beeswax?

Yes

No

One after another, Violet selected the [Yes] option before finalizing her research for the candies.

Would you like to spend 30 DP to research walnut fudge using the [Base Resources] walnut butter, butter, milk, vanilla, and sugar?

Yes

No

Would you like to spend 50 DP to research a box of walnut fudge using the [Items] walnut fudge, engraved wooden box, and brown candy liners?

Yes

No

While she could have just researched the walnut fudge with the packaging, Violet much preferred to have the flexibility that having both recipes researched unlocked brought with it. Of course, an additional 50 DP had to be used to set the box of walnut fudge as the new reward for the slime parkour room as well. So, this easily brought her total dungeon points down to 466, but it felt well worth the investment.

"Please set the weather in the slime parkour room to be always overcast and sunset weather."

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This request ended up costing another 75 DP to accomplish, but it was a much-needed adjustment. With the much better reward and the change from the stormy midnight setting to a sunset overcast one, the challenge would be much more reasonable for the first floor. The wooden platforms would no longer be slippery and it would be easier to make out the aqua slimes after they jumped out of the water. However, the platforms would still be the same distance apart and the challenge would certainly still be a difficult one, which is where having a more worthwhile reward came into play.

Feeling satisfied, Violet moved on to the rainbow ball maze room where she also needed to replace the reward. The challenge seemed to be of a reasonable enough difficulty for the first floor since both David and Tobias's party had already successfully completed it, from what she had heard. It was just that the chamomile shortbread cookies would be better suited to the second floor than one meant for children and beginner adventurers.

This time around, Violet was inspired to make a version of a dessert she often saw at Chinese buffets in her old world.

Would you like to spend 10 DP to research sugared pecans using the [Base Resources] pecans, sugar, and salt?

Yes

No

Would you like to spend 4 DP to research brown paper cones using the [Base Resource] brown paper?

Yes

No

Would you like to spend 16 DP to research packaged sugared pecans using the [Items] sugared pecans and brown paper cones?

Yes

No

After selecting [Yes] on everything and then spending another 16 DP to set the reward for the rainbow ball maze challenge, Violet was now down to 420 DP. The package of sugared nuts were significantly cheaper to purchase at only 8 MP each compared to the box of walnut fudge, which cost an entire 25 MP each. So, this challenge was definitely not receiving quite as nice of a reward, but Violet still felt that everyone was likely to enjoy the new addition.

With everything taken care of, Violet headed back up to the second floor. While she had a lot fewer dungeon points to play around with now, she still wanted to finish setting up her two new challenge rooms on the second floor. So, first she headed to the rainbow of roses room where Cedar was quick to greet

"Hello, Violet! What can we do for you?"

Shaking her head, she replied

"I'm just here to work on this room. I'll be setting the room to lock when adventurers enter, but the challenge is fairly easy so you shouldn't end up locked in here for very long. Don't worry, if it takes too long I'll make sure to come and sort things out by the time night comes around that same day."

With the [Guest List] skill, it was easy to keep track of who was where, so it wasn't like she wouldn't know if someone was stuck in a particular room for an extended period of time. Cedar waved off her concerns, seemingly unbothered, so Violet just went on her merry way.

Would you like to set the theme for this room? This will cost 150 DP. You will no longer be able to change the room's theme and all [Items] added to it in the future must match the set theme, but upgrades will be unlocked for the room.

Yes

No

Is the current theme correct?

Theme: Rainbow of Roses Challenge

Yes

No

It was a steep price, but the door couldn't be locked without setting the room's theme first. However, Violet would require 600 DP if she wanted to both set the themes and lock the doors of both this room and the hopscotch challenge room, so that would have to wait for the other room. With the additional 10 DP required to set the wild violet and honey lollipops as the challenge reward in this room, Violet was already down to 110 DP.

So, she just finished up by setting the challenge in the hopscotch room with chamomile shortbread cookies for a reward. That took 30 DP, further reducing her total down to 80 DP. Violet hoped she would be able to finish this room as well, soon enough, but she knew she would just have to wait and see. For now, it was time for a long overdue nap.