Now For Some Remodeling

Well now, even though its good that weve gotten 200,000 DP from Haku-san, I still havent decided what to do with it yet.

By the way, saying, This is a large amount, so it wouldnt be good if any were lost, Haku-san transferred the 200,000 DP mouth-to-mouth. Thanks for the meal.

Since it was a special, how about lets give summoning and raising a slime a go with that, I looked through the DP catalog.

In this world, there were roughly two varieties of monsters that would have been called slimes in Japan.

One is the jelly. It is genuinely weak. Jellies move their semi-transparent bodies with jelly-like movements, dying quickly. They hardly have any offensive power at all as well. And theyre 1 DP each, bizarrely cheap They also seem to be edible. Maybe theyre some kind of pudding or gelatin substitute?

Despite goblins becoming the targets of subjugation commissions, these guys are small fry to the point of being ignored.

Well, the other one is the slime. By being sticky and slimy, they have freely-manipulable bodies that can nullify physical blows. They are 10,000 DP a piece. Their weak point is that they are strangely weak, but they are omnivores that can eat anything. Naturally, they can eat people.

That is what people refer to as a slime in this world. Come to think of it, there were magma slimes in our neighbors [Flame Cavern] huh.

As a dungeon for beginners, lets try deploying a few jelly spawners in the dungeon for now. Even though they are one hundred times the monsters initial cost, its still just 100 DP. Incredibly cheap.

Seeing as how they can be eaten, its not a waste. Maybe theyll turn into snacks for adventurers and the goblins?

And for no reason at all, definitely no reason, I summoned a single jelly into my hand. Then, I tried out rubbing it to experiment Ooh, yep, as expected. It jiggles.

I suddenly thought up something. Abruptly. Since I just came up with it, I made the jelly into a pillow and laid down on it. Oooooh, its softness is considerably pleasant. This incredibly good pillow probably wouldnt even lose to the heavenly pillow. To get it for 1 DP cheap

*

I woke up from my nap since the jelly was crushed, my face was covered in a crust. Looks like the weight of my head caused its body fluids to gradually leak out. This is a point that absolutely needs to be improved. Wrapping it in a cover made with the vinyl wrapping that comes with the sweet buns might work? The jelly would still be crushed though.

Hey Kehma, are the hero countermeasures good?

Nn, to be honest, they arent really needed.

They arent!? Youre not going to do anything with the 200,000 DP Haku Ane-sama gave us!?

Yep, it was all for hero countermeasures, but there isnt even really a reason to do anything. At most I just needed to make it so that he cant get to the jail.

Even if he makes it to the dungeons innermost floor, destroys the boss iron haniwa golem and steals a few blade magic sword golems, theres no need to worry since he wont destroy the core due to Haku-sans training (brainwashing).

To begin with, the one at the innermost of the dungeon is a dummy core, the real one is in Rokukos room in the inn. Rather, its to the point that I dont think itd be bad to have some crime prevention in Rokukos room. Ill know immediately if there are any intruders though I can use castling whenever, Id usually put it somewhere in the dungeon. I wonder if its fine keeping this arrangement when the hero comes?

With all of that, its important to not bring too much attention to our dungeon by overdoing it. It might be a good opportunity to assess just how capable the hero is.

Speaking of necessary preparations though, itll probably be fine just making iron haniwa golems and magic swords.

Im taking a pretty easygoing stance on the matter.

Well, we did get 200,000 DP, so lets go forward with strengthening the dungeon To be precise, lets make some new areas.

Un, what kind of areas are you going to make?

Ive been thinking about two things. A coliseum area and a meadow area.

Without hesitation, I put the coliseum area in front of the boss room, also making it so that you could go from the warehouse area to the meadow area.

There was a boss room if you advanced to the coliseum area from the warehouse area, and it would be a dead end if you went to the meadow area.

And for the meadow area, when I was talking with Haku-san, shed told me about the geographical feature facilities for human farms, so I planned to install a [Sky (50,000 DP)] and [Meadow (500 DP)]. They didnt appear in the catalog until she told me about them, but its probably because there was some kind of condition for them.

Geographical feature installations are applied to the entire floor. For example, [Sky] provides a stream of sunlight, as well as a proper night. It even rains occasionally, it really is a [Sky] huh.

Other geographical features you could get with DP included things like [Coast] and [Volcano]. [Volcano] is a cheap 100 DP, but [Coast] is more than 100,000 DP. I think its probably so expensive because a sea is something unnatural in a mountain.

It seems that if you make a geographical feature using DP, you could even make it like it was the outside world. Although theyre probably installations meant for providing for monsters that rely on certain terrains, you could also use it with the intention of making a human farm that humans wont really want to leave because theres no stress.

Naturally, the [Sky] terrain effect doesnt increase the size of the room, it seems that rooms ceiling height is also set by the rooms size specifications beforehand. So I intend to make as spacious a room as possible Lets make it at the level where a village can fit in it. Itd be plenty even if they just settled down at the entrance.

Rather, I want to check what kind of thing the [Sky] is even though its a ceiling. I intend to install it in the meadow area anyways.

So, lets make the meadow area a [Safety Zone] too. Itll be good if they decide to rest in that area. Lets have them have an easy time to rest there Should we set some rabbits loose too?

Thats kind to the adventurers.

Yeah. Thats the original role for a [Safety Zone] anyways.

The [Safety Zone]s original role. That is, a place to make surprise attacks against adventurers that have let down their guard, putting things in order.

Of course, monsters normally dont enter them, so its used as a campground to rest safely in the field. It wouldnt be something good to do every time. Its only effective since its done rarely.

Before the boss, theyd decide to rest. When they let down their guard, bang!

Well its like that.

With that, I decided to do some splendid remodeling. Since well be excavating a lot of holes with golems first, itll probably take quite a while. I had them dig carefully while I looked at the map so that we wouldnt knock into [Flame Cavern].

But even though Im remodeling, right now information for things farther in than the riddle area havent been leaked out yet. Itll probably just seem like there are more jellies when looking at it from their point of view.

*

Kehma-sama. There is news.

The next day, Receptionist-san came from the guild.

You might know already, but there are signs of a transition phase. Please refrain from entering the dungeon for a short while, please stay at the first floor.

Ah yes, understood.

Right, transition phase huh Monsters that usually dont appear come out, that kind of thing Im not planning on doing a dungeon battle though yep, I forgot.

By the way, since they worried about monsters overflowing from the dungeons entrance, they appear to have set up a cordon. I was also included in the shift. It was treated as a nominated commission from the guild.

Somehow, sorry.

By the way, since the aristocrats search party hadnt returned either, it turned into something like they got involved in some sort of abnormal event inside of the dungeon. Works for me.

I see, so thats the reason behind you deploying the jelly spawners huh!

No, that was just by chance. Rather, I didnt expect it.

Eh, that so? Thats unusual for Kehma huh, are you still half asleep?

Maybe. Ive probably been forgetful since Ive been thinking about various large-scaled things lately and it all caught up to me. Maybe I should get more subordinates to entrust with various things since I can make as much of a labor force (golems) as needed, I just need people wisdom that can control them. Should I get more subordinates to manage the dungeon?

They dont even really need to be humanoid like those three girls since theyll be restricted to being inside the dungeon. Maybe something like an arachne? Ah, monsters with wisdom as well as fighting potential usually cost around 100,000 DP. Its at the level of making me hesitate a little. Should I get one?

Eh, wait a second.

To begin with, isnt it fine if I leave noticing stuff like that to my partner (Rokuko)?

Eh, I should be aware of stuff like that!?

Rokuko was plainly surprised. Oi, partner. Oi.

Somehow before I realized it, I became in charge of thinking while Rokuko became in charge of relaxing.

Yep, I can make mistakes and forget things too you know?

Ahaha, Kehmas good at joking around.

Im not kidding you know!? You know that if you took away me being a dungeon master Id just be a normal human right!?

No way~, ever since Kehma kicked those bandits around, in my opinion everythingll be alright if I leave it to you. Ive just been practicing moving the golems.

Im surprised she trusts me so much. I just think that Im a lazybones that just sleeps all the time though.

I should ask for Rokukos opinions more often from now on. Or rather, lets have Rokuko make the dungeon too.

We didnt have much DP before, but now our wallets overflowing from our Haku-san income.

I got it. Ill also think about making the dungeon myself.

Yeah. Since Ill be leaving it to Rokuko, itll definitely turn into a goblin dungeon. Itd be interesting to see though.

Its not like Im a goblin lover you know!?

Diverging from the golem warehouse, Rokuko made a new dungeon.

And as for me, I was dragged into working for the cordon for a little while. I didnt have the chance to look at how she was doing.

Rokukos dungeon. It was after everything was completed that I learned what was in it.