Plans

The expansion of the summoning facility was complete.

I entrusted Ayla's supervision to Ryun.

While I focused on other tasks, Ayla was tied up again with vine stems, and Ryun agreed to notify me immediately if Ayla regained consciousness.

Summoning Facility Lv.1

With the expansion, I checked what had changed with the summoning facility.

Magic Stone Summoning and Bond Summoning hadn't changed much, but the status of Regular Summoning had changed.

[Regular Summoning] Use a monster summoning scroll to summon a subordinate.

[★ 30%]

[★☆ 25%]

[★☆☆ 20%]

[★★ 10%]

[★★☆ 10%]

[★★★ 5%]

"What the hell, the probabilities change?"

The probabilities for 1-stars had significantly decreased, while the probability for 3-stars had increased by a whopping 4 percentage points.

'Maybe if the facility is expanded...?'

Could it be that higher grades unlock new probabilities? Perhaps the probability of getting trash like ★ with no potential might even disappear.

[Summoning Facility] A magic circle for summoning subordinates.

[Current Level: Lv.1]

[Daily Summoning Limit: 10 / 10]

[Facility Level Up Condition: Summon monsters 20 times, secure 3 ★★ subordinates. (0 / 20, 2 / 3)]

"This is seriously annoying...."

The summon count had reset. Having reached the limit, it would take at least two days to satisfy the summoning conditions.

Additionally, the 'secure 3 or more ★★ monsters' was quite irritating.

'Fortunately, Lime and Haigus seem to be included.'

It doesn't seem to require exactly ★★. Since Lime is a 2-star that can grow up to 4-stars, the system seems to have that much flexibility.

In the end, I had three ways to meet the conditions.

1/ Create a Big Slime or Slimen.

But the condition for slime cannibalism (50 specimens) is too harsh. I'd need to obtain as many as 250 lowest-grade magic stones.

2/ Create a Ghoul and evolve it into a High Ghoul.

I still don't know any conditions. Still, it seems more realistic than evolving a slime, so I'll try summoning a ghoul when the summon count resets tomorrow.

And the grand option 3:

Evolve Ryun to 2-stars. I carefully examined Ryun's evolution conditions.

[Subordinate Evolution] Evolving Ryun(★☆☆☆☆).

[Expected Result: Ryun(★★☆☆☆)]

[Evolution Condition: Reach Lv 15 (5 / 15)]

[Evolution Routes: Dark Elf, High Elf]

"Hey, this is the corruption path."

Dark Elf. A quite tempting race name. But I looked Ryun up and down with concern.

'She doesn't seem like she'd be good as a Dark Elf.'

Dark Elves should be busty, tall, sister-type elves as per the unwritten rule. For an elf with a childlike figure like Ryun, it would be better to remain in the original form.

'What are the conditions for evolving into a High Elf?'

[High Elf] An elf more noble than ordinary elves.

[Evolution Conditions: 1) Reach Lv 15 (5 / 15), 2) Noble lineage (O / O)]

"...I'm screwed."

I'd guessed from "High Elf," but I didn't think the bloodline itself would actually be noble. It was very easy since I just needed to level up, but somehow the implications of the bloodline scared me.

'Honestly, I thought today's intruders were elves too.'

I couldn't keep trembling in vague fear. I asked Ryun first.

"Ryun. By the way, aren't people from your village coming to rescue you?"

"What?! ...They probably won't come, because I'm an outcast."

"An outcast?"

"...Yes."

But she's a High Elf? I couldn't understand.

"...I'm a fool who can only use archery. Spirit magic... I can use it with the help of spirits, but I can't use it directly myself... I, I'll work hard! Please don't eat me!"

"If you mention eating one more time, I'll really eat you, understand?"

"Hic!"

Ryun hiccupped and crawled timidly. There wasn't much updated information about Ryun, but it bothered me a bit that a High Elf was called an outcast.

'Maybe she doesn't know she's a High Elf?'

Without other elves, I couldn't verify, but I only learned it through the system, so the elves might not know either.

The cliché of a village outcast actually being a hero is common after all.

'Then what about evolving into a Dark Elf?'

[Dark Elf] A corrupted elf. Dark.

[Evolution Conditions: 1) Reach Lv 15 (5 / 15), 2) Kill a fellow elf (X / O)]

"Wow, that's proper corruption."

Evolving by killing one's own kind. This seems to be where the distinction between monsters and intelligent beings is drawn.

Slimes evolved to the next stage by eating their own kind.

Elves take the corruption route if they kill their own kind.

'The Dark Elf path seems more difficult.'

Ryun already has the bloodline, so that's taken care of, but killing a fellow elf requires there to be another elf.

'I'd like to see a darkened Ryun, but I should save her.'

In such cases, the former option usually has a higher chance of success. She could awaken as an Elf Queen and command the entire elf group. I don't know how far she can grow, though.

"Need to gather materials."

It was about time for Haigus to return. I picked up Ryun, fondling her body, and left the cavern. There, Haigus was waiting with a large pile of wood.

Growl.

"Kyaa, aak...?"

Ryun screamed at the sight of Haigus but then tilted her head.

"It's not... scary?"

"That's because it's my subordinate too."

Both Haigus and Ryun were my subordinates.

[Subordinate View] Kumcherku's Dungeon Subordinates 12 / 20

[Slimes 10 specimens]

[High Elf 1 specimen]

[High Ghoul 1 specimen]

'Simple enough.'

If I wanted to see more details, the summarized content would expand to show distinctions between each slime. But I didn't need that much. The system read my mind and revealed just what I needed.

"High Ghoul, from today you are 'Haigus.'"

"Keurek."

[Haigus] ★★☆ Lv. 16 / 35

The amount of wood that the High Ghoul, Haigus, had stacked was substantial. I wanted to praise Haigus, but I had no special gift.

"Good job."

"Keurek."

Maybe I'm mistaken, but Haigus seemed both grateful and shy at my praise. But there was still more hard work ahead.

"Ryun, Haigus, carry as much as you can. Now we're taking it into the cavern."

"Yes...."

"Keurek."

Ryun looked at the cut trees with a complicated expression. Haigus didn't mind at all and followed behind me, carrying two pieces at a time.

The number of wood pieces Haigus had stacked was 22.

I was able to secure more lumber than I thought, and I wondered if there were other facilities I could build with wood.

[Facility Expansion] Consumes materials to expand facilities.

[Bedroom Lv.0 -> Lv. 1 (Wood 22 / 11)]

Initially, it only needed 5 pieces, but suddenly it jumped to 11. Still, since it's a facility that can be expanded, let's expand it.

After checking what facilities I could build. I looked at what facilities I could currently make.

[Facility Construction] Secures materials to expand facilities within the dungeon.

[Storage Lv.0 Wood 12 / 10]

Storage?

[Storage] A storage place where all kinds of items can be stored. Dig a hole in the ground to create storage.

[Required materials: Wood 12 / 10]

"Just a warehouse."

The reason I couldn't make a prisoner jail yet was probably because there was no iron. I examined the items looted from Richard's Knights.

'There's nothing but clothes.'

Since I personally undressed Mary, her clothes remained, but for the other three, except for Richard's clothes, Lime had eaten everything. In the end, all that remained was a broken wooden sword and a rather impressive staff.

'But earlier, magic was being used with the staff.'

Usually, staffs have magic stones embedded in them; could this staff be like that too? I fell into deep thought while looking at the staff.

'Let's do an interim settlement first.'

I prioritized expanding the bedroom and building storage. When I designated the location for the storage right next to the bedroom, the ground sank in, and wood pieces became planks, covering the walls and floor.

The time required was 2 hours for bed expansion and 1 hour for storage construction.

While the facilities were being built, I took Ryun and Haigus to check on the dungeon construction site where the slimes were busy working. The slimes had worked for quite a long time and succeeded in boring tunnels in the dungeon as I wanted.

If I were to roughly map it out...

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From the entrance ▽, leading all the way to ☆ where the cavern is located, what was once a straight-line dungeon had undergone some changes. Lime, having been scolded once, was now very disciplined, and there was a handful of magic stones.

"Ryun, come here and sort these."

"These are... magic stones?"

"You can distinguish between lowest-grade and low-grade, right? If you do well, I'll let you drink in the evening too."

"Yes!"

Ryun crouched in front of Lime, expecting a reward. Lime, on all fours, regurgitated the magic stones from its body with a

Gwooooeeegh

The magic stones were covered in Lime's mucus, and Ryun began sorting them with a disgusted expression.

'The slimes' levels have risen a bit.'

Those that were only level 1 had all risen to around 4-6. Especially the future Slime Dragon had already risen 8 levels. I ordered the slimes to rest, and they stood dazed before sticking to the cave wall.

"Master, here are the magic stones...."

Ryun lifted the magic stones with trembling hands, her ears flushed.

8 low-grade magic stones.

And 50 lowest-grade magic stones.

It seems that the magic stone supply in the dungeon comes from digging. I recalled the structure of Forneus's dungeon.

Forneus's dungeon descended underground.

Then my dungeon should also be able to obtain magic stones as it goes deeper underground.

"They say Solomon's dungeon has nine underground floors."

Then I'll try to build a 63-floor building underground.

"Now, my subordinates. Slimes, spread out in each area. If intruders appear, flee and report to Lime. Haigus, wait at the entrance and lure enemies. Got it?"

In case enemies might invade again, I gave my subordinates orders for surveillance and luring. Since my subordinates were still weak, the only method was for me to intercept personally.

I had done everything I could for today.

Now I just had to wait for time to pass until tomorrow.

"Now, Ryun."

"Yes, kyaaah?!"

I lifted Ryun up and drank from her as I walked to the bed.