I opened a clinic in the Abyss World

"Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt its debtor. I'm just a doctor who heals the sick and saves lives. If you're a wronged soul eaten by the tree-man, don't make things difficult for me! I'm leaving now!"

Charlotte's throat bobbed, and she turned to run away.

This is absolutely terrifying!

Someone was actually greeting the tree-man from inside his throat?

This is beyond his capabilities; he might as well not earn those hundred copper coins!

"Hey, hey, hey! Dr. Charlotte, don't go!" The voice coming from her throat was clearly anxious.

"Holy crap, this guy's skills are amazing! He even knows my name!" Charlotte was shocked, and her determination to run away became even stronger.

"I'm Guy! Guy, the dwarf blacksmith at the corner blacksmith's shop, the one whose ear I had treated at your place last month!"

Charlotte stopped in her tracks; she did indeed recall such a person.

The dwarf blacksmith on Baka Street was a sturdy, fat man who was blind in his left eye, but his craftsmanship was quite good. Last month, someone came to him to have their ear checked, and the original owner transplanted a wild dog's ear into them, curing their hearing loss.

"Are you human or a ghost? What's going on?" Charlotte asked.

"This tree man came to me this morning to get his teeth replaced. When I was putting the teeth in, they accidentally rolled down his throat and he's stuck. Please help me get out," Guy's voice came from deep inside his throat.

So it turned out to be a medical accident during a dental procedure?

Charlotte chuckled upon hearing this.

"Where are you stuck right now? What's the situation? What kind of help do you need?" Charlotte asked quickly.

The situation now involves two people, and if not handled properly, it could result in the deaths of both mother and unborn child.

"I'm completely stuck! I swallowed a few times and it almost sent me down to my rectum!" Guy cursed. "I can't climb out by myself. You drop me a rope, I'll tie myself up, and then you get someone to pull me out."

"Okay! I'll go get you the rope!" Charlotte agreed and turned to run out of the mouth.

This is a foreign object with its own thoughts.

  

But this is good news.

If you let him go deep into the tree-man's throat to try to loosen a foreign object stuck in his throat, it would basically be a death sentence for the tree-man.

Charlotte crawled out of the tree-man's half-open mouth, and casually stuffed a wooden stick taller than a person into it to prop it up.

The tree-man had fallen into a semi-comatose state, and his breathing was becoming weak.

Charlotte ran into the clinic, and soon came out carrying a thick iron chain. She tied one end to a stone pillar in front of the clinic that was as thick as a person could hug, and then carried the chain back into the tree-man's mouth.

"Is that tree-man already dead?"

"What's the doctor doing carrying those chains inside? It doesn't seem very reliable at all!"

"This human doctor is really unreliable. He can't even do magic, how dare he call himself a doctor?"

The onlookers mocked and ridiculed, and some even had their eyes on the tree-man's pockets, intending to get a share.

"I can't pull you, so I tied the chain to the stone pillar. You have amazing arm strength, so grab it and climb out yourself!" Charlotte stood on the root of the tongue and threw the chain down toward her throat.

"Okay! Thanks!" Guy's voice came through.

Charlotte ran quickly out of the tree-man's mouth and took a few steps back, away from the chains.

Looking at the dying tree-man, all he could do now was wish him good luck.

Splash!

The iron chains binding the stone pillar suddenly taut, then began to tremble slightly, causing the stone pillar to shed stone dust from the friction.

"What's going on?!"

"Is this magic?"

"Enchanted chains?"

The onlookers were all astonished by what they saw.

Boo!

A sound like a cork being popped came from the treant's mouth, and soon, a sturdy dwarf covered in green sap crawled out of the treant's mouth.

"I'm finally out!" Guy wiped his face, feeling a mix of frustration and relief.

Charlotte glanced at his potbelly, which resembled a wine jar. If it weren't for his fat, she would have had to search for him in the waste of his digestive tract.

"How did a dwarf crawl out?"

"Isn't that the owner of the blacksmith shop on the street corner?"

"It really is! How did he get eaten by the tree spirit?"

The onlookers immediately became noisy; this development had exceeded their expectations.

The choking object has been removed, but the tree spirit has fallen into a coma and its breathing is still very weak.

Charlotte turned and went into the clinic, then quickly ran out again with a bunch of medicines, and crawled back into the tree-man's mouth.

Three bottles of hemostatic medicine and three bottles of intermediate-level stamina potion were poured directly into the depths of his throat.

The hemostatic agent is used to heal the throat injury, and the stamina agent will help him recover faster.

Charlotte stepped back and looked at the tree-like creatures lying prostrate on the street, waiting for the potion to take effect.

Exposing one's vulnerability to others is extremely dangerous in the abyss.

Tree people are a naturally gifted race. They don't need to train hard; they can reach the fourth tier of strength upon reaching adulthood, making them beings that most people dare not provoke.

However, a comatose tree-man is not included in this category.

"Cough—cough cough—"

The tree-man lying on the ground suddenly coughed violently twice, its closed eyes snapping open, like a drowning person finally being dragged ashore, greedily gulping in air.

The two habitual thieves who had already circled around to the side of the tree man were startled and quickly ran away.

The tree-man used its one arm to support itself as it knelt up, its cloudy eyes looking at Charlotte standing at the clinic entrance. In a low voice, it asked, "Did you save me?"

"Amos, you idiot, what were you doing burping like that? You almost choked me to death! If it weren't for Dr. Charlotte, we would both be dead, and my reputation as Guy would be ruined!" Guy cursed at the tree-man, then turned to Charlotte with a grateful look and said, "Thank you so much."

"You're welcome." Charlotte nodded slightly, then looked at the treant and said, "The treatment fee is 100 copper coins, three bottles of hemostatic potion are 300 copper coins, and three bottles of intermediate stamina potion are 600 copper coins, for a total of 1000 copper coins."

"Thank you." The treant nodded slightly, glanced at the crowd, reached into the tree hole in its left chest and took out a handful of silver and copper coins. After counting them briefly, it handed them to Charlotte.

Charlotte carefully counted the coins and returned the extra one.

He likes patients who are quick to pay but don't talk much.

[Ding! Treant Amos's mission is complete! Reward: 100 Copper Coins! Due to the positive response generated by the crowd watching the treatment, you gain an additional 100 Famous Doctor Influence!]

Wow! This extra reward is awesome!

Being surrounded by onlookers is equivalent to being treated like one of ten patients.

Charlotte felt her purse getting fuller, and her mood improved considerably.

"You didn't use the money you'd spend on dental work as medical bills, did you?" Guy asked the tree-man.

The tree-man looked at the copper coin in his hand and said somewhat embarrassedly, "I'll get my teeth fixed next month."

"Damn it!" Guy gave him a furious middle finger. "I fixed your teeth, and you're not coming back until next month to get them fixed. You almost lost your life. You can't do business with me, you can't do business with me."

"Dr. Charlotte, thank you for saving my life. If you need anything made, feel free to come to me anytime, I'll give you a free service." Guy patted his chest and said to Charlotte, then sniffed his hands, looking disgusted, "You stink! I'm going back to take a shower, see you later!"

After saying that, he ran away without looking back, like a big, spinning top.

Charlotte certainly wouldn't refuse such a good deal as a free meal.

He even felt that having Guy forge a scalpel was a waste of the free service opportunity; it would be better to forge a 40-meter-long scalpel instead.

Iron is still valuable in the abyss.

It should fetch a good price if you resell it.

The crowd dispersed, and many people held Charlotte, the human doctor, in higher regard.

Charlotte also prepared to go back to take a shower and change her clothes.

On previous visits to the Tree Man's mouth, he also emitted a foul odor.

However, the tree-man did not leave; it stood at the clinic entrance, seemingly hesitant.

[Ding! The Tree Man Amos seems to need help. Communicating with him might trigger a hidden quest! Receive a special reward!] The system notification sounded.

Charlotte, who had already turned around, stopped and looked back at the treant, asking, "Is there anything else you need help with?"

"You're a doctor, can you help me break the curse on me?" The treant crouched down, his cloudy eyes looking at Charlotte with a glimmer of hope.

"A curse?" Charlotte looked at the patches of dry skin on the tree-man's body.

The treant's eyes dimmed slightly as he said, "Yes, five years ago, I fought a dark mage, and before he died, he cursed me so that I would never see the sunlight again, or I would wither and die."

Black magicians belong to the chaotic and evil faction. Their cultivation methods are evil, and they often have many innocent lives on their hands.

Charlotte looked at the poor tree-man. As a race that relied on sunlight to cultivate and grow, it had been cursed with such a vicious curse.

Preventing tree people from basking in the sun is no different from depriving humans of their right to breathe.

This also explains why he appeared in the abyss.

Aside from the low-lying burrows of the northern goblins, this place should be the best possible resting place for the cursed treants.

If a tree cannot be exposed to the sun, its strength will stagnate or even regress, and it will be unable to recover from its injuries.

This is also why, despite being one of the races with the strongest regenerative abilities, he was unable to heal his injuries.

[Ding! The Treant Amos has issued you a quest: Remove the dark magic curse from him. Quest Reward: 300 Copper Coins! Special Reward x1!]

The special rewards are very tempting, and you can usually get some pretty good items from them.

But as a doctor, Charlotte must treat her patients with sincerity.

Looking at the tree-man's hopeful gaze, Charlotte said, "Describe in detail the characteristics of that dark sorcerer and the specific manifestations of this curse on you. I'll look up some information for you when I have time to see if I can find a solution."