23: Start task

Shi Yan took out a stack of pristine white A4 paper.

The papers recorded the names and tasks of the Magic World dungeons collected by the Security Department over the years.

The Pig-Headed Man's Human Meat Stall: Requires helping the pig-headed man sell human meat. Players must bear the loss of any unsold meat. After selling, players will receive additional rewards from the pig-headed man boss based on sales performance.

Black and White Bear's High School: Requires players to become students of the black and white bear. The final survivor will receive an additional reward from the black and white bear.

Shi Yan casually flipped through the pages, roughly understood what kind of dungeons the Magic World had, and then set them aside.

...

Shi Yan activated dungeon matching.

[Welcome to the Magic World]

[Current Dungeon: Difficult - The Medicine Woman's Clinic]

[Your identity is that of a pharmacist]

[The clinic opened by the Medicine Woman is famous far and wide. Residents living on Nightmare Road are all willing to come here for treatment. For every customer you cure, your reward will increase by one portion.]

[You need to work here as a dispensing pharmacist until the Medicine Woman returns. Please be careful of every customer who comes here.]

[Hint: Each person is responsible for one clinic.]

[Current number of players in the dungeon: 8]

In a flash, Shi Yan found himself standing in a spacious, brightly lit hall.

Shi Yan was wearing a white lab coat with a badge pinned to his right chest.

[Clinic No. 3 Pharmacist — Shi Yan]

Shi Yan looked surprised, not expecting to be a pharmacist this time.

Standing around Shi Yan were the other seven people: two women and five men.

Behind the counter in front of the group stood a gentle, scholarly-looking middle-aged man in a checkered shirt. The man walked out from behind the counter with a smile.

"Does everyone know which clinic they are responsible for?"

"I am the acting manager of this pharmacy. You can call me Lian. Clinics one through four are on the right, five through eight are on the left."

"Twelve hours of work per day, with a two-hour break in between. Meals and accommodation are provided."

"If you all know, then hurry to your clinics. The medical materials you need are behind the counter in your clinic. Everything you do will be recorded, so don't think about taking anything secretly..."

"What happens if we don't do a good job?" asked a man named Wang Si Yuan.

"If a customer is dissatisfied or complains, I will deduct your pay. If it accumulates to three, I will randomly remove one part of your body," Lian said with a smile.

Shi Yan glanced at Lian's level.

[Lv. 26]

Given this level, Shi Yan probably couldn't defeat him. Although he had many skills now, his own level was only Lv. 5. There didn't seem to be even a sliver of a chance of winning.

If even an acting manager could be Lv. 26, how powerful must the owner of this pharmacy, the Medicine Woman, be?

Shi Yan headed towards his own Clinic No. 3.

"I'm just a guy who plays with knives. You want me to treat others? How the hell am I supposed to diagnose anything!"

A boy named Wang Jin said with a worried look on his face.

"I also have absolutely no idea how to treat illnesses! Who knows what kind of diseases those ghosts and monsters have!"

Another woman in her twenties named Li Li also said with a troubled expression.

Shi Yan's expression also grew somewhat heavy, wondering if he could rely on his special ability to muddle through.

Basically, no one was happy about this. Asking them to kill or deceive people was one thing, but having them treat other ghosts was truly a bit too much for them.

The clinic was about eighty square meters in total, quite spacious. At the very back of the room was a row of small compartments, each with a label attached. The labels indicated the medicinal materials stored inside and their prices.

In front of the traditional medicine cabinet was a counter. Shi Yan walked behind the counter and sat down.

Shi Yan turned his head to look at the traditional medicine cabinet covering the entire wall behind him. The labels listed medicinal materials Shi Yan had never seen before.

[Fire Lizard's Tail]

[Vampire's Wisdom Tooth]

[Witch's Nose Hair]

[Goblin's xx]

"How can there be such strange things? Can this stuff really cure illnesses?"

A look of speechlessness appeared on Shi Yan's face. He opened the drawer, saw a green, strangely-shaped lump, and immediately closed it.

There was also a small booklet on the nearby counter, stating that each customer, regardless of the severity of their illness, must be charged at least 500 plus the cost of the medicinal materials.

Shi Yan hadn't been sitting on the stool for long when a green-skinned Female Goblin aunt walked in, wearing a short skirt on the bottom and only a yellow bra on top.

A strong, foul odor emanated from the Goblin. Shi Yan forcefully suppressed the urge to react.

[Lv. 16]

Only level 16. He should be able to fight her. Shi Yan prepared himself to start a fight.

If it weren't for seeing the Goblin's long hair and feminine clothing, Shi Yan really wouldn't have been able to tell it was female.

As soon as the Female Goblin saw Shi Yan, her eyes lit up. What a handsome young man.

The Female Goblin had a large, protruding belly. Shi Yan thought she wanted him to look at her stomach, but instead, the Goblin pointed to a tumor covered in purplish-red blood vessels on her left shoulder and said,

"Handsome, a tumor grew on my left shoulder. What should I do about this?"

As she spoke, the Female Goblin batted her eyelashes. The corner of Shi Yan's eye twitched slightly as he forcibly resisted the urge to swipe at her with his claw.

Shi Yan spoke softly.

"Madam, please first tell me how this tumor appeared. Only then can I determine how to treat it."

The green-skinned Goblin subconsciously patted her swollen belly, raised her head in thought, and then spoke as if she suddenly remembered something.

"A couple of days ago, when I was eating hotpot, I was accidentally hit by an ingredient. After that, it seemed to become like this."

The green-skinned Goblin said with a nostalgic look on her face, a few drops of drool trickling from the corner of her mouth.

As for what ingredient she was talking about...

Hearing this, Shi Yan raised an eyebrow slightly and smiled.

"This is all a minor issue. It's just that the treatment process might be a little painful. Can you accept that?"

The green-skinned Goblin didn't expect it to actually be possible and hurriedly nodded.

"No problem, no problem! This tumor has been bothering me for a long time. Having something like this on my body really affects my looks!"

Your ugliness has nothing to do with this tumor.

Shi Yan stood up and walked towards the Female Goblin.

Shi Yan lightly activated Blood Tattooed Transformation on the tip of his right index finger. The entire fingertip emitted a bloody glow, becoming as sharp as a blade tip.

"Get ready. I'm going to start the surgery."

Shi Yan approached with a smile, holding a small tray, and held his breath. The closer he got to the Goblin, the stronger the foul smell became.

"Come on, Doctor, be gentle with me~"

Shi Yan's right hand flashed like lightning, and the purplish-red tumor fell into the prepared tray.

"Wow, Doctor, you're amazing!"

The Female Goblin looked at her left shoulder in astonishment. She had tried cutting it off herself before, but every time she cut it, the tumor would immediately grow back.

"I just used a secret technique of my own. The fee for this surgery is 1500 magical coins." (magical coins can be exchanged for slaughter points at a 1:1 ratio.)