Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 102

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Chapter 102
Jeon Jae-woo crossed blades with Jeon Ji-woo without fail, day after day.
At first he held his own well enough, but gradually he fell behind.
Not merely falling behind—Jeon Ji-woo pressed forward with overwhelming force.
In the midst of his desperate defense,
‘An opening!’
He thrust his blade at what he believed to be an unguarded spot,
—Clang!!
But the Ego Sword wrapped in Blade Aura Release never reached Jeon Ji-woo.
“??”
Her body wore no armor, not a stitch,
yet Blade Aura Release encased her skin like plate steel.
‘This is insane…’
Could she now unleash Sword Qi from any part of her body, not just her arms—without restriction?
—Boom!
The Sword Qi detonated in an instant, and Jeon Jae-woo tumbled backward onto the floor.
“Damn it. I can’t beat her anymore.”
There was a time when he managed a win perhaps once every ten bouts.
Now, even if they fought a hundred times, he wouldn’t win once.
“Here. Try holding this once.”
Jeon Jae-woo handed over his Ego Sword for her to grip.
〈???〉 – Attunement (Jeon Jae-woo)
Description – A Divine Sword that possesses self-awareness, serves its master, and cuts through all things under heaven while protecting its owner. If the user’s realm is not sufficiently high, the sword’s true potential cannot be realized.
Type – Ego Weapon
Traits – Sword Qi (A). Blade Aura Release (S). Edge-Seeking Sword (SS). Divine Sword Unity (Sealed). Sword Spirit (Sealed). Heart Sword (Sealed).
Even when Jeon Ji-woo held it, the Divine Sword Unity trait remained locked in the status window.
It seemed she still couldn’t generate Sword Qi across her entire body simultaneously.
‘But that’s only a matter of time…’
Jeon Jae-woo picked up his sword again to resume their sparring match,
“Brother. Couldn’t we call it a day?”
“Why?”
They’d only done ten rounds of sparring today.
“I can ask Myeol-geop for sparring matches instead.”
“You’re more helpful for sword technique training.”
“I’m supposed to conquer an Ancient-grade Ruin soon, and the Hunter Bureau told me not to strain myself under any circumstances and to rest.”
Ah, that’s right—he’d heard the Hunter Bureau was planning an Ancient-grade Ruin Conquest.
It was still classified information due to various factions’ concerns, but the Hunter Bureau had requested support from Jeon Jae-woo, so he knew about it.
‘I did sell them several more World Tree Potions since they needed supplies.’
Honestly, he was still uncertain whether the Ruin Conquest would succeed.
“You’re really going through with this?”
Jeon Ji-woo nodded as though it were obvious.
“Of course. Why wouldn’t I?”
It wasn’t so much that there was a reason not to—more that there might be reasons she couldn’t.
“Wouldn’t it be difficult for the Hunter Bureau alone? Even with their increased forces…”
“The difficulty is quite low for this Ruin. The Hunter Bureau’s current strength is more than sufficient.”
It seemed Yoo Jung-tae had resolved to attempt the Ruin Conquest after witnessing Jeon Ji-woo’s growth.
With her approaching the Transcendent Grade realm, success was hardly impossible.
‘Can they really pull it off?’
A failure could deal serious internal damage in many ways.
‘But anyway, even if she recovers at the Twilight Ruin during the conquest, what’s this about rest…’
It clearly had nothing to do with the Ruin Conquest—she was just being lazy.
“Do you really have to be the one to conquer the Ancient-grade Ruin?”
“What strange thing are you saying? How would they conquer an Ancient-grade Ruin without me?”
“What if I refused to let you go, even if you wanted to? Isn’t that possible, Ji-woo?”
At those words, Jeon Ji-woo’s pupils wavered.
“You’re… joking, aren’t you, Brother?”
If Jeon Jae-woo refused, the entire operation would collapse.
The contract terms with the Hunter Bureau notwithstanding, Jeon Ji-woo’s true nature was that of a Doppelgänger subordinate to her master—she could not disobey a direct command.
Jeon Jae-woo exhaled sharply and patted the Doppelgänger—no, his younger sister’s shoulder.
“Be careful. Don’t overexert yourself. If anything happens, I’ll come for you.”
“It’s not a dungeon, just a Ruin. What could possibly go wrong? If things get dangerous, we pull out immediately.”
“There are plenty of Ruins where you can’t retreat at all.”
Jeon Jae-woo had already seen it happen a few times while conquering Ruins.
“It’s fine. The vanguard teams have already done reconnaissance multiple times. There’s nothing like that to worry about.”
……
Right. Nothing would go wrong. Nothing would.
With Jeon Ji-woo now part of the Hunter Bureau’s roster, they had more than enough firepower to conquer a low-difficulty Ancient-grade Ruin.
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Soon after, the Hunter Bureau organized a team and entered the Ancient-grade Ruin.
They deployed all their active S-Rank Hunters except Na Yu-gyeong, whom they left behind.
[‘Hunter Kim Yu-min’ proposes a joint Ruin Conquest. Do you accept?]
The Ruin’s name was the Necromancer King.
[‘Necromancer King’ Exploration Condition: Defeat the Necromancer who commands the Undead (0/1)]
It was a beast with abilities similar to Jeon Jae-woo’s summon, the Lich King.
Setting aside whether it was a beast or a summon, it was virtually identical in every other way.
The Hunters who entered the Ruin exhaled in the oppressive gloom that emanated from the place.
“Damn it…”
“Insane. How are we supposed to kill all of them?”
But the enemies right before their eyes were far more terrifying than the atmosphere of standing at the threshold of the underworld.
A tsunami of Undead hordes.
Ghouls, zombies, skeletons—all manner of Undead beasts surged toward the Hunters in a relentless wave.
Looking at the beasts’ caliber, these weren’t ordinary bare-bone creatures but rather individuals equipped with gear and radiating formidable Mana—markedly different from what one would find in a Legendary-grade Ruin.
Yet for an Ancient-grade Ruin, the difficulty was certainly on the lower end. And for good reason.
‘Kill the king and it’s over—but the Necromancer King itself has no real combat prowess.’
Seated on a distant throne, a skeletal Necromancer King channeled Death Mana through its Staff to puppet the Undead masses.
Though the number and caliber of beasts under its command were staggering, the Mana radiating from the Necromancer King’s own body was remarkably weak.
‘Even the Lich King’s direct combat traits were only around A-Grade and B-Grade.’
The distance between the swarm of beasts and the Hunters closed. It was time to fight.
—Zing! Zing! Zing! Zing!
Blades clashed, and hundreds of sword afterimages bloomed in the air.
The afterimages that blanketed the sky all fired at once toward the Undead legion.
—BOOM!!
A massive explosion detonated, and hundreds of Undead beasts were launched into the air at once.
The Magic-type Hunters who had been chanting their spells were ready.
—RUMBLE!!
Towering flames and bolts of lightning swept across the Undead ranks.
But some Undead that survived the broad assault advanced toward the conquest team.
“SKREEEEE!!”
“They’re closing in! Hold the line!”
“Tanks forward!”
“ARRRGHHH!!”
Beasts and Hunters clashed, and true combat erupted in earnest.
Despite nearly a hundred Hunters entering the Ruin, their numbers fell woefully short against the endless tide of the Undead legion.
While the tanks held the front, ranged specialists prepared another volley.
“Fire!!”
“Tanks, fall back!!”
This time, tens of thousands of arrows rained down from the sky like a downpour.
Tanks held the line. Ranged attackers unleashed heavy firepower. Repeat.
Even for a low-difficulty Ruin, an Ancient-grade was still Ancient-grade.
The Hunters could feel firsthand that Ruin Conquest was no simple task.
Though Jeon Ji-woo was covering for them, a single moment of carelessness from one Hunter could mean devastating losses for the entire team.
Yet they had all undergone grinding preparation for conquering an Ancient-grade Ruin.
Even if mistakes happened, they moved as one body, ready to recover instantly.
And so the conquest team pushed through the overwhelming numerical assault, advancing steadily forward.
Fighting for so long without pause, a full day had somehow slipped away.
Even Hunters who transcended humanity grew weary from the endless combat, but thanks to the World Tree Potions from their supplies, they endured.
They had expected this duration before the Conquest even began.
With each step forward, Kim Yu-min’s heart quickened slightly as she fought.
In truth, all the Hunters fighting alongside her felt the same thudding in their chests, though no one spoke of it.
‘We can do this. We can definitely do this!’
It seemed to stem from the exhilaration of conquering an Ancient-grade Ruin solo for the first time.
Long ago, when South Korea’s World Cup national team advanced to the semifinals for the first time in history, surely the players hadn’t felt any different than this?
Considerable time had passed since the battle began, yet nothing unexpected had occurred.
If they could just strike down the Necromancer King—the ruin’s leader—victory for the Hunter Bureau’s conquest team would be assured.
Meanwhile, outside the ruin.
Jeon Jae-woo’s mood was buoyant, though his doppelgänger hadn’t returned even after a full day.
Of course, he’d anticipated the time would take longer, but knowing his younger sister was trapped in a perilous Ancient-grade Ruin all day made his unease unavoidable.
‘Still, a ruin named after a Necromancer King…’
It looked like something a spellcaster like the Lich King would summon—an undead-type beast.
“What do you think? Lich King—can they conquer it?”
Jeon Jae-woo had already tasked No-bum with analyzing every detail about the Necromancer King Ruin.
Most of it overlapped with information the Hunter Bureau had collected, and there was nothing particularly remarkable.
“Well now. Given the combat data No-bum analyzed, it should be entirely possible with your doppelgänger’s strength, but…”
Why was the Lich King trailing off uncertainly like that?
“Is there something troubling you?”
The Lich King shrugged as if it were nothing.
“Well, if the ruin’s master is a beast that practices Necromancy, I was just wondering—what if it prevents the hunters from leaving the ruin?”
At this unexpected remark, Jeon Jae-woo raised his eyebrows sharply.
He’d even spoken to Jeon Ji-woo about the possibility of being unable to exit a ruin.
“What are you saying? You told me there’s no issue with exiting the ruin.”
“While the ruin’s system itself doesn’t prevent exit, it’s not impossible for a beast to block departure from the ruin.”
Hmm. Is that so?
He’d never considered that angle before.
When would a beast ever prevent escape from a ruin in the first place?
“Is such a thing even possible?”
“Necromancy is rooted in Soul Summoning—it calls forth a target’s spirit and binds it. In theory, it’s not entirely impossible for a beast to prevent hunters who’ve entered the ruin from ever leaving it.”
“But what does binding a soul have to do with anything? The hunters aren’t even dead.”
“A living being is one with both body and spirit, and if even one of them is trapped, they cannot leave the ruin, can they?”
“…But you can’t do something like that, can you?”
“Of course—I can only practice Soul Summoning on the deceased, so I’m limited to mere Necromancy and such tricks are impossible. However, since the ruin they entered is Ancient-grade, the beast’s level is surely higher than mine…”
No. Surely that won’t happen.
This was the first time he’d heard of a Necromancer—one who directly commands undead—appearing as the leader of an Ancient-grade Ruin.
“They’ve already entered and exited the ruin once without any problems.”
“Hmm. That’s merely my personal speculation. I suspect nothing will go wrong either. Don’t worry too much, Creator.”
Because his younger sister had gone into an Ancient-grade Ruin alone for the first time, every worry in the world came to mind.
After all, thinking of her as family, it was only natural such feelings would arise.
Two days passed, and the conquest period they’d anticipated was far exceeded, yet the Hunter Bureau’s conquest team had not returned.
Ruin Conquest Strategies for Transcendent-Grade Hunters
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