Violet wasn't quite sure what she wanted to do with the elderly couple. She certainly didn't want to expect them to fly around and deal with frustrated adventurers all of the time. It would be better if she could figure out some sort of challenge that was better suited for them where they could mostly relax. She would have to make that the next challenge room she made, though, since she needed to move them if she wanted to invite more pixies into her dungeon. Well, technically she could put a new spawner in one of the empty rooms and move them now, but putting them in an empty, boring room sounded unkind.
Honestly, Violet was starting to wonder if she should try investing some of her dungeon points into researching fairy houses. In her old world, those were either purely decorative or were really fancy birdhouses that were kept in a garden. However, it was quite likely that she could design actual functioning houses for the pixies so long as she got a little creative and was realistic about the design.
Either way, that was something to think about later. Violet sighed, sitting down on the steps to the dungeon core room. It was a pain to jump over all of the pitfall [Traps] to get in here, but she definitely needed some space to think. Her fairies liked to socialize quite a bit, which was usually nice, but that just wasn't what she needed right now. Instead, she wanted a distraction. Violet pulled up her system menu and listlessly looked it over.
Dungeon Status:
Current Mana 100 / 100
Current DP: 14,531
Current Floors: 2
Current Rooms: 32
Monsters
Critters
Construction
Research
Missions
She had already received the rent for the day from Avorn and Camellia as well as David's tribute worth a measly 1 DP. That had brought her to her current total of 14,531 dungeon points. It had been a while since she had really looked over her menu, it was nice to see how high her room total had gotten between the first and second floors. While she could easily look at the mental map she had or even the physical maps she now had of the dungeon, it was hardly the same as seeing the number reflected on the [Dungeon Status] screen.
The rest of the options she was pretty familiar with. She didn't need to be reminded of which [Monsters] or [Critters] she had, they were already memorized. It would be good to try and work some fennec foxes and little owls into her plans somewhere, but she was still trying to figure that out. With the higher mana costs for her new [Monsters], it was difficult to devote any spawner space for them. She hardly wanted to summon them without assigning them to a spawner, it would be too sad and frustrating to have them die and not respawn.
One thing she hadn't checked in a while, though, was the [Missions] menu, which she decided to do now.
Missions:
Origin:
Status:
Info:
Reward:
System
Complete
Place first [Trap]
Unlock a new [Critter] option
System
Incomplete
Complete the first floor
Unlock a new [Critter] option
System
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Incomplete
Unlock ten [Critters] (7/10)
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
Patron Goddess of Love & Beauty
Complete
Build a shrine to the Patron Goddess of Love & Beauty
Blessing (½ cost evolve cute [Monsters])
Patron Goddess of Love & Beauty
Incomplete
Pray at the shrine of the Patron Goddess of Love & Beauty
Blessing (beauty is pain)
Patron Goddess of Love & Beauty
Incomplete
Have ten different children level up within the dungeon (1/10)
Blessing (½ cost toys & sweets)
Patron Goddess of Love & Beauty
Incomplete
Have ten different couples enter the dungeon (3/10)
Blessing (true love never dies)
The list had gotten a lot longer since Violet had last looked it over. She now had two [Missions] completed. The first was a system quest for placing her first [Trap] while the second was for building an altar for the goddess of love & beauty. She made sure to collect that reward right away. While she hardly needed the extra dungeon points, she was still happy to take what rewards she could get. Then she accepted the reward from the system.
Would you like to receive the reward now?
Yes
No
Please select one of the following options to be randomly awarded a [Critter] from:
Chordata - Mammalia
Chordata - Amphibia
Chordata - Other
Violet decided to go with the [Chordata - Mammalia] option this time.
Randomizing options...
New [Critter] option unlocked!
Name:
Cost:
Info:
Chinkara Gazelle
5 MP
Behaves the same as a normal chinkara gazelle. Easily frightened and rarely engages in combat. Safe for consumption.
Well, it was hardly going to add to the safety of the dungeon, but that was hardly surprising. The dungeon seemed to naturally scale her options to ensure the danger to the adventurers couldn't drastically increase. She'd likely have to unlock a few more floors before the system would be willing to give her something like a bear. Still, from how much the locals were struggling with food, Violet got the feeling that a gazelle would come in handy in the future.
Once all of that was done, Violet more carefully went through the other options and considered which ones she could complete next. She really needed more things like insects or birds to use in her dungeon, eventually, so system quests would be good to complete. However, after determining most of them would require her to complete floors faster than she was ready to, she dismissed that notion.
Next, Violet looked over the quests from the deity she had contracted with. It was a relief to note that the goddess wasn't exactly asking for anything she wasn't comfortable with. If anything, the quests were in line with her own goals. However, Violet still couldn't help but feel like many of the quests weren't something she could actively control. She couldn't even convince the locals to come to the dungeon and it was unlikely new adventurers would be in the area until spring arrived.
Still, it couldn't hurt to give tribute to the goddess and pray to her. It was a shame that she had no information on what the blessing "beauty is pain" means, but she somehow doubted that it would be anything too bad. After all, if it caused her pain to make her dungeon look better, then it would be more of a curse than a blessing.