<Are you in there?> I prodded the captured dungeon Core with a tendril of Essence. It attacked the Essence savagely, doing all it could do to absorb the pure power. This wasn’t unusual, I had been given several Dungeon Cores as gifts from Minya. Apparently they were a hot item on the black market. <Hello? I’d hate to destroy you if you can think. No? Do you have a Wisp? Alright… let’s see. If you want to survive, if you can hear me or understand the impressions I’m sending you, don’t try to eat this.> I extended a small thread of Acme mana, which the Core instantly tried to absorb. Instead, it
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