Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 105

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Episode 105
With each swing, clean arcs of the blade took shape.
Whoosh!
But cleanness alone was not enough.
The Divine Sword Unity technique excelled not in sharpness, but in raw, crushing power against an opponent.
Ever since Jeon Ji-woo obtained a Transcendent-grade Trait, Jeon Jae-woo had clenched his jaw even tighter.
Inside the Dawn Ruin, he recovered in real time, so he never tired—training could continue endlessly.
‘Like I’m some kind of human photosynthesis.’
He’d hoped that with Jeon Ji-woo now a Transcendent-grade Hunter, he might benefit from her guidance.
“Pop and snap more! You’re being too gentle!”
“Like when you crack open a shaken soda bottle and the carbonation explodes!”
“Think of it like a soda bottle that suddenly bursts!”
……
Even as a Transcendent-grade Hunter, Jeon Ji-woo’s instruction was proving utterly useless.
‘What is she even talking about?’
Considerable time had passed since Jeon Jae-woo learned the Sword Afterimage technique, yet he still couldn’t grasp the essence of the Transcendent-grade Trait.
In truth, considering his rate of progression, failing to grasp a Transcendent-grade Trait wasn’t slow at all.
How many Hunters went their entire lives without obtaining a single S-rank Trait?
If anything, Jeon Jae-woo trying to acquire a Transcendent-grade Trait in less than a year was downright greedy.
“But there are Hunters who are born with Transcendent-grade Traits from their very Awakening.”
“Even the Creator was born with a Transcendent-grade Trait. Hunters who gain immense power without any real discipline at Awakening are the abnormal ones.”
The Lich King often offered such bitter truths.
And Myeol-geop, watching the training, occasionally offered Jeon Jae-woo advice.
[You needn’t try to obtain the exact same ability as my Doppelgänger and I.]
“What do you mean?”
[Transcendent-grade Swordsmanship isn’t limited to Divine Sword Unity.]
“You’re telling me to gain a different trait when this guy is literally a copy of me? And the Ego Sword shows a Transcendent-grade Trait of Divine Sword Unity too, doesn’t it?”
The Realm that growth could achieve was already predetermined, wasn’t it?
Myeol-geop shook his head and spoke.
[Even if Jeon Ji-woo is a replica of the Creator, she need not be identical. The same person walks different paths across infinite timelines.]
What nonsense was that supposed to be?
In any case, he trained hard all day again, yet showed no real progress.
After finishing his daily training, Jeon Jae-woo exited the Ruin.
After bathing, while his summons prepared dinner, he sprawled on the sofa to catch some TV.
Lounging like a lazy man, Catsy drew closer beside him.
‘Hmm. This is getting a bit uncomfortable.’
Staying sprawled on one side would get uncomfortable; in times like these…
“Catsy, could you use Spirit Manifestation?”
[Yes, Master.]
Through Catsy’s Spirit Manifestation, Jeon Jae-woo’s body became ethereal for a moment.
Unaffected by physical objects around him, Jeon Jae-woo drifted in the air as a spirit, Catsy beside him.
‘Ah, this is comfortable.’
Life truly became enriched when you knew how to use your summons well.
***
Not long after, Yoo Jung-tae officially stepped down from his position as Director of the Hunter Bureau.
Since the Director of the Hunter Bureau was retiring, a modest retirement ceremony was held.
Though “modest” seemed an inadequate word given the sheer number of Hunters in attendance.
Active Hunters, established Hunters, and anyone with ties to the Hunter Bureau—anyone who had connections with Yoo Jung-tae came to offer their respects.
“Thank you for all your hard work, Director.”
“You’ve labored long.”
“Thank you all. It’s just that the ending wasn’t good, so it leaves a bitter taste. I have no face to show my juniors.”
“A bitter taste? You’re being too modest. There are worse cases, surely,”
“What will you do now, sir? Once you fully retire…”
“I’m not sure. Maybe I’ll open a training academy.”
The real reason so many Hunters gathered had a different origin entirely.
As the saying goes: when a nobleman’s dog dies, crowds gather at his gate, but when the nobleman himself passes, the gate grows quiet.
Yoo Jung-tae was now merely an elderly retired man, no longer in the Director’s seat.
True, he remained an S-Rank Hunter, and his position as former Director afforded him dignity, yet he was no longer in active power. In any case, given his age, it was reasonable to assume he would retire in earnest.
Most of those attending the retirement ceremony actually wanted to meet Jeon Ji-woo, the new Transcendent-grade Hunter.
After exchanging greetings with Yoo Jung-tae first, many people flocked toward Jeon Ji-woo.
As a result, Jeon Ji-woo found herself greeting people one after another.
‘Why am I busier than Yoo Jung-tae, of all people?’
She was merely an attendee at her superior’s retirement ceremony.
Yet everyone seemed eager to exchange at least a few words with her.
Even if she’d wanted to slip away, it would be discourteous to leave before the Hunter Bureau Director’s retirement ceremony concluded—and she was a member of the Bureau, no less.
‘Actually, staying longer might be even ruder at this point.’
“Oh my. Hello there, Hunter Jeon Ji-woo.”
“It’s such an honor to meet you. Ha ha!”
“By the way, didn’t Hunter Jeon Jae-woo come with you?”
Why would her master—someone with no connection to the Hunter Bureau—show up here?
Her pockets were practically bursting from the sheer number of business cards she’d collected.
She barely had time to sip her drink before moving on to the next conversation.
Still, she did manage to have a proper exchange with Yoo Jung-tae.
Yoo Jung-tae shook her hand and gave her arm a light pat.
“Hunter Jeon Ji-woo, though our time together was brief, I’m truly grateful for all you’ve done for us.”
“I’ve benefited greatly from your guidance, Director.”
“No, no—I made mistakes, and you cleaned up every last one of them. I owe you a debt I won’t soon forget.”
She’d pushed forward with the Ancient-grade Ruin Conquest, but ultimately it was because she’d trusted in Jeon Ji-woo’s capabilities—so perhaps that spoke to Yoo Jung-tae’s judgment as well.
For Yoo Jung-tae, simply having Jeon Ji-woo join the Hunter Bureau was thanks enough.
“You must be quite exhausted these days?”
“I can’t honestly claim otherwise, sir.”
“Ha, I imagine so.”
The media had shown no signs of tiring from mentioning the fact that Jeon Ji-woo had become a Transcendent-grade Hunter.
[Hunter Jeon Jae-woo’s Younger Sister, Jeon Ji-woo, Becomes South Korea’s Second Transcendent-grade Hunter.]
[Contract Adjustments Following Transcendent-grade Promotion? Will Hunter Jeon Ji-woo Remain with the Hunter Bureau?]
[Hunter Bureau: Jeon Ji-woo is Our Bureau’s Most Irreplaceable Force.]
The internet communities showed no signs of cooling either.
┗It’s honestly amazing. How do siblings both become Transcendent-grade Hunters?
┗What’s even crazier is that neither had been awakened very long before hitting Transcendent-grade. Seriously.
┗But why doesn’t Jeon Ji-woo team up with her brother instead of joining the Hunter Bureau?
┗Does Jeon Jae-woo even need his sister’s help? He could clear everything solo.
┗Even among Transcendent-grades, there’s a gap. I doubt Jeon Ji-woo could solo an Ancient-grade Ruin.
The moment she turned on any electronic device, her story dominated for over a week.
Even if she tried to ignore it, the noise was inescapable.
“Please give my regards to Hunter Jeon Jae-woo.”
“Of course, Director.”
“And above all, do take care of yourself going forward.”
“Thank you for everything up until now.”
Though their time together had been brief, Jeon Ji-woo’s impression of Yoo Jung-tae was quite positive.
Even if her composition was entirely human, as a Doppelgänger bound to another, she had no inherent need to harbor genuine goodwill toward anyone—so this sentiment was genuinely unusual for her.
A superior whose thoughts, even in stepping down, centered only on concern for his colleagues and subordinates.
Shortly after, the retirement ceremony ended.
A massive incident had nearly erupted near the end, but fortunately it all wrapped up warmly.
After the ceremony, the crowd split between those heading home and those going out for another drink with close friends.
Some people wanted to continue their conversation with Jeon Ji-woo, but she slipped away early to avoid them.
Only Hunter Kim Yu-min left with her.
“Unnie, what’s Hunter Jeon Jae-woo up to these days? It seems like he’s not doing any Ruin Conquests.”
“Hmm? He’s just training. He’s working on acquiring a new Trait.”
Kim Yu-min sounded surprised as she answered.
“Another new Trait? When he already has a Transcendent-grade one?”
“Yeah. He’s practically living in the Ruins he’s already conquered.”
“Wow… To obtain a Transcendent-grade Trait, you’d have to put in effort like the two of you do.”
But that wasn’t quite right.
Both Jeon Jae-woo and Jeon Ji-woo trained diligently, but most Hunters put in similar effort.
Their steep growth came down to nothing more than exceptional talent and good fortune.
Kim Yu-min, who’d been chatting about other things, now seemed hesitant—as if she wanted to ask something.
“Um, Unnie… could I possibly ask you for a favor?”
“Hmm? What is it?”
“Could you ask Hunter Jeon Jae-woo if there’s any way I could buy a single World Tree Elixir?”
“World Tree Elixir?”
“Yes. Actually, I heard about it from Yu-gyeong not long ago. She said that Jeon Jae-woo gave her an elixir to help her recover…”
Ah, that.
It was a cover story to keep the Dawn Ruin’s existence hidden, but in truth, it was the Ruin’s effect.
“But why do you need an elixir? Is something wrong with your health?”
“No, I’m not sick, but… it might just be greed, but I want to become stronger too. If I take a high-quality elixir, I think I could improve a bit more…”
Kim Yu-min sensed that Jeon Ji-woo had become a Transcendent-grade Hunter at an astonishing pace, and as a fellow swordsmaster, she seemed to have felt some spark of rivalry.
Though she must be exhausted from conquering the Ancient-grade Ruin, her training lately seemed even more grueling.
Jeon Ji-woo, being merely a subordinate, couldn’t make a decision about whether to sell such a valuable elixir on her own.
But still, it was good to see a coworker grow in strength.
“Okay. I’ll ask him.”
“Thank you so much.”
At Jeon Ji-woo’s ready nod, Kim Yu-min’s expression brightened.
Jeon Ji-woo and Kim Yu-min continued home together.
It was natural, after all—they lived in adjacent apartments.
“But what kind of training does Jeon Jae-woo do so intensely?”
“Swordsmanship training. He carries a sword with him all the time, as you know.”
Kim Yu-min had sparred with Jeon Jae-woo several times and knew his swordplay was exceptional.
But she also understood that even such skill didn’t reach the Transcendent grade.
Kim Yu-min recalled her separate matches against Jeon Jae-woo and Jeon Ji-woo as she spoke.
“Even for twins, the combat styles between you and your brother are surprisingly similar. I’d say they’re completely identical.”
“Really, to that extent?”
“More than that—it’s like he copied and pasted your entire style. Of course, your skill is far superior, having the Transcendent-grade Swordsmanship Trait.”
Copied and pasted?
Jeon Ji-woo, who had reached the Transcendent grade, thought differently.
It was like what happened when someone practiced and mastered something—suddenly, at a certain point, their skill would leap forward all at once.
Jeon Jae-woo himself didn’t seem to have realized it yet.
‘The master just needs a bit more, and he’ll advance to the next stage.’
From Jeon Ji-woo’s perspective as a Transcendent-grade Hunter, Jeon Jae-woo wasn’t far from reaching the Transcendent grade himself.
Of course, he had no grasp whatsoever of Divine Sword Unity, as she had achieved.
But according to Myeol-geop’s guidance, there were countless Transcendent-grade Traits depending on the Hunter, and even within Swordsmanship alone, the variety was enormous.
With just a bit more effort, Jeon Jae-woo might soon be able to infuse his blade with soul.
How Transcendent-grade Hunters Conquer Ruins
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