"A cavity?"
Elizabeth almost thought she was hallucinating when she heard that word.
She looked at the world-ending dragon in front of her, which was opening its bloody maw, ready to swallow them along with half the castle, and then at her Director's face, which was written all over with the expression of 'academic discussion.'
Director...
Has he been beaten stupid?
What time is it! You're still worried about a dragon's oral health?!
"No, you don't understand."
Victor ignored their shock.
His 【True Sight Eye】 was pushed to its limit, the red scanning beams locking onto the depths of Nidhogg's rotting maw like two searchlights.
In his vision, the dragon's massive body was completely digitized and made transparent.
Muscles, bones, blood vessels, nerves...
Every biological structure was presented before him in the most intuitive and precise manner.
Then, he found it.
Among the countless sharp dragon teeth that were like a forest of blades and swords, a molar located in the back row stood out.
The root of that tooth was not deeply embedded in the jawbone like the others.
Instead...
It was tightly encased by a writhing, dark-gold 'sarcoma' that radiated a thick aura of an ancient god.
That sarcoma, like a malignant tumor, was not only pressing against the surrounding gums, causing widespread inflammation and ulceration, but even more terrifyingly, it had grown fine, nerve-fiber-like tentacles that pierced deep into the dragon's trigeminal nerve plexus and brainstem!
【Ding!】
【Core lesion discovered!】
【Lesion Name: Ancient God's Calculus (A malignant hyperplastic tissue formed by the fusion of an ancient god's heart fragment and dragon soul power)】
【Pathological Analysis: This calculus has long compressed and infected the host's (Nidhogg) central nervous system. It is the root cause of its descent into madness, chaos, and pollution by the ancient god's will.】
【Treatment Suggestion: Immediately perform a 'lesion excision surgery,' commonly known as... a tooth extraction.】
"So that's it!"
Victor looked at the diagnostic report provided by the system and suddenly realized everything!
No wonder this dragon was so crazy.
If any creature had a toothache for tens of thousands of years until the nerves rotted, and had some guy named 'Ancient God' whispering in its ear every day, it would be a miracle if it didn't go insane!
This wasn't some world-ending evil dragon.
This was clearly just a poor patient suffering from meningitis caused by a toothache!
"I found it! I've found the chance to turn the tables!"
Victor's eyes instantly lit up with the ecstasy of a surgeon who had found the location of a tumor.
"As long as we pull that rotten tooth, it might regain its sanity!"
"Director! Have you lost your mind?!"
Elizabeth screamed.
"That's Nidhogg! How are you going to pull its tooth? With your chainsaw?!"
"Exactly!"
Victor replied as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
By now, Nidhogg's massive maw, large enough to swallow mountains, was close at hand.
The stench of death and rot was almost enough to make them faint.
"Everyone! Listen to my orders!"
Victor showed no fear; instead, he roared like a general commanding a field.
"This is not a battle! This is an emergency surgery!"
"Our goal isn't to kill it! It's to cure it!"
He pointed at the dragon's bloody maw and shouted at the group of God-Chosen who were nearly paralyzed with fear:
"Don't just stand there! Attacking its scales and body is useless!"
"It has a toothache!"
"Its weakness... is in its mouth!"
A toothache?
The weakness is in its mouth?
Although the reason sounded utterly ridiculous, out of blind trust in Victor's near-miraculous medical skills, the God-Chosen still acted without hesitation.
"Mia!"
Victor was the first to call a name.
"Here, Director!"
"You're the strongest one here!"
"I want you to... find a way to pry its mouth open for me! Even if it's just a crack!"
"Awoo! (Leave it to me!)"
Mia's silver pupils instantly turned crimson.
She let out an earth-shattering wolf howl, and her petite body shot out like a cannonball.
She didn't attack the dragon's massive body but circled to the side and leaped suddenly onto Nidhogg's rotting head!
"Roar—! (Begone, insect!)"
Nidhogg was enraged by this 'little flea' daring to stir up trouble on its head and jerked its head violently, trying to throw Mia off.
But Mia's lower body was extremely stable. Her legs, covered in silver wolf fur, seemed to have suction cups as they clamped firmly onto the dragon's skull.
Then, she took a deep breath and channeled all her strength into her arms.
"Open... UP!!!"
She let out a roar, and her two slender hands actually forced their way into the gap between Nidhogg's upper and lower jaws, then she shoved them apart with all her might!
Crack!
That was the sound of bone grinding against bone, and also the sound of the dragon's jaw dislocating.
"Awooo!!!"
Nidhogg let out a mournful cry of pain.
Its massive maw, which was about to snap shut, was actually... forced open by Mia's brute strength, creating a gap half a meter wide!
"Beautifully done, Mia!"
Victor was overjoyed.
"Alice! Elizabeth!"
"Control it! Don't let it close its mouth!"
"Understood!"
"Copy that!"
Alice's suture threads were like silver venomous snakes, instantly wrapping around the dragon's upper jaw.
Elizabeth's blood whip locked down its lower jaw.
The two God-Chosen exerted their strength simultaneously, engaging in a frantic tug-of-war against the dragon's terrifying bite force.
"Roar—! (Release me!)"
Nidhogg thrashed its head wildly, making the entire castle tremble as if it were about to collapse under its struggle.
But Mia, Alice, and Elizabeth erupted with unprecedented power at this moment, acting like three nails to keep its mouth fixed at that half-open angle.
One chance!
There was only one chance!
"Roadhog! Helena! Cover me!"
Victor did not hesitate.
He activated his 【Abyssal Tentacles】 to maximum power, twelve tentacles unfolding behind him like thrusters.
He transformed into a streak of black lightning, braving the corrosive breath that could melt steel as he headed straight for the forced-open gate of death!
"What... what is he doing?"
On the third floor of the castle, the old hunter John, who had been watching from behind a window, let his pipe fall to the floor with a clatter.
He saw the man in the white lab coat... actually jump into the mouth of that world-ending dragon?!
Is this suicide?!
No, it wasn't suicide.
Victor's eyes were terrifyingly calm, filled with the absolute focus of a surgeon about to perform a high-difficulty operation.
He adjusted his posture in mid-air, dodging the dragon teeth that were like a forest of blades, and finally landed steadily on the dragon's tongue, which was soft like a swamp and covered in festering pustules.
"Urgh..."
The slimy texture beneath his feet and the stench right under his nose almost made Victor vomit on the spot.
"This oral hygiene... is simply disastrous."
Frowning, he took a high-power searchlight from his bag and began searching for the 'lesion' in the dragon's cavernous mouth.
"Back left... third molar..."
He quickly locked onto his target.
Then, he took out his 'scalpel.'
That hideous tool that had just sawed through the neck of a Twin-Headed Demon Wolf...
The Saw of Redemption.
Vroom—!!!
Victor pulled the starter cord.
The piercing roar echoed within the dragon's mouth, creating a terrifying surround-sound effect.
Nidhogg felt like its brain was about to be shattered by the noise.
Its eyes widened in terror.
It saw the little insect standing on its tongue.
That insect was actually... starting a fire-spitting, crazily spinning iron saw inside its mouth?!
"Whimper... (What are you doing?)"
Nidhogg let out a terrified whimper.
It wanted to close its mouth and crush this maniac.
But its jaw was firmly controlled by those three damn women; it couldn't move at all.
"Don't be afraid."
Victor carried the chainsaw, walking step by step toward the giant rotten tooth encased in the Ancient God's Calculus.
The tongue coating beneath his feet was slippery, and he almost fell over.
"Be good."
He stood before the rotten tooth that was taller than him and reached out to pat it, as if comforting a child about to get a shot.
"Open wide."
A demonic smile, filled with 'benevolence' and 'professionalism,' appeared on Victor's face.
"The doctor is here to... pull your tooth."
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