An F-Rank Veterinarian Physically Heals an S-Rank Magical Beast - Chapter 69

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Chapter 69
Pwoooooaaagh!
Ma Dong-tak’s colossal fist crashed down with merciless force into the center of the Behemoth of Gluttony’s stomach wall, striking directly at the most inflamed and festering ulcer. Unlike the solid, metallic ring of his usual strikes against rock and steel, this blow produced a sickening, wet sound—like a rotten water balloon bursting—that reverberated through the narrow stomach cavity.
“Kahahaha! Rotten pus tastes best when you squeeze it out! My muscle injection’s gonna sting a little!”
As Ma Dong-tak’s devastating punch drove deep into the ulcerated wound, the festering sore split wide open, and yellowish pus mixed with dark blood erupted like a fountain. But the physical therapy didn’t end there. The instant Ma Dong-tak’s fist withdrew, Kim Chun-sam’s hooves—wreathed in hellfire—drove down in rapid succession into the same spot.
Kwaaang! Crack!
“Nice combo! Hellfire compress treatment commencing! Ulcer flattening operation complete!”
Kim Chun-sam’s centaur kick burned and gouged through the gaping wound of the ulcer.
No matter how massive or insensate a monster might be, its most vulnerable internal organs could not survive direct, repeated blows from a sledgehammer fist and burning hooves.
Kuuuuuuuuuuh-!
The sound didn’t come from outside. The very ground beneath their feet—the Behemoth of Gluttony’s entire viscera—began twisting violently, accompanied by a scream as if being torn asunder. The stomach wall undulated like waves, and from the ceiling, thick, viscous mucus rained down like a downpour. The beast was clearly writhing on the ground, thrashing in the grip of the most horrific stomach cramps it had ever experienced in its lifetime.
“Now’s the moment! Patient, open wide! Administering the miracle digestive aid!”
In the instant the stomach began to convulse, Kang Jin-hyuk leaped high into the air. Both his hands were laden with glass vials of the Lich King’s bone powder—finely ground using Ma Dong-tak as a mortar on Floor 13. Without hesitation, I hurled every single vial directly into the center of the massive stomach ulcer that Ma Dong-tak and Kim Chun-sam had gouged open.
Clang! Crash!
The glass vials shattered against the wound, and the brilliant silver bone powder within spilled out across the crimson ulcerated tissue and stomach acid.
That was the moment.
Ssssssshhhhh-!
Bubble bubble! Glug glug glug!
When the highly concentrated mana crystal embodied by the Lord of Death—bone powder bearing a strong alkaline charge—met the Behemoth of Gluttony’s ultra-acidic stomach acid, it triggered not merely a neutralization reaction, but a massive chemical explosion.
As if thousands of mints had been dumped into a giant cola bottle, the stomach acid began boiling violently, spewing white foam in all directions. The foam expanded dozens of times over in an instant, filling the beast’s enormous stomach cavity.
“Insane! The foam’s rising! Beris! Now’s your moment! Activate the barrier!”
Before Jin-hyuk’s feet even touched the ground, he shouted urgently. The tremendous pressure from the gas and foam generated by the boiling stomach acid felt like the interior of a balloon on the verge of bursting.
“This is absolute hell! I swear this is the worst day of my mage career! Never again! Absolute Sterile Spherical Barrier! Everyone, press tight against me!”
Beris gripped her staff with all her might, screaming as she unleashed a torrent of mana. A transparent, solid, perfectly spherical magical barrier expanded outward from her as its center, encapsulating Jin-hyuk, Ma Dong-tak, Kim Chun-sam, and the trembling Murim Alliance masters clutching their spoils like a protective capsule.
The instant the barrier solidified, an enormous tsunami of gas and white foam—born from the bone powder bomb—engulfed them.
Kwuuuuuuuuuk-!
A horrific convulsion rippled through the Behemoth of Gluttony’s entire body. Unable to withstand the pressure of the foreign matter and the gas expanding to burst its belly, the beast’s stomach began violent peristaltic contractions, driven by survival instinct to expel its contents outward.
“Oh, here it comes! Hold tight! Launch in three seconds!”
As Jin-hyuk’s cry rang out, Beris’s spherical barrier was lifted skyward by the foam’s pressure.
“W-what is this madness! Aaaahhhhh!”
“Namu Amitabha Buddha! Namu Amitabha Buddha!”
The Murim Alliance elders clung to each other’s pant legs, wailing and weeping. Even the legendary Ma Dong-tak wrapped his arms tightly around Kim Chun-sam’s back to maintain his balance as the barrier shook.
“Brother! You’re pulling out my fur! Please grip more gently!”
“Shut up! I think I’m getting motion sickness!”
Kwaaaaaaaaaa!
With a roar like a waterfall flowing backward, the barrier containing Jin-hyuk’s group was swept up by an enormous volume of vomit and white foam, rocketing upward through the narrow, slippery esophagus toward the sky at terrifying speed.
It was the most revolting and horrific water park ride in existence—vomit surfing. Outside the barrier, bones from beasts the Behemoth had swallowed, mud, and half-digested wooden logs spun wildly through the air.
“Hold on just a bit longer! The esophagus is opening! I see light!”
Jin-hyuk pressed himself against the barrier wall, peering outside as he shouted. Beyond the pitch-black darkness, the faint light of the outside world and the warm air of the Floor 14 Jungle began to register.
Pwoooooooooaaaaaaagh-!
A bizarre explosion that seemed to shatter the world shook the entire primordial jungle of Floor 14. The Behemoth of Gluttony’s massive maw gaped wide toward the sky, and an enormous volume of white foam, gas, and the transparent barrier sphere carrying Jin-hyuk and his companions erupted into the air like artillery shells.
“Aaaaaaaah! We’re flying!”
The barrier traced a high parabolic arc across the jungle’s sky alongside the Behemoth’s vomit. Below, trees as massive as apartment buildings appeared like miniatures, and swarms of mosquitoes the size of pterosaurs scattered in panic at the sudden eruption.
“Wahaha! The air is wonderful! There’s nothing like the outdoors! But where exactly are we falling to!”
Ma Dong-tak laughed heartily, pressing his face against the barrier as if peering out a window.
“Beris! Prepare for landing! If we plummet at this speed, the barrier will shatter and we’ll all become cookies and cream!”
At my warning, Beris squeezed his eyes shut and wrung out every last drop of mana he possessed.
“Got it! I don’t want broken bones either! Spirits of the wind, slow our descent! Air Cushion!”
Whoooosh— Crash! Thud-thud-thud!
Thanks to Beris creating a compressed cushion of wind beneath the barrier, it bounced repeatedly across the soggy jungle floor, rolled for dozens of meters, and finally came to rest against a massive ancient tree trunk.
Crash!
The transparent barrier, having fulfilled its purpose, shattered like glass and scattered into fragments.
My companions and I lay sprawled among the mud and broken branches.
“Cough! Cough! Haa, haa… we’re alive….”
Gae Bang Bang-ju lay flat on his back, staring at the sky while breathing heavily. Mithril daggers and jewels that he’d scraped from inside the Behemoth’s belly tumbled from his robes, but he lacked the strength to gather them now. The other elders likewise had their faces pressed into the dirt, retching.
“Ugh, my back. Master Jin-hyuk, surely escaping on vomit is a bit much, isn’t it? The smell has soaked into my clothes.”
Ma Dong-tak rubbed the back of his neck and pushed himself up.
“Be grateful we returned alive. And the smell will fade quickly. I neutralized all the acidity with alkaline bone powder, so it should only smell like soap bubbles.”
I brushed off my white robe with a glib response. True to my words, the white foam covering my companions’ surroundings emitted a mysteriously refreshing peppermint scent rather than the stench of stomach acid.
“Well then, let’s check on our patient’s condition.”
I turned to look back in the direction we’d come from.
Hundreds of meters away in the jungle’s heart, the Behemoth of Gluttony lay sprawled in a massive clearing created by dozens of toppled giant trees. Its body, once mountainous in size, had visibly shriveled after expelling all the gas and contents from its belly, and its grotesque toad-like jaw hung slack and drooping.
“Master! Isn’t that creature dead? It’s not moving at all!”
Kim Chun-sam approached cautiously and asked. Namgoong Cheon also managed to compose himself, drew his light sword, and remained vigilant toward the Behemoth.
“Do not let your guard down. A vicious monster like that would not die from mere vomiting. We must maintain distance, for we cannot know when it might strike with its tongue again.”
But my thoughts differed. Leaving my cautious companions behind, I thrust both hands into my pockets and hummed a tune as I walked leisurely toward the sprawled Behemoth’s enormous face.
“Alliance Leader! It’s dangerous!”
Namgoong Cheon cried out urgently, but I didn’t stop. I halted before the Behemoth’s massive nostril and gently tapped its moist snout with my gloved hand.
“Hey there, patient. Are you regaining consciousness? Your insides must feel wonderfully clear now, don’t they?”
At my audacious touch, the Behemoth’s enormous eyelid trembled and slowly lifted. Its house-sized yellow eyes gazed down at the ant-like human standing directly before it—me.
In any normal circumstance with a demonic beast, it should have immediately lashed out with its tongue or crushed me beneath its claws.
But the Behemoth’s response was entirely different.
Grrrrr… whiiiiine.
The sound emanating from deep within the Behemoth’s throat was not a roar of rage. It was the relieved whimper of a beast liberated from chronic suffering, akin to the pained cry of a dog rolling onto its back in submission.
“Huh? Master, that creature’s eyes are different from before! It’s become incredibly docile! And what’s with that wagging tail!”
Kim Chun-sam was right. The Behemoth’s massive tail swept across the dirt like a broom, swishing contentedly. In its yellow eyes, instead of hostility toward me, shone infinite gratitude and submission.
“Of course. From this creature’s perspective, I’m its savior.”
I chuckled and scratched the Behemoth’s snout vigorously. It closed its eyes in pleasure and rubbed its enormous head against my hand.
“Think about it. For hundreds of years, it ate whatever it could find, so chunks of mithril rolled around in its belly, stomach ulcers festered and rotted, and hundreds of giant parasites gnawed at its insides. Every single day must have felt like swallowing blades. But I went inside, froze all the parasites to death, applied a cure-all to the ulcers, and made it expel the source material in one go. A lifetime of chronic indigestion and abdominal pain—cured in ten minutes.”
At my clear medical explanation, the martial artists fell silent, their mouths hanging open in bewilderment.
In all the world, there existed a human who had been swallowed whole by a monster’s belly, yet not only survived—but cured the creature’s chronic ailment and tamed it like a summoned beast. This was no mere subjugation through force, but rather a true “physical healing” and conditioning in the most profound sense.
“Ha! For something as massive as a mountain, this beast sure knows how to act cute. Hey, Kim Chun-sam. I’d say the ride on this one’s smoother than yours.”
Ma Dong-tak approached with a hearty laugh and scratched beneath the Behemoth of Gluttony’s jaw. The creature made no protest, instead letting out a contented rumbling sound.
“Brother! How could you say such a thing! My Hellfire Centaur’s ride is incredibly cozy—how could you compare it to this slimy, thick toad!”
Kim Chun-sam bristled with jealousy, but inwardly he was intimidated by the sheer presence of the Behemoth of Gluttony, which was a hundred times larger than himself, so he kept his complaints measured.
“Well then, shall we settle the medical bill?”
I withdrew my hand from the Behemoth of Gluttony’s head and turned around. My gaze fell upon the Murim Alliance masters scattered across the ground, catching their breath. In my hand, an invoice and pen had materialized as if by magic.
“Alliance Leader. Elders. The items you collected from that body-farming event just now—let’s gather them all up, shall we? Surely you didn’t lose them in all that chaos?”
At my words, the martial artists started in alarm and began rummaging through their clothes and sleeves. Fortunately, even while fighting for their lives, they had clung to the mithril and jewels—items worth their weight in gold—as fiercely as they would their own breath.
“H-here it is. Two mithril shields and three thousand-year-old magic stones. Does this settle the Huashan Sect’s debt?”
The Huashan Sect Elder extended the mithril shields, caked in dirt, with trembling hands. I accepted them and clicked my tongue disapprovingly.
“Elder. Settle? I did say I’d apply the items farmed from the belly toward your existing debt, but that only applies to the liabilities incurred on Floor 13.”
I adjusted my glasses with a smirk, my expression that of an unscrupulous loan shark.
“The ‘rescue fee’ for safely extracting you from the Behemoth of Gluttony’s belly and the ‘special barrier boarding fee’ must be calculated separately. Wouldn’t you agree?”
“W-what! You cunning physician! You’re trying to extort more money from us!”
The Murim Alliance elders clutched their chests as if about to collapse, but I simply snorted dismissively.
“If you feel wronged, you’re welcome to go back inside the belly. Patient, open wide.”
At my gesture, the Behemoth of Gluttony responded instantly, its massive maw snapping open with a threatening snort. The creature that had seemed like a docile puppy moments before had transformed back into a ravenous predator at my command.
“A-alright! We’ll pay! We’ll pay, so please stop!”
In the end, the martial artists had no choice but to surrender all the treasures they had risked their lives to extract from the monster’s gastric juices, watching helplessly as their hard-won spoils were transferred into my inventory.
“Excellent. Clean transaction. Well then, shall we continue exploring the latter half of Floor 14? Everyone, board up!”
I leaped lightly and landed on the Behemoth of Gluttony’s broad, flat crown. Though the skin was rough, the surface was surprisingly spacious and stable. Ma Dong-tak bounded up easily, while Beris hesitated, reluctant to get the mucus on him, but ultimately followed by hovering slightly above the creature’s head using levitation.
“Kim Chun-sam, you’re too heavy to climb on with that build, so guard us from the side.”
“That’s so unfair! I wanted to ride on the toad’s head too!”
Kim Chun-sam grumbled but took his position beside the Behemoth of Gluttony, unleashing hellfire in a display of power. The elderly Murim Alliance masters struggled to climb up ropes and settled themselves on the creature’s back.
“Let’s move out, big guy. Clear a path toward the gate to Floor 15.”
I tapped the Behemoth of Gluttony’s crown lightly with the tip of my foot.
Cruuuuuu— Thud! Thud!
The absolute ruler of Floor 14, the Behemoth of Gluttony, obeyed its new master’s command and took its first heavy steps forward.
Ancient trees dozens of meters tall snapped like matchsticks as they collided with the creature’s shoulders, and the jungle’s predators scattered in panic, not daring to approach the colossal beast.
We had effectively acquired a walking biological fortress—an invincible war machine.
I gazed down at the jungle’s expanse from atop the Behemoth of Gluttony’s head, leisurely enjoying the wind. My pockets bulged with legendary-grade items, and beneath my feet lay the mightiest of beasts, obedient and subdued.
“I wonder what sort of critical patients await us on the next floor. Hopefully they’ll be wealthy marks ripe for the plucking.”
My tower conquest, disguised as medical treatment—or rather, physical medicine—had become unstoppable. With each thunderous footfall of the Behemoth of Gluttony, our party advanced relentlessly toward the heart of the 14th Floor Gluttony Jungle.

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