When he heard this voice, Lin Fan couldn’t help being a bit surprised.
It wasn’t because this voice seemed to be coming from all around him since he knew how the dungeon core was doing this. It was because the voice had suddenly changed to that of a child.
It had been a much deeper voice, but now it suddenly became a very childish voice which was surprising to hear.
Even when Rokuko had disguised her voice, there wasn’t this much of a change.
It seemed like this dungeon core really was young that it did something like this.
However, Lin Fan didn’t answer right away after the dungeon core asked this question. Instead, he just casually stood up and held the dungeon core in his hand up as he said, “Who knows where I got this?”
There was a moment of silence before an agitated voice said, “Tell me right now! I am the mighty ruler of this dungeon and you will tell me!”
As expected, a tantrum followed.
This was clearly the tantrum of a child that didn’t get what they wanted. They were throwing a tantrum to get the adult to give them what they wanted, regardless of the time and place.
It seemed that the mental maturity of this dungeon core really was low.
As expected of a young dungeon core.
Though Lin Fan was surprised that it would be this young.
Did Weiss contact him as soon as the dungeon core was formed?
It had only been a day since then, but there should have been time before Weiss sensed this new dungeon core that would have allowed it to grow a bit. After all, how else would it have formed this entire dungeon?
Lin Fan just completely ignored the dungeon core as it threw its tantrum which caused the dungeon core to fall silent in the end.
The minotaur looked up at Lin Fan with a look as if it was asking him to say something, but Lin Fan just remained silent as he waited for the dungeon core’s reaction.
In the end, the dungeon core broke out in tears.
“You meanie! You meanie! You’re bullying me!”
It was no longer a tantrum, it was just venting its frustration and anger now like a little child would.
Lin Fan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this.
This was made even worse when he saw the way that the minotaur was looking at him for help.
Even Xiao Yue and Lala were giving him strange looks.
These were the looks that a person might give someone who was found bullying a child.
Though if one thought about it, that could indeed be the way to describe this situation.
In the end, Lin Fan gave a sigh and said, “Alright, stop crying. I’ll come and talk to you, so tell me where your real body is.”
The crying did stop after that, but there was a silence that followed.
It was as if the dungeon core had suddenly realized the danger that Lin Fan represented and became wary of him.
But there was still a part of the dungeon core that was curious about the dungeon core that Lin Fan was holding in his hand.
Yes, it was a dungeon core, but it also wasn’t a real dungeon core.
It was one of the dummy cores that Rokuko made to protect the real dungeon core which was her real body.
However, since it was a dummy core that was made by Rokuko, it meant that it had her aura on it which was what the dungeon core and the minotaur had felt. That was how they knew that Lin Fan was related to the dungeon core in some way.
Seeing that the dungeon core didn’t seem to reject him right away, Lin Fan knew that all he needed to do was make one last small push and the dungeon core would be convinced by him.
Lin Fan had actually brought just the right thing for this.
Taking out a few things from his Storage Ring, he brought it up so that it was in front of him and said, “I even brought these treats for you, but it seems like you aren’t interested.”
The moment that he said this, everyone looked at what he had in his hand.
There were some small things that he was holding up that Xiao Yue and Lala didn’t recognize, but the minotaur could sense it since it was a part of the dungeon. It could feel the energy coming from it and knew that if the dungeon core took these things, it would receive a large number of DP.
But knowing this, it looked at Lin Fan with a strange look.
It was a look just like how one would look at a stranger that was trying to bribe a child with candy.
There was a silence that followed before a loud gulp was heard along with some kind of drooling.
“I, I, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
The dungeon core seemed like it was trying to play it cool, but it was clear that it was tempted by the things that Lin Fan brought out.
Lin Fan knew that just one more push was needed, so he pulled out another item to show as he said, “Is that so? If you don’t want these things, then I guess that I have no choice but to use them myself.”
At this, the dungeon core suddenly said, “Wait, wait, no, I’ll talk to you, I’ll talk to you! You have to promise that you’ll give me those things if I do.”
Lin Fan just said with a smile, “Of course, I have no reason not to give them to you.”
After he said this, there was a door that suddenly opened up in this room.
Lin Fan’s smile just became wider as he turned back to Xiao Yue and Lala to say, “Come on, let’s go.”
But when he turned back to look at the two of them, he found that they were looking at him with a strange look.
Even if they didn’t know what was special about the things that Lin Fan had just offered the dungeon core, they could guess what the situation was like based on the tone of their voices.
They came to the same conclusion as the minotaur.
He was a dangerous man who was currently luring a child with candy…
Though it wasn’t exactly candy that he was giving the child, it was similar enough that they could see him as a dangerous person.
Lin Fan could naturally see through the way that they were looking at him, but he chose not to engage. He knew that it would be better for him not to respond since even he felt like this was what he was doing.
But before heading to the door that opened, Lin Fan went over to the minotaur and helped it up.
The minotaur looked at him with a confused look as it said, “Moo?”
Though he didn’t understand what the minotaur was saying, Lin Fan could guess what it was trying to say, so he responded with, “You’re a part of this too, so let’s go and have a talk together.”
The minotaur didn’t resist, but there was a strange look on its face as it looked at the way that Lin Fan was holding it.
When Lin Fan saw this, he couldn’t help feeling strange since the way that the minotaur was acting was like a shy girl who was being touched by a boy for the first time. Especially when his hand accidentally touched its chest…
There was a strong urge from Lin Fan to just drop the minotaur on the ground when he saw it acting like this, but he forced himself to keep going.
It was a good thing that he was strong enough that he didn’t struggle at all.
In fact, halfway through, he even changed the way that he held the minotaur so that he was lifting it over him rather than supporting it. This made him feel much more comfortable than the situation before.
It was also a good thing that the hallway that they were in was big enough for him to do this.
After a while, they arrived in a room where there was a pedestal.
On the pedestal was an orb that was like the fake dungeon core that Lin Fan had been holding before. But when he looked at it closely, it seemed like it was smaller than the fake dungeon core that he had shown before.
Were dungeon cores smaller when they were younger?
That hadn’t been the case with Rokuko, but he didn’t really see the true forms of dungeon cores that often in the first place.
So it could just be that he was thinking too much about this.
After they arrived in this room, the dungeon core suddenly said, “Don’t come any closer, stay behind that line.”
When they looked down, they found that there was a line that was in front of them. This line split the room in half, so there was a certain amount of space that the dungeon core had to itself if we stayed here.
But at the same time, they could sense that there was a barrier that was there.
It wasn’t strong, but it was a barrier.
For Lin Fan, it would only take a single punch for him to shatter this barrier, but he wouldn’t do that since he wanted to befriend this dungeon core.
Once they stopped, the dungeon core asked, “What do you want?”