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“Kyyaaaahhhh━━━━!!!”

I rode down a water slide made of pink blubber from an incredible height.

– Thud.

And I landed right on my backside.

“Ough! Damn it!”

Is there no safety equipment on this ride?

What am I supposed to do if there’s no water at the bottom while falling at this speed?

Zero consideration for the guests.

I should leave a one-star review later.

“Ugh, why is it so dark in here?”

I can’t see an inch in front of me.

I guess it’s expected for it to be dark.

It only looks bright in anime.

In reality, it’s all done for the reader’s convenience.

I took out some oil from my inventory and poured it on my body.

Then I lit a match, and suddenly the area around me lit up brightly.

“Alright. Now I can see a little.”

If my stomach got gored and my little brother wearing a straw hat cries in front of me, that would be a faithful rendition of the original work.

But let’s put that nonsense aside.

There’s no way any treasure is here, but still, it was fascinating to see the inside of a living thing with my own eyes.

I took a few steps inward to explore further.

– Squish. Sizzle. Squish. Sizzle.

With every step I took, I could hear the sizzling sound of my flesh cooking in the fire below my feet.

When I turned around, there was a bright red mark left behind, as if the path I walked was burned.

-Kiaaaahhh!!!!!!!!!!

“Oh.”

No wonder it was so noisy with every step I took.

So without thinking, I ran around in circles inside.

Back in my childhood, just like leaving footprints on a pure white sheet of paper when it snows.

The only difference is, this isn’t snow, it’s flesh.

Anyway, now that I’ve left a red trail behind, I ventured deeper inside.

“Whoa, what is this?”

I saw a bubbling green liquid.

If it had been darker, I would have realized it too late after jumping in.

“Is this gastric juice?”

I tossed a piece of popcorn from my inventory into it.

– Sizzle…

So it must be gastric juice.

The way ahead was nothing less than a sea of green gastric juice, making it impossible to proceed any further.

Reluctantly, I decided to light a fire nearby to illuminate the surroundings.

The method was to wrap a cloth soaked in oil around a wooden stick to make a torch.

– Whoosh.

I lit the torch and stuck it into the flesh on the ceiling.

-Kiaaaahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After sticking about eight of those torches, I ended up with lighting that could rival a chandelier.

“The inside is dirtier than I expected?”

With that, the insides became clearly visible.

If I called it clean, it would raise a flag, so I said it was dirty.

It’s not like the inside of a body can be clean anyway.

“Hmmm, let’s go for some looting.”

For now, that gastric juice in front of me seemed like a good hunting tool, so I took out a flask from my inventory and filled it up.

Then, I took out a twig and made a campfire to cook some food.

“Long time no see, seafood.”

I haven’t had seafood since I possessed this body.

I wasn’t a huge fan of it originally, but I didn’t dislike it either.

After not having it for so long, it’s tempting enough to crave it once.

‘If it’s a sea monster, it should be seafood, right?’

I approached the wall made of flesh nearby and sliced a bit of it off with my sword.

-Kiaaaahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The inside shook violently.

Caught off guard by the sudden tremor, I accidentally dropped the piece of meat I was holding.

“Damn. Why is it shaking so much? What’s going on outside?”

At first, I sliced it thinly to eat it as sashimi.

[ Status Ailment Resistance (B+) is activated. Poison is cleansed. ]

“Looks like there was poison.”

Is it from a pufferfish?

My stomach gurgled a bit. Then, soon after, it settled down again.

“But it tastes like salmon?”

Indeed.

There was poison, but it didn’t affect me.

This must be that ‘deadly immunity’ or whatever.

“…But it tastes really bland.”

While it tasted like salmon, it was flavorless salmon.

Usually, the issue is with the poison, and if that’s removed, it should taste amazing, but this one feels like salmon on the verge of spoiling.

“Ugh. I was going to scoop it all up if it tasted good.”

I wouldn’t even eat this if offered.

Or maybe it’s actually a good thing?

I cut a large chunk of the flesh and put it in my inventory.

It might be funny to make a bizarre dish out of this later.

If someone gets a kick out of it, I should definitely serve this strange dish to them.

“For now, one star.”

I took out my sword from my inventory and drew lines on the wall, like ancient humans carving murals.

– Luke was here.

You know how in some snack bars the walls are covered in writing?

I wrote arbitrarily like that.

“Hehehe. Let me show you what happens when you pick up something off the ground without thinking.”

The insides of a monster are unlike those of ordinary creatures.

I wasn’t sure how deep I’d gotten, but looking up, I could see organs hanging there.

I headed towards the nearest organ.

Since I wouldn’t be able to tell what any of them were, I intended to open them all.

I stood in front of a bulging skinned mass with veins sticking out, not knowing what it was, and poured some alcohol from my inventory into the blood vessels.

Aren’t alcohols broken down by the liver?

Then what would happen if I poured alcohol into the liver?

Not knowing which part was the liver, I poured alcohol into every visible blood vessel.

“Drinking alone is boring. So I’m going to throw in some snacks to make it more interesting, okay?”

Where would be the best place to find the ultimate alcohol companion if you’re close to the sea?

That would be a sashimi restaurant.

I took the cut-up sea serpent sashimi I had prepared earlier and stuffed small pieces into the veins.

Then, blood burst forth from the cut veins like a fountain.

“What? You don’t have any dipping sauce?”

You picky little thing.

Sorry, but I don’t have any red pepper paste on me right now, so no dipping sauce for you.

So I pulled out a container filled with red pepper powder.

“I’ll give you some chili powder instead. Now eat up.”

Seeing the blood vessel, I sprinkled some chili powder into the flowing blood.

*

Meanwhile, outside.

“Uh… Luna, what do we do?!”

“Um, I’m not sure…”

After Luke got devoured.

Luna and Yui were staring blankly at the spot Luke had vanished from.

Now what should they do?

It’s not like they could just go in and check if he was alive.

“Well, he might just be inside doing something strange like usual… maybe.”

They hadn’t witnessed him being eaten, so perhaps he got swallowed and was up to some weird antics inside.

“First, let’s get back to our tasks.”

“Yes!”

The people here had come prepared for death, so the raid wouldn’t stop for emergencies like this, nor would rescue become the priority.

Though it had been going smoothly up until now, an A-Rank monster was no different than a disaster like an earthquake or typhoon.

Rather, after the raid ended, it would likely be remembered as a noble sacrifice.

“Fire!!”

– Bang! Bang! Bang!

The second point-blank shot.

They swiftly took advantage of the moment Luke got eaten and resumed their assault.

-Kiaaaahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All other attacks were blocked, and the breath attack was canceled.

The Sea Serpent, continuously under fire, visibly accumulated wounds over time.

Blood was flowing from blue flesh all over, and its dorsal fins became torn like thin paper.

However, the adventurers weren’t without losses either.

At the moment Luke was consumed, a part of the ship was ripped off, and after that, they sustained scratches from ice fragments that couldn’t be blocked during several onslaughts.

Moreover, due to the prolonged battle, the adventurers seemed to be reaching their limits.

Now was the time to put an end to this battle.

On the precipice of defeat, both sides revealed their trump cards.

The first strike came from the Sea Serpent.

It opened its mouth and appeared to gather breath, then hurled a blue sphere towards the sky.

When the blue sphere burst, ice shards scattered in all directions.

Each chunk of ice resembled a portion of an iceberg.

“Everyone, spread out in pairs! Protect your spots from falling ice! If even one of you fails to stop it, we all die!!”

The adventurers moved in perfect order, dispersing across the deck to defend their positions.

Yui and Luna too rushed to their assigned spots to block the falling ice.

The size of the coming ice chunks was so large that it took at least two B-Rank adventurers to shoot them down.

If there hadn’t been any strong adventurers like Hazel who could handle two at once, this raid would have been wiped out long ago.

The ice that couldn’t fall onto the deck plummeted into the nearby sea.

The impact caused the water to surge and the ship to sway violently.

“Grab anything, whether it’s a railing or a pillar! Think of it as life or death!!”

As Hazel’s command rang out, everyone struggled to maintain balance, clutching onto anything they could.

Taking advantage of the chaos, the Sea Serpent began gathering breath again.

“That bastard…! Everyone, prepare to defend━━.”

But then.

-Kiaaaahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“…?!”

Instead of targeting the ship, it released its breath in a strange direction, and by the time the phenomenon was over, the Sea Serpent’s eyes were red.

‘…Luke, what on earth are you doing inside…?’

*

“Let’s go!”

I’m a climber now.

Like a climber scaling an ice wall, I shaped the end of a blunt log into a sharp point to use as an ice pick.

I was backtracking to where I had fallen, plunging wooden stakes into the flesh wall while also stacking bombs like dominoes.

Having finished looting below and finding nothing else of interest, I was climbing upwards.

– Bang!!

-Kiaaaahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Oh crap.”

The sudden jolt sent the insides shaking wildly.

‘I almost got sent back to the primal village.’

Should that happen, I’d be so pissed that I might just become a human drill and burst through the monster’s belly instead.

When I finally reached a point where I could see its tongue, I could make out the ongoing situation outside when the Sea Serpent bared its fangs.

“Oh wow…”

So this is what it feels like to be in the protagonist’s perspective in a sentai series while piloting a giant robot?

I found it exhilarating to be controlling this giant beast.

“Hmmm~ What should I do now?”

There are lots of things I want to try, but why should I expend so much effort on something about to die anyway?

Since I came here, I should leave a little gift behind.

I headed for the Sea Serpent’s uvula.

Considering its size, the uvula was also gigantic.

With this kind of size, it would be pointless to punch it.

I took out a bomb from my inventory and secured it to both sides of the uvula with some ropes.

“Just one doesn’t seem enough! Here, Korean generosity for you!”

I added one more bomb.

“Two? Not generous enough to only give me two!”

There! Three bombs it is!

After completely wrapping the uvula with explosives, I stuck a note on top.

[If it’s not tasty, bark like a dog.

★☆☆☆☆ Date: Unknown-kno-kno

Woof woof woof wow-wow-bwoofwow]

Then, I connected the bombs in a domino fashion and lit the fuse.

“Bomb bomb~ Tropical drink~”

The fizzy bomb-flavored carbonated drink.

It’s delicious when you drink it.

After some time passed and the fuses had all ignited.

– Boom!! Boom!! Boom!!

Carbonation “exploded” from inside the Sea Serpent’s mouth.

-Kyaaaahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Sea Serpent wailed in pain.

The explosive force bounced me out of the Sea Serpent’s mouth.

“Luke?!”

“L-Luke!?”

As I flew through the air, I heard Luna and Yui’s voices.

I spun and performed several gymnastics, then smoothly landed on the deck.

With my legs together and arms stretched out in a Y shape.

And then the two of them rushed up to me in a panic.

“Luke! Are you okay?!”

“Are you alright, Luke…?!”

“Oh. Luna, Yui. I brought back a souvenir from my trip.”

I took out the chunk of flesh I’d sliced earlier from my inventory.

“Wanna try some? Freshly served Sea Serpent sashimi.”

“No, I’d rather not…”

“N-Never mind me…”

What’s this?

I went through all that trouble to bring this back.

“Last one, kids! Pour all your magical power into this! Don’t leave a single drop!!”

At that moment, Hazel’s voice rang out.

Come to think of it, I hadn’t received any experience yet, so perhaps the raid wasn’t over yet.

– Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sounds of cannon fire.

The sound of magic flying.

And…

[ Level Up! Check your stats! ]

[ Level Up! Check your stats! ]

[ Level Up! Check your stats! ]

[ Level Up! Stats are being checked… ]

The notifications for leveling up continued to sound.

The Sea Serpent buried its head beneath the sea surface.

After that, its long body floated back up, signaling the end of the raid.

The experience from an A-Rank raid monster was simply…

“Ah, it’s incredible! Absolutely amazing!”

 

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