The Slime Dungeon: Book 1 (The Slime Dungeon Chronicles) Read Online Free PDF Page A

you realize we're partners in this?" Doc wasn't sure if Claire was more upset with being left out or having their existence revealed so soon.
    "Well, what's the next step since we have completed this one?"
    ‘You mean you finished’ Claire muttered angrily under her breath. Sighing, she took her seat in front of Doc and put her head in her hands.
    "Normally, we'd practice your room creation and focus on improving yourself slowly, but now we don't have the luxury of time anymore.” She looked up, "Now, we have to work on defenses and rewards."
    Doc sent her a confused feeling, "The tunnel is really small though, isn’t? Are the adventurers so small they can fit inside?"
    Claire chuckled and shook her head, "No, not at all. Most adventurers are a few feet bigger than this room. However, it's in poor form to leave the entrance so small after announcing our existence, so we'll have to enlarge it to accommodate them."
    "The suspicious presentation thing again?"
    She nodded, "Yup, we don't want to look like we're hiding anything. You have to enlarge to entrance, tunnels, and the heart room."
    Doc shuddered nervously, "I don't want adventurers in this room though."
    Claire nodded sadly, "I agree, but we don't have a choice. You're too weak to have hidden rooms, so we can't hide anything yet. For now, this room serves as the final boss room."
    "Can I at least hide my body?"
    Claire nodded, "You can for now. The area where a dungeon is born always becomes the dungeon’s heart room and you’ll never leave here by choice. It’s the place where your mana is most concentrated and pure, so eventually you will float in the center of the room without hiding. For now, however, you are small enough to hide in the wall."
    Focusing, Doc moved the room’s stone over his crystal body. Now, he was completely hidden from prying eyes.
    Claire sighed, "That was my biggest worry, and I can feel better about your safety now. How do you feel?"
    "Like I just pushed my body to the limits," he said honestly.
    Claire nodded, eyeing the slimes in the room. "At least you made enough slimes before blasting through the stone; they are a big help in recovering mana for you. Go ahead and make ten more just to be safe.”
    Making ten more slimes was still easy for him, so Doc went ahead and focused his power. The new slimes quickly got to work and soon Doc felt his mana levels rising steadily.
    "This is great; my mana is almost full again," he said happily.
    "Be careful, though," Claire cautioned, "Slimes are easy to make and easy to kill with anything magical. When adventurers are in your dungeon, you'll learn that it takes a lot of mana to create new monsters. An adventurer’s innate life will interfere with your abilities and make it difficult to directly attack them with anything. In fact, it is impossible to change your dungeon around while others are in it due to the strain it would place on you. Try it and the process would drain you completely dry and kill you."
    “Why is it like that? Do the adventurers have some magic limiting ability that interferes with me?” Claire waved her hand back and forth, “It’s actually protection given to all sentient beings who pray to a higher divinity or any creatures under the protection of a deity. They don’t want their followers and chosen creatures to be slaughtered mercilessly unless special conditions are satisfied.”
    Doc nodded, "So it makes it fairer to adventurers then? I guess that makes sense. Is that what the church is connected to?”
    Claire frowned, “Yes, but let’s worry about that subject later.”
    Doc mentally shrugged, “Okay then Claire, whatever you say. Now, what kind of defenses can I make?"
    Claire pointed at the slimes, "Anything that uses slimes would be good. Pitfalls, ceiling drops, and puddle ambushes are the best ways to use slimes. The last two are things slimes can do on their own, but you'll have to make the pitfalls in your floor."
    Doc regarded her in surprise, "I