A couple weeks later more and more adventurers were reaching beyond the tenth floor and were starting to notice a stark change in not just the monsters but also the local environments and resources available.
Frost after listening to his populace as well as the adventurers guild started purchasing extras for certain floors such as unique plants and herbs that were key ingredients for potions and even magic devices. Slowly but surely his Dungeon was becoming more and more attractive and hopefully with enough time there'd be little difference between it and the Glacial mountains.
Though no B-rank adventurers deigned to visit yet Frost was gradually getting ready for them.
"Yuna how goes the monster evolutions, anything interesting today?" Frost asked from behind his desk. Across from him was a rather beautiful young woman who was adorned completely in white. Both her hair and skin were as white as snow.
"There is one master, an ice slime has finally reached the goal you previously set." The woman, Yuna replied with a soft voice and a small smile that seemed revealed pearly white teeth and two short fangs. Though she looked similar to a human woman Yuna was in fact a monster, Frost's third B-rank and third named monster.
Previously Yuna was simply known as the leader of the yuki-onnas, the one with the highest level as well as the one with the sharpest mind. Below Findley and Khuno she served as head of Frost's magic corps and was just below them in authority.
Following her efforts in the war with Karrick and her skilful management during the Dungeon's day to day tasks Frost promised to grant her a name once she achieved an evolution, growing from a low C-rank yuki-onna to an upper C-rank yuki-onna maiden.
There was even a glorified ceremony for her ascension into the ranks of named monsters. Frost used the opportunity to raise the spirits and motivations of his monsters, but he never thought that by granting her, her name she'd be able to evolve for a second time. Yuna after receiving her name became a maiden of ice a B-rank monster.
After which she firmly cemented her position as fourth in command, below Frost, Findley and Khuno but definitely above the rest of the officers even those that had become upper and even peak C-rank species.
Her role also changed to Frost's direct secretary, she followed him throughout the Camp and helped him handle the overall day to day tasks, taking a great burden off his shoulders but it still wasn't enough, Yuna was just one person after all.
"Oh that's perfect, do we have any important meetings in the next hour?" Frost who was initially rather bored and lacklustre sprang to life upon hearing Yuna's words.
He'd been trying to evolve his ice slimes to the point where they could take on non-blob like forms -a stage where they became truly difficult to handle- forever. Unfortunately in the lower ranks slimes were miserably weak making the process long and difficult. So many of his slimes died just before managing to reach max level but finally one had succeeded.
"Nothing important just the regular meeting with Ringwald but it can be pushed back." Yuna replied in a calm and professional manner taking her role as Frost's assistant very seriously. Though she had less authority than Findley and Khuno her current role allowed her to be by her beloved master's side the most which was far better in her opinion.
"Great, push it back we've got an evolution to handle." With a wide grin on his face Frost rose to his feet and slapped his thighs before quickly walking into a nearby room. Yuna promptly followed him after asking one of the ronso guards to inform Ringwald about the meeting push back.
Once Frost and Yuna were in the room they closed the door and used the Dungeon system to teleport themselves to the max level slime's location.
"Little one time for you to evolve and break free from the shackles of weakness." Frost gave his permission for the slime to start its evolution and a moment later the large silverly blob started to condense into itself, and an obvious glow flowed from it core. No matter how many times Frost saw it the process of evolution was always a magical event that brought joy to his heart.
The entire process of evolution didn't take too long a couple minutes or so later the glow died down and the silver blob that was previously spherical in nature was now in the rough shape of a humanoid, it was lacking some definition, but it was certainly a stark contrast compared to what it looked like previously.
The monster now also had eyes and could be considered as having some basic intelligence.
The silverly slimeoid looked with its brand new eyes and inspected its new body in amazement, it was so different from what it had before. It had truly evolved into something brand new.
"Hahahahaha my first slimeoid hahahahaha!" Frost laughed without restraint as joy overwhelmed his heart, this was what he was working so hard to achieve. The slimeoid's form was the exact same as described in the monster encyclopaedia he had.
"Though it's very rough and clearly lacks definition it's an obvious step in the right direction." Frost cupped his chin in thought and nodded his head as examined an evaluated the young ice slimeoid before him.
Species: Young ice slimeoid
Name: None
Rank: D
Level: 1/40
Though it was still considered a D-rank monster it was in the upper stages similar in strength to that of the lesser yuki-onna's and the frost troll warriors.
As the slimeoid evolves further its ability to morph into different forms as well as its intelligence would grow and grow making it one hell of an adaptable monster.
Frost spent the next half hour or so interacting with the slimeoid, testing its capabilities and level of intelligence before having it reassigned to a lower floor and returning to his duties as Lord of the Camp but this time with a little more enthusiasm in his heart.
The Dungeon's tasks were more enjoyable but his duties as the Lord of the Camp was no less in important as it heavily affected the Dungeon's income.
Just as Frost and Yuna were about to return to the office and meet with Ringwald Frost received a communication from his Father, the first one since the gathering.