The Slime Dungeon: Book 1 (The Slime Dungeon Chronicles) by Jeffrey "falcon" Logue, Silvia Lew Page B

pushed’ fell in and were devoured. This led to the evolution of hungry slimes: pale purple slimes with a hint of grey that actively hunted humans. According to Claire, they were the first step toward gelatinous slimes and had a more intelligent instinct to ambush prey. They also had an increased defense toward physical weapons, though magic still killed them quickly.
    The last slime was the rarest form. It arose from slimes that actively ate a variety of living things. Humans and the occasional elf were not the only things to enter Doc's dungeon; sometimes, rats, bugs, bats, birds, and other animals entered as well. The animals somehow bypassed the instances, but were usually promptly eaten. This led to the evolution of a lesser mimic slime that arose from the variety: blue slimes that could change their form to whatever they had previously eaten. They were weak because they were small and could only copy the form and abilities of anything smaller than themselves. The only exception was a slightly larger blue slime that slept in Claire's house. She had somehow gotten it to change into a bed, and slept on it.
    The two new slimes types dropped parts of whatever they had previously eaten, including armor from the hungry slimes and animal parts from the mimics. This increased the value of his dungeon, and thus improved the town's commerce as well. Besides that, there was a curious amount of female adventurers who seemed hell bent on finding something. They always left disappointed; however, that never stopped them from coming back.
    Doc sighed as he felt the last adventurer group leave his dungeon. He slid into the overslime and relaxed until the slime was a puddle on the floor. Claire flew out of her home and flew over him in circles. "Oh my, Doc, you're melted! Is having a body really such a relaxing thing for you?"
    Doc sighed contently, "Being me means I can stay awake and concentrate, but being a slime lets me lose focus and rest. It's a really nice thing, kind of like the baths you take."
    Claire turned red, "Do you watch me take a bath? You…!"
    "What are you talking about?" Doc asked, "You know I don't watch your home unless invited. You're the one always talking about how nice a bath is. Anyway, why is watching you take a bath bad?"
    Claire coughed awkwardly, "Well, it’s the same feeling as if a person handled your real body."
    Doc imagined for a moment, "Okay then, I'll be sure to never watch you bathe. Anyway, how do you think I'm doing as a dungeon?"
    Claire landed on the edge of her pedestal and stretched her arms and legs. "Well, you have a good setup going here. The adventurers are happy, the slimes are evolving, and you are gaining a little magic power from every adventurer." She paused, nodding to herself, "I was surprised when you figured out how to passively absorb mana from adventurers on your own."
    Doc smiled, "Since I'm kind of averse to killing, it seemed like an obvious thing to try out."
    "They still die though,” said Claire.
    "Yeah, but I don't cause it. I just don't stop it,” Doc said.
    They shared a slight chuckle. Besides the one incident, Doc hadn't felt the same rush of emotion he had when he had seen the princess in trouble. A few of the women adventurer groups had had accidents and "accidents," but he viewed them with the same indifference he had the men. Only one C-ranked adventurer had fallen in his dungeon, and that had not provided a significant boost to his mana capacity; none had the smatterings of E and D-ranked adventurers. The cost had decreased his magical reservoir to slightly less than his original amount before the death of the B-ranked jerks, and he had just now only approached his original level.
    Claire, of course, kept up reminding him that his growth was substantial for a new dungeon. He still sulked a little bit, though on the inside, but was pleased with the new size of his core. Now he had doubled his previous body in size and was larger than Claire, which was a