Chapter 22 | After Physical Therapy, All the Monsters Turned into Goddesses

"Roar—!!! (Die!)"

The black wolf head was thoroughly enraged by Victor's comment about it looking "a bit stupid."

The sphere of shadow energy accumulating deep in its throat could no longer be suppressed. It transformed into a pitch-black beam overflowing with a destructive aura, lunging viciously at Victor.

Wherever the 【Shadow Breath】 passed, the grass on the ground instantly withered and carbonized, and even the air emitted a sizzling sound as if being corroded.

However.

At the very moment this terrifying attack, capable of melting steel, was about to hit Victor...

A red phantom blocked his path without warning.

"Blood Magic: Crimson Shield."

Elizabeth had appeared in the center of the battlefield at some unknown point.

She extended a single hand, and a circular shield as crystal clear as a ruby, condensed from high-concentration blood, manifested out of thin air.

Boom!!!

The black energy beam slammed violently into the red shield, erupting with a deafening roar.

Violent energy swept out in all directions, plowing deep furrows into the ground.

But that blood shield, which appeared as thin as a cicada's wing, held firm against the strike amidst the intense tremors.

"Not a bad attack power."

An elegant, cold curve tilted the corners of Elizabeth's mouth. Her red eyes flickered with the excited light of a top-tier predator.

"Unfortunately, it's useless against me."

She clenched her five fingers abruptly.

Pop!

The blood shield shattered, turning into a mist of blood that instantly enveloped the 【Twin-Headed Demon Wolf】.

"Whine... (What is this? I can't see!)"

The 【Blood Mist】 did more than just obscure vision; it carried a powerful paralyzing toxin.

The 【Twin-Headed Demon Wolf】 felt its world spinning as its limbs began to go weak. Even the most cunning white wolf head felt its gaze grow a bit hazy.

"Now!"

Victor's calm voice rang out.

"Alice, control the limbs!"

"Understood, Director!"

A petite black figure emerged like a ghost from the shadow beneath the demon wolf.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Four silver suture threads, tougher than steel cables, wound upward like venomous snakes, precisely locking onto the demon wolf's pillar-thick limb joints.

"Roar! (Get off me!)"

In pain, the demon wolf erupted with staggering power, struggling frantically.

Its strength, capable of toppling city walls, pulled Alice's suture threads taut, even producing a tooth-aching creaking sound.

"So much strength... I'm... almost losing control..."

Alice's small face turned beet-red from the effort.

"Hold on!"

Victor didn't panic in the slightest.

Taking advantage of the few seconds the demon wolf was restrained, he took a running start, stepped onto its thick forelimbs, and flipped onto the demon wolf's broad back as nimbly as a gibbon.

"Awoo! (He's up! Shake him off!)"

Both wolf heads let out terrified roars as the massive body began to roll and leap violently, attempting to throw the tiny human off its back.

But Victor's lower body was incredibly stable.

He gripped the demon wolf's back tightly with his legs. Even as the wild wind whistled past his ears, the chainsaw in his hand remained as steady as a mountain.

"Don't move! Patients who thrash around on the operating table are the most annoying!"

While shouting his reprimand, Victor precisely located his target.

—The wolf head with pitch-black fur, wild eyes, and saliva dripping from its mouth.

According to his diagnosis just now, this head's mental state was the most unstable; it was the primary "lesion."

As long as he excised it, the remaining head should regain its sanity.

"Stay down!"

Victor stomped his foot hard on the back of the black wolf head's neck, using his body weight to pin it down.

"Roar! (Let go of me! You lowly human!)"

The black head struggled desperately, twisting its neck in an attempt to turn back and bite Victor.

Its foul breath blew into Victor's face, nearly making him gag.

"It seems you're quite ill; you don't even understand basic doctor-patient etiquette."

Victor's gaze turned cold, and he no longer hesitated.

He raised the roaring 【Rusty Saw of Redemption】 high into the air.

There was no anesthetic.

No disinfection.

Not even a skin prep.

There was only the most primitive, purest, and most effective—

Physical excision!

"For the sake of your health... please just die!"

Victor let out a low growl.

Whirrr—!!!

The chainsaw's rotation speed instantly surged to its limit.

The high-speed spinning teeth, carrying an aura that could tear through anything, sliced ruthlessly into the hard cervical vertebrae!

Screee—!!!!

Sparks flew in all directions!

The sound was as piercing as two high-speed trains colliding head-on.

Though the demon wolf's neck skin was tough, under the rules of an Epic-grade weapon, it was sliced open instantly like paper.

Next were the muscles, blood vessels, nerves...

And finally, that cervical vertebra which was thicker than Victor's waist!

Crack—!

The agonizing sound of bone shattering rang out.

"Awoooo————!!!!"

This time, both wolf heads let out a shrill, wretched scream simultaneously.

The intense pain of having one's neck sawed through was something no living creature could endure.

Squelch—!!!

A fountain of black blood shot into the sky, instantly drenching Victor until he looked like a man made of blood.

"Hemostat! No, wait!"

Victor wiped the hot blood from his face and shouted down below, his tone carrying a hint of excited feverishness.

"Alice! Use your threads! Tie off the blood vessels for me! Quickly!"

"I'm on it, Director!"

Alice immediately diverted some of her suture threads, winding them upward like spirit snakes and precisely constricting the arterial vessels that were gushing blood.

The blood flow instantly slowed.

However, the black wolf head was still not completely severed, remaining attached by a final bit of flesh.

"Just a little more!"

The muscles in Victor's arms bulged as he cranked the chainsaw to its maximum power.

"Break for me!!!"

Rip—!

Accompanied by the scalp-numbing sound of tearing flesh...

That massive black wolf head, with shock and resentment still lingering in its eyes, finally separated from the body completely.

It tumbled twice in the air before hitting the ground with a heavy thud, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Blood stained the earth red.

The entire world seemed to fall silent in that moment.

"Huff... huff..."

Victor panted as he jumped down from the wolf's back.

He looked at the wolf head on the ground, which had died with its eyes open, then at the blood-dripping chainsaw in his hand. A satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"The surgery... was a success."

【Ding!】

【S-rank surgery "Redundant Brain Tissue Resection" completed!】

【Surgery Evaluation: A+ (Crude, but significantly effective).】

【Congratulations on obtaining: 500 points.】

【Congratulations on obtaining special material: Rampage Wolf King's Soul (Can be used for forging).】

The system's notification sound was sweet and pleasant.

But Victor didn't have time to celebrate.

"Growl... whimper..."

A low, sorrowful cry filled with endless pain rang out.

The demon wolf, now with only one head remaining, began to twitch and tremble violently across its massive body.

Its life force was fading at an alarming rate.

"Not good! It's gone into shock from massive blood loss!"

Victor's expression changed, and he immediately moved forward to perform emergency resuscitation.

However.

Right then.

Hum—!

A soft and holy white light erupted without warning from the massive wound on the severed neck.

The light wasn't blinding; instead, it carried a warm aura that seemed to heal all things, instantly enveloping the demon wolf's enormous body.

"This is..."

Victor was stunned.

How was this scene so similar to when he performed surgery on Alice last time?

Within that holy glow...

The demon wolf's originally hideous wound was healing and scabbing over at a pace visible to the naked eye.

The scars left behind from the battle also rapidly vanished within the light.

Its originally snow-white fur became even smoother and more lustrous, even giving off a faint silver radiance.

"Crack! Snap!"

A series of dense bone restructuring sounds rang out.

Under the shocked gazes of Victor, Elizabeth, and Alice...

That giant wolf, whose size was comparable to an armored vehicle, actually began to shrink and transform rapidly within the light.

Its thick limbs became slender, its wild fur receded, and in its place appeared smooth, delicate skin.

A few seconds later.

The white light dissipated.

The terrifying regional overlord had completely vanished.

In its place was a naked figure curled up in a pool of blood, possessing long silver hair and a pair of fluffy beast ears...

A young girl?

As Elizabeth watched this scene, the goblet in her hand fell to the ground with a clatter, shattering into pieces.

Within her red eyes, which had seen centuries of trials, a sentiment known as "What the hell?" appeared for the first time.

Alice also tilted her head, her great scissors having been tucked away at some point, as she curiously sized up the new "sister" who had suddenly appeared.

Only Victor remained composed.

He pushed up his non-existent glasses, looking at the beast girl who had fainted from blood loss on the ground, and then at the black wolf head lying nearby with its eyes wide open.