"I'm surprised you didn't turn into a worm," Vee said as we reached the next floor.
"I don't have the sli, although I could make a miniaturized version. But at the mont, I just want to be a blob. I've been stuck in one form for so long that I worried I'd forget my original form."
"Suuuuuure," Vee replied sarcastically.
The staircase we had climbed vanished, and now we were in a sealed room. I was surprised to see there weren't any monsters yet, but then Vee and I received a few notifications explaining the situation.
"Oh, it looks like Dran can send us notifications while we are in his dungeon," I said to Vee.
"Neat."
"That sounds pretty fun," Vee comnted.
"Yes!" I cheered.
"I hope that doesn't an twenty is the limit; I'd like to go as far as possible."
"Yeah, let's aim for the top of the tree!" Vee agreed.
"Oh! A survival challenge!" Vee said excitedly.
"Only five minutes?" I complained.
The circular wall of the room began to shimr, almost like a portal. My [Spatial Sense] didn't really sense anything about it, so I wasn't entirely sure what it was. Then monsters began to erge from the glowing wall—they sort of resembled goblins if you closed one eye and squinted, except they were made out of bark, vines, and other forms of foliage.
I activated [Pseudopod] and ford my eight highly controllable tentacles. Half of them I tipped with weapons, while the other half I kept as grabbers as I unleashed them upon the incoming horde of monsters.
Tentacles grabbed and crushed the plant goblinoids before bringing them to my central mass for consumption, while others began to swing or stab their various forms of weaponry. For the sharpest blades, I used [tal Sli] to create Mythril while also coating the edges in [Acid Sli], causing them to cut through the creatures like a hot knife through butter.
"I can see why you complained about it only being five minutes," Vee chuckled as she watched.
She had started next to , but when the monsters had started spawning, she had shot a web to the ceiling and grappled upwards. It worked out perfectly for as the horde of monsters saw as the only viable target now and ran towards their own death.
"Are all normal monsters this dumb?" Vee asked.
"No, dungeon monsters are specifically like this," I answered. "Other than the boss monsters, don't expect them to really do anything more than charge forward or shoot from range. Unless the [Dungeon Master] takes direct control of them."
With Vee safe above, I shifted all of my tendrils into blades. I then held them parallel to the floor before spinning my body on the spot, creating a blender of death.
Any advancing monster was instantly bisected, but I noted that it didn't "kill" so of them imdiately, as they could still crawl with their lower torso missing. I pulled back a few bladed tentacles and turned them into collectors to grab the helpless creatures for eating.
"How often does that happen?" Vee asked, continuing our casual conversation despite the situation.
"It only happened when the mutation dungeon was pissed off; it controlled a group of ant monsters directly to spread hallucinatory pheromones and attack in an almost military formation with tanks, mages, and ranged attackers."
"I can see why you said you might want to make a dungeon yourself at so point; this sounds like quite so fun."
"Maybe we can start one together? You could make the traps. Or, at a minimum, you could be the final boss of my dungeon," I jokingly offered.
"Ha! I've seen your sli mines; I think you'd be a better trap master than ."
"No!" Vee and I shouted together.
So my one-sided slaughter of the planetoids continued until, eventually, the tir ran out, and we received our victory notice.
"Good job, Syl," Vee replied.
I pulled in my sli, revealing the apple in perfect mint condition.
The wooden pedestal began to sink into the floor, leaving the golden apple suspended in the air.
"That's pretty neat. You get to keep the apple as a reward," Vee replied as she dropped from the ceiling.
"I wonder what it does? Is it just a tasty apple?"
I grabbed it with a tendril and held it before , trying to examine it.
"Oh? Why?" I asked curiously.
"Oh, that makes perfect sense; thanks for the heads-up!" I said and tossed the apple to Vee.
Vee quickly grew to a larger size and caught the apple.
"Are you sure?" she asked.
"Dran is right; I have no use for stamina. Plus, you love fruit, so eat up."
"Aweso! Bottoms up!" Vee replied cheerfully and chomped down. "It's sooooo good! It's exploding in my mouth with sweetness!"
"I'm Glad you enjoyed it. If there are any more fruit-based rewards, I'll be sure to send them your way."
"Syl~, you're the best!"
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