Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 12

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Episode 12
The result emerged from the box in an instant.
Jeon Jae-woo nearly stumbled backward in shock.
And with good reason—what emerged from the box this time was a skeleton. Bones.
A skull, hunched at the waist, draped in tatters and clutching a Staff.
Even just looking at it filled him with an eerie sense of dread.
Myeol-geop, standing beside him, offered a brief explanation of the skeleton.
“An Undead-type monstrosity—Lich. It was used in past wars as a tool for human wave tactics.”
“Do you two know each other?”
“I know of the individual type called Lich, but we’ve never met. This is essentially a being freshly born.”
“Ah. Right.”
Jeon Jae-woo immediately checked its status window.
〈Lich〉 – Bound to (Jeon Jae-woo)
Description – An Undead that forcibly draws forth souls to create deathless soldiers for battle. The highest order among Undead, capable of wielding advanced Sorcery.
Type – Undead
Traits – Sorcery (S). Resurrection (S). Spirit Summoning (S). Barrier (A). Energy Wave (B).
He’d extracted only the Aura dwelling within the Greatsword and infused it, which resulted in an Undead-type monstrosity.
It seemed the effect of injecting Mana related to spiritual entities.
While observing this new addition to his household, a sudden thought crossed his mind.
‘Wait. If I’d known it would be like this, I should have extracted the Aura from the Armor too—the one the Sword King was wearing—before handing it over to the Hunter Bureau.’
Both the Greatsword and the Armor the Sword King possessed were suffused with similar death Aura, and if he’d combined them both, he might have created something far more formidable.
Though he was being paid an enormous sum anyway.
Clack-clack-clack!
Just then, Lich produced a rattling sound as his jaw joints clattered against one another as he spoke.
“A pleasure to meet you, Creator.”
“??”
Jeon Jae-woo hadn’t expected it to speak at all.
Despite lacking a tongue, it produced words from its mouth quite naturally.
“Oh. Yes. Hello to you.”
Because the voice that emerged was that of an elderly man, Jeon Jae-woo found himself slipping into formal speech without thinking.
The Elder Lich seemed amused by the formal address and chuckled quietly.
“Using honorifics to a newborn, I see. You are indeed an unusual Creator.”
“…Looking at you as I do, I’d say you’re neither a child nor even an old man—you look like someone long dead.”
It had only just emerged from the Box of Paradise, so technically it was a newborn.
Jeon Jae-woo checked the creature’s status window once more.
As expected, Lich was indeed Undead-type, and it possessed three S-tier Traits.
Not comparable to Myeol-geop, who possessed a Transcendent-tier Trait, but it was still an exceptionally powerful entity.
At this level, wouldn’t it surpass even the person known as the Republic of Korea’s greatest Hunter?
Of course, in the case of Myeol-geop, equipped with two Transcendent-tier Traits, there might not be anyone among Hunters worldwide who could defeat him.
“Well then, I look forward to working with you, Lich.”
“The sentiment is mutual. And you may simply call me Lich.”
“By the way, what exactly do those Traits do? I can’t quite grasp their abilities just by looking at them.”
Sorcery was presumably something like magic, and he could make a reasonable guess about Traits like Barrier and Energy Wave.
Suddenly, the skull’s face twisted slightly, as if forming a smile.
“If you wish to know, it would be best to show you directly. Bear with me a moment.”
Jeon Jae-woo, sensing something ominous, spoke up urgently.
“You won’t break anything, will you? I can’t have you using your power here.”
“Fear not. I’ll demonstrate safely. I have that much sense, at least.”
Rumble.
Lich infused dark Mana into the skeletal Staff and tapped the floor twice with it.
Crack-split!
“??”
Jeon Jae-woo’s eyes went wide.
The Rooftop Room’s floor split open, and dark Mana poured forth from the gap.
And another skeleton rose up through the broken floor.
“This is what I do.”
……
Lich stood there demonstrating his abilities, speaking with pride.
Just as befitted an Undead monstrosity, he wielded necromantic power.
But the real problem now was that the floor of the Rooftop Room was cracked.
“…From now on, when you’re at home, try not to use that trait if you can help it.”
But looking at the traits in the status window, there didn’t seem to be one that summoned skeletons.
“Which trait did you use to summon the skeleton—Resurrection or Spirit Summoning?”
“I used both. More precisely, I combined the abilities of the two traits.”
Jeon Jae-woo’s expression showed his confusion, so Lich raised his staff once more.
“So first, I use Spirit Summoning to pull souls from the surroundings, and then…”
—Kuuuung.
Jeon Jae-woo instinctively ducked behind Myeol-geop.
The Mana that appeared in the empty air was just as ominous as when the Elder Lich had first manifested.
It seemed to have a nature quite similar to the Mana he’d extracted from the sword.
But seeing Myeol-geop remain calm, it didn’t seem to be a particularly dangerous situation.
“Next, I use the Resurrection trait to create a body in a state of death, and the soul inhabits it.”
—Crackle-snap!
The floor split open again, and a new skeleton emerged.
‘Damn it.’
I’m going to need to call a contractor first thing in the morning.
Anyway, I understand well enough what kind of ability that is.
A sudden curiosity struck Jeon Jae-woo, and he asked Myeol-geop.
“How about it? With this much power, you could handle Ancient-tier Dungeons easily, right?”
[Yes. Certainly possible.]
In fact, Myeol-geop could probably manage an Ancient-tier Dungeon alone without much trouble.
The problem was that if Myeol-geop entered a dungeon with him, complications would likely arise.
For one, if they entered the dungeon together, Myeol-geop would have to protect a master with virtually no combat power beyond fighting the monsters themselves.
And as the dungeon’s rank increased, the difficulty of conquest would grow exponentially, making the battlefield incomparably more complex than a Legendary-tier Dungeon.
In such circumstances, there was a high likelihood that Jeon Jae-woo, waiting in the rear, would face danger as well.
If Myeol-geop was too focused on combat to reach him in time, Jeon Jae-woo could find himself in mortal peril.
Moreover, conquering an Ancient-tier Dungeon would take considerable time, and leaving Jeon Jae-woo alone in reality wasn’t ideal either.
Jeon Jae-woo had recently conquered a Legendary-tier Dungeon alone, drawing the eyes of the entire world.
Domestic megacorps, not to mention overseas organizations, were surely sparing no effort to track him down.
Even for Myeol-geop, solo conquest of an Ancient-tier Dungeon would require substantial time.
He couldn’t entirely rule out the possibility that some faction might make a move against Jeon Jae-woo during Myeol-geop’s absence.
Jeon Jae-woo had suggested that Myeol-geop try conquering an Ancient-tier Dungeon alone once, but Myeol-geop had refused the order, saying it was now dangerous to be alone since the Creator’s name would have become known to the world.
But with an Elder Lich of this caliber at his side, all those problems could be solved.
Even if they entered an Ancient-tier Dungeon together, Myeol-geop could fight freely while the Elder Lich protected him.
“Then shall we head out to tackle an Ancient-tier Dungeon soon?”
***
Recently, the Hunter Bureau—in fact, all of the Republic of Korea—was buzzing with excitement.
It was all because of news of successful Legendary-tier Dungeon conquest.
People considered themselves fortunate to obtain even one Legendary-tier Dungeon a month, and the Republic of Korea had already cleared two.
The fact that a single Hunter had accomplished this made people’s interest impossible to contain.
[Breaking Hunter news: The Legendary-tier Dungeon conqueror reportedly traded all the rewards from the dungeon with the Hunter Bureau.]
┗Doesn’t he get tired? How does he clear two Legendary-tier Dungeons?
┗Maybe it’s a different person with the same name.
┗At that rate, isn’t he basically soloing Ancient-tier Dungeons too?
┗Nah, that’s pushing it. To tackle Ancient-tier Dungeons, he’d have to cooperate with the Hunter Bureau anyway.
┗I’m betting he solos Ancient-tier Dungeons too.
Even the President himself sent a message of gratitude to the Hunters who had achieved such significant results in the dungeon industry.
Meanwhile, public curiosity grew even more intense.
Who on earth was this Hunter who had conquered two Legendary-tier Dungeons?
Meanwhile, Yu Jeong-tae was running his hand gently over the Armor he’d received from Jeon Jae-woo, a satisfied smile on his face.
He was handling it as carefully as a family heirloom, worried even a speck of dust might settle on it.
Today, he planned to give this Armor to a Hunter who could put it to good use.
—Knock, knock.
“Yeah, come in.”
“You called for me, Director?”
A female Hunter entered the Director’s office.
Though she appeared to be around the same age as Jeon Jae-woo, her presence was formidable.
She was Kim Yu-min, one of the Republic of Korea’s representative S-tier Hunters.
When she first became a Hunter, she drew attention as an Awakener of unprecedented talent.
Her beauty also made her incredibly popular with the general public.
Yu Jeong-tae gestured toward Kim Yu-min.
“Ah, Yu-min’s here. Come over quickly.”
Kim Yu-min’s eyes widened as she noticed the armor resting on the desk.
“Director, surely that’s not…”
“It is. Armor brought back from a Legendary-tier Dungeon conqueror.”
“Wow…”
The exclamation escaped her lips unbidden.
Even to her eyes as an S-tier Hunter, the armor radiated formidable power.
Kim Yu-min was a combat-class Hunter—the type who wielded a Greatsword and faced monsters on the front lines.
Save for that slightly ominous aura, this was the perfect weapon for her to wield.
“Here. From now on it’s yours—use it well. Of course, you’ll have to return it once you leave the Hunter Bureau.”
A bright smile bloomed across Kim Yu-min’s face.
“Really?”
“Of course. Is there anyone in the Hunter Bureau who could wield this armor better than you?”
“Thank you so much!”
“Thank the person who brought it, not me.”
Kim Yu-min hugged the armor tightly to her chest.
Apart from that unsettling aura, she loved it completely.
“This armor was brought by a Hunter who conquered a Legendary-tier Dungeon alone, right?”
“That’s right.”
“Director, you met that Hunter in person. Who exactly is someone capable of conquering a Legendary-tier Dungeon alone?”
Within the Republic of Korea, the true identity of Jeon Jae-woo remained unknown to all but a handful—Yu Jeong-tae himself, the upper echelons of the Hunter Bureau, the Minister of Disaster Management and Safety, and the President.
Even the S-tier Hunters under the Hunter Bureau had no idea.
Jeon Jae-woo was extremely reluctant to reveal his existence, and besides, there was nothing to gain by telling ordinary Hunters about him.
If someone got curious and went looking, only conflict would follow.
“Don’t be so impatient. You’ll find out soon enough.”
“Come on, I’m dying of curiosity. Does he not plan to join the Hunter Bureau?”
“Hard to say.”
He desperately wanted to bring Jeon Jae-woo into the Bureau.
He was trying his best to find a way forward, but Jeon Jae-woo’s nature made it seem unlikely to succeed.
“In any case, how’s your condition? Think you’re ready to tackle a Legendary-tier Dungeon?”
Kim Yu-min nodded with a smile.
“With this armor, I think I can definitely do it.”
Transcendent-tier Hunter’s Dungeon Conquest Strategy
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