Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 100

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Episode 100
And so Jeon Ji-woo came to the Hanyon Company building, following Kim Tae-hyun.
Kim Yu-min, whose family were the owners, was also present—though he rarely visited the company itself these days.
‘…Hopefully nothing goes wrong.’
At least her brother and the others weren’t here, which was a small mercy.
The company could handle complications, but she’d rather Kim Yu-min avoided them altogether.
Kim Tae-hyun gave them a tour of the building with exaggerated flourishes, though aside from that, it was straightforward enough.
Most top-tier hunters went through this ritual of sorts when joining a company—a walkthrough of the facilities.
Jeon Ji-woo wasn’t entirely obsessed with sparring, either.
She listened carefully to even the unnecessary explanations and scrutinized the Hanyon Company with genuine attention.
But since her response was better than expected, Kim Tae-hyun’s thoughts drifted in an odd direction.
‘This could actually have potential, couldn’t it?’
He was entertaining the absurd notion that he might be able to transfer Jeon Ji-woo to Hanyon Company.
If he actually managed to recruit her, it would be an enormous gain—for the company, and for Kim Tae-hyun personally.
He could point to this as a major contribution to the company and use it as leverage to demand a larger stake from Kim Yu-min’s siblings.
“This is our training facility. What do you think?”
“It looks really refined. It’s impressively impressive, actually.”
One thing was certain: it was refined.
Even Kim Yu-min, visiting after so long, was shocked by how much had changed.
“Ha. Our company’s training facilities are second to none—we’re confident they rival even the Hunter Bureau’s.”
Kim Yu-min smiled and waved his hand dismissively.
“No, that’s not quite right. The facilities look clean and nice, sure, but they’re not actually as good as they appear.”
Pfft!!
Kim Yu-min couldn’t help but laugh at such unfiltered honesty.
The unexpected remark made the atmosphere slightly awkward.
Kim Yu-min suppressed his chuckling with difficulty.
“Ha… Well, the facility is fairly new, so we’re planning to upgrade it to your standards soon enough.”
And Jeon Ji-woo’s blunt assessment didn’t end there.
Kim Tae-hyun, who took some pride in the company’s facilities, launched into praise of Hanyon Group, trying to draw Kim Yu-min out.
But Kim Yu-min wasn’t the type to manufacture false agreement.
Shortly after, the group entered the sparring arena as planned.
It was a match arranged solely because Jeon Ji-woo wanted to see S-rank Hunter swordsmanship.
Before the sparring began, Kim Tae-hyun approached S-rank Hunter Shim Jung-ho.
“Hunter Shim Jung-ho.”
“Yes, what is it?”
“Can you beat Hunter Kim Yu-min?”
Shim Jung-ho let out a hollow laugh.
“Ha, you certainly tell some jokes, Executive. He has not one but two S-rank Traits—how could I possibly win?”
“Don’t say that. Even with two S-rank Traits, he’s still a newcomer who’s been at the Hunter Bureau for barely more than a month, isn’t he?”
“True enough.”
“Then wouldn’t it be reasonable for you to restrain him a bit here? Dampening his overconfidence, so to speak. The thing the most gifted people should guard against most is carelessness, don’t you think?”
In other words: the real objective wasn’t to test each other’s strength, but to actually hurt him.
Yet Shim Jung-ho nodded readily.
“Very well.”
Kim Tae-hyun, despite being the one who’d invited her, was stung by the criticism every time he spoke.
And Shim Jung-ho hadn’t been in the best mood the entire time he’d been around Jeon Ji-woo.
It wasn’t because Hanyon Company, the organization he was part of, had been belittled. He simply disliked active S-rank Hunters by nature.
Shim Jung-ho himself was an S-rank Hunter now, but his inability to achieve that rank during his active career had left deep-rooted resentment.
These days, whenever he heard that active hunters had accomplished something after his retirement, he made subtle digs and gossiped behind their backs.
And wasn’t it particularly galling that the current batch of active hunters was doing well thanks to the support of someone called Jeon Jae-woo, a man he’d never even heard of?
‘Just relying on a single talent, and awakening S-rank Traits on that alone…’
They’d challenged him to a sparring match? Him, who’d accumulated experience over more than twenty years from youth?
Did they think they’d gain something to learn from it?
No matter how many S-rank Traits he had, he’d show him what the real gap of practical combat experience could create.
‘I’ll beat him just hard enough that he’s left with lingering pain.’
Unilaterally, without giving him a chance to learn anything—using the lowest, most cowardly fighting methods.
He’d like to go further, but if he pushed too hard, the Hunter Bureau might file a complaint.
Shortly after, the two stood facing each other, weapons in hand.
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[Break will resume in six weeks. Humanity, we ask for your continued preparation…]
A notification window from the Ruin System appeared during training.
The kind that shows up when one allocation cycle of Ruins comes to an end.
Jeon Jae-woo, who had lost all sense of time while absorbed in his training, was startled.
“What? Three more weeks already?”
[Yes. They have all passed.]
Three weeks after Jeon Jae-woo conquered the last Ancient-grade Ruin.
As the remaining Ruins in the other continents—each given one week—cycled through, the third Break period came to an end.
During those three weeks, no support requests had arrived from the nations assigned Ruins.
With only Legendary-grade Ruins remaining, they likely assumed Jeon Jae-woo had exhausted his quota of Ruin conquests and couldn’t be called upon.
Jeon Jae-woo himself had focused entirely on sword training without attempting any Ruin conquests.
Yet the lack of real combat experience without entering Ruins left him deeply frustrated.
He wanted to enter a Dungeon at least, but the law prohibited individual Hunters from doing so.
‘Yoo Jung-tae would probably grant permission if I asked.’
But deliberately notifying a government agency that he’d break the law—that didn’t sit right.
Though Jeon Jae-woo was strong enough not to care about state power, there was nothing to gain by putting an official agency in an awkward position with such a request.
Just then, the gate opened and Jeon Ji-woo returned home from work.
“I’m back.”
…
Jeon Jae-woo, who had been swinging a sword in the yard, stared intently at his sister—not a doppelgänger—as she came through the gate, then spoke.
“Please tell me you didn’t cause any trouble today.”
Interrogated the moment she arrived home, Jeon Ji-woo frowned.
“Can you please stop asking that? How is it that you’ve asked me every single day for three weeks straight if I caused trouble?”
There was good reason for Jeon Jae-woo to act like an overbearing parent.
Three weeks ago, Jeon Ji-woo had mentioned she’d stopped by Hanyon Company by chance.
And during a sparring match, she’d beaten an S-rank Hunter belonging to the company into pulp.
When Jeon Jae-woo saw the photograph of the opponent’s condition, he was truly shocked.
‘…Are you sure there are no aftereffects?’
‘Fortunately, once he recovers, there will be no impact on his Hunter activities. Whether we should say Jeon Ji-woo was considerate or that he was simply lucky.’
‘It looks like she deliberately beat him senseless while ensuring no permanent damage—as if to prevent even a complaint.’
Since the company’s strongest fighter had suffered severe injuries, Hanyon Company filed a major complaint with the Hunter Bureau.
They complained to the Hunter Bureau naturally, because Jeon Ji-woo was affiliated with it.
Though the fault wasn’t his own, Jeon Jae-woo couldn’t hold his head up.
In truth, if Jeon Ji-woo had caused trouble, he should be ashamed.
Because Jeon Ji-woo wasn’t really his blood sister—she was a kind of summoned creature under his control.
“How did I break any law? I just sparred, like I said.”
“Who beats someone into that state during sparring? When I first saw the pictures, I genuinely thought you’d committed murder.”
“But the other person came at me trying to kill me—what was I supposed to do?”
…
For some reason, it seemed Hanyon Company had crossed the line first.
At least Kim Yu-min had mediated well between them.
Though Hanyon Company had a personal grievance with Jeon Ji-woo, they’d lodged their complaint at the institutional level through the Hunter Bureau, so neither of them suffered direct consequences.
No one would have dared stand against Jeon Jae-woo’s blood sister.
When the Hunter Bureau contacted him about the matter, he was genuinely taken aback.
It was like receiving a call from school because your child had caused trouble—a parent’s heart sinking.
In any case, after sparring at Hanyon Company, Jeon Ji-woo had seemed inspired and began actively seeking out swordmasters outside the Hunter Bureau.
Whenever she heard there was a skilled practitioner, she’d seek them out and request a match.
In any country, there are many skilled fighters among the retired S-rank Hunters who had completely stopped active duty due to age.
Having already worked for so long, they either rest quietly, hone their techniques alone, or focus on opening a dojo to nurture the next generation.
A sort of hermit master from martial novels.
Most of them viewed it very favorably when juniors sought them out to learn from them.
High-ranking retired Hunters typically made great effort to teach even more to any junior who came seeking to learn with the heart of a student.
With the warmth of a grandmother or grandfather, the training was rigorous but there was much to gain.
They’d usually do a sparring match without requiring payment.
And every retired S-rank Hunter that Jeon Ji-woo sought out for instruction was completely defeated by her.
‘Is she going around breaking dojos?’
As a result, it had been heavily covered in the news for the past three weeks.
[Breaking News! Jeon Ji-woo Hunter’s Dojo Breaking? Hermit Hunters Losing in Succession.]
[Jeon Ji-woo Hunter. For training purposes only. No other intention.]
[Dojo Operator. Truly remarkable talent and skill. The Hope of Korea’s Hunter community, as they say.]
└ Jeon Ji-woo Hunter is seriously insanely strong. How is she beating even the old masters?
Two S-rank Traits, and you’re asking if he could be a match? No matter how much experience you have, the basic weight class doesn’t measure up.
And Jeon Ji-woo is a genuine newcomer — how does she beat everyone?
If Jeon Ji-woo is that strong, just how powerful is her brother? lol
Jeon Jae-woo could go up against every Korean Hunter at once and still come out on top.
Her face and interview even made it into the articles.
‘…She photographs really well, doesn’t she.’
Unlike him, Jeon Ji-woo operated like a typical Hunter—showing her face reasonably openly as she took on work.
Fortunately, she hadn’t reduced retired veterans to pulp the way Shim Jung-ho had been.
Still, the results of Jeon Ji-woo’s training were remarkable.
Every time he sparred with her lately, he felt how drastically she’d changed from before.
Not only had her overall skill grown far sharper, but she’d accumulated so many unconventional techniques that countering her had become exponentially harder.
He’d thought they’d reached parity once she mastered the Sword Afterimage Technique, but the gap had widened again, and now there was no way to win.
It was as if she’d absorbed all the techniques and experience from everyone she’d ever sparred with and made them entirely her own.
And now, Jeon Ji-woo finally took another step toward the goal she’d been reaching for.
“Hey, brother. I have something to show you.”
“What is it?”
“Just a moment. Let me see… is it like this?”
Jeon Ji-woo gripped her sword in formal stance and focused her concentration.
As she channeled mana, Sword Aura Manifestation naturally bloomed forth—
—Kuuuuu…
In that instant, Jeon Jae-woo’s eyes went wide.
The sword aura was flowing beyond the blade itself, spreading into her arm.
Just like the Divine Sword Unity that Myeol-geop had demonstrated.
Jeon Ji-woo had crossed the threshold—one foot forward into Transcendent-grade Trait mastery.
How S-rank Hunters Conquer Ancient-grade Ruins
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